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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : A mythological beast—half lion, half eagle—charged with watching over golden treasures
  • Latin : Hooked nose
  • Welsh : Red, ruddy

Boy name variations

Griffin

Griffin

- 4% this year
Masculine
Common
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Gryphon

Gryphon

- 12% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Griffith

Griffith

- 45% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Griff

Griff

- 64% this year
Masculine
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Griffie

Griffie

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Griffyn

Griffyn

- 13% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Griffynn

Griffynn

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Gryffin

Gryffin

+ 6% this year
Masculine
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Gryffyn

Gryffyn

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Griffon

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a diminutive of Old French griffe ‘claw’, hence a nickname for a grasping or vicious person, or perhaps for someone with a deformed or otherwise remarkable hand.

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