Gryphon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Gryphon by the numbers
Gryphon was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Gryphon
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Sounds like Gryphon
Names that are said the same way as Gryphon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Griffinstrong lord; fierce protector1,531 in the US (2017)
- Gryffinstrong lord; alternate spelling of griffin80 in the US (2017)
- Griffynstrong lord; respelling of Griffin or Griffith22 in the US (2017)
- Griffinnvariant of Griffin, meaning strong lord5 in the US (2017)
- Griffonvariant of Griffin, meaning strong lord5 in the US (2017)
- Griffen36 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gryphon
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