Griffith (surname)

Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff (originally Gruff) may mean "strong grip" and the suffix, udd, means "chief"/"lord". The earliest recorded example of the surname was "Gryffyth" in 1295, but the given name is older. People with the surname or its variants include:

A–H

 * Alan Arnold Griffith, British engineer specializing in fracture mechanics and aircraft gas turbine engines
 * Anastasia Griffith, British actress
 * Andrew Griffith, (born 1971) British Conservative politician
 * Andy Griffith (1926–2012), American actor, writer and producer
 * Anthony Griffith, English-born Montserrat international football player
 * Arthur Griffith, Irish Republican leader
 * Bill Griffith, (born 1944), American cartoonist
 * Charles Griffith (disambiguation), various people
 * Clark Griffith, baseball player, manager, executive, and member of the Hall of Fame
 * Claudia Griffith (1950–2018), American politician
 * Corinne Griffith, silent film era actress and author
 * D. W. Griffith, American film director
 * Dan Griffith (born 1987), American DJ known as Gryffin
 * Edward Griffith (zoologist), British naturalist
 * Edward H. Griffith (1894–1975), American film director
 * Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist
 * Emile Griffith (1938–2013), U.S. Virgin Islands boxer
 * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, temperance activist
 * Forrest Griffith (1928–2007), American football player
 * Francis Griffith (disambiguation)
 * Frank Kingsley Griffith, British Liberal politician and judge
 * Frederick Griffith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * George Griffith, writer
 * Grace Griffith, American folk singer
 * Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist known for donating land for Griffith Park in Los Angeles
 * Harold Griffith (1894–1985), Canadian anaesthetist
 * Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor

J–Z

 * James Bray Griffith (1871–1937), American business theorist
 * Jamie Bamber, born Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith, British actor
 * Jason Griffith, American voice actor who is the former voice of Sonic the Hedgehog
 * John Griffith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jonas Griffith (born 1997), American football player
 * Justin Griffith, NFL fullback who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders
 * Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary film maker
 * Laetitia Griffith (born 1965), Dutch politician
 * Lillian Griffith (1877–1972) Welsh artist and sculptor
 * Manley Griffith, American actor better known as Griff Barnett
 * Mari Griffith, Welsh radio announcer and writer
 * Melanie Griffith (born 1957), American actress
 * Michael Griffith (disambiguation)
 * Morgan Griffith, American politician from Virginia
 * Nanci Griffith (1953–2021), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * Nicola Griffith, British author
 * Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi, the fifth Paramount Chief of Lesotho
 * Phillip Griffith, mathematician
 * Ralph T. H. Griffith, Indologist
 * Ronald H. Griffith, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
 * Samuel Griffith, Australian politician and jurist who had a large part in composing the Constitution of Australia
 * Samuel B. Griffith, officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps
 * Thomas B. Griffith, American federal judge
 * Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
 * Thor Griffith, American football player
 * Virgil Griffith, American hacker
 * Welborn Griffith, American soldier
 * William Griffith (1810–1845), British doctor, naturalist, and botanist
 * Xiomara Griffith, Venezuelan judoka

Fictional characters with the name Griffith

 * Reanne Griffith, a.k.a. Hazuki Fujiwara, from the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
 * George Griffith, a.k.a. Akira Fujiwara, her father