Griffith (surname)
Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff 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:
List of people surnamed Griffith
A–H
- Alan Arnold Griffith, British engineer specializing in fracture mechanics and aircraft gas turbine engines
- Alfred John Griffith, Congregationalist minister in Australia
- Anastasia Griffith, British actress
- Andrew Griffith, British Conservative politician
- Andy Griffith, American actor, writer and producer
- Anthony Griffith (footballer), English-born Montserrat international football player
- Arthur Griffith, Irish Republican leader
- Arthur Troyte Griffith, British architect
- Bill Griffith,, American cartoonist
- Charles Griffith (disambiguation), various people
- Clark Griffith, baseball player, manager, executive, and member of the Hall of Fame
- Claudia Griffith, American politician
- Corinne Griffith, silent film era actress and author
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd), Welsh poet
- David Griffith (priest), Welsh Anglican priest
- D. W. Griffith, American film director
- Dan Griffith, American DJ known as Gryffin
- Edward Griffith (zoologist), British naturalist
- Edward H. Griffith, American film director
- Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist
- Emile Griffith, U.S. Virgin Islands boxer
- Eva Kinney Griffith, American journalist, temperance activist
- Forrest Griffith, 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, Canadian anaesthetist
- Homer Griffith, American football player
- Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor
J–Z
- James Bray Griffith, American business theorist
- Jamie Bamber, born Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith, British actor
- Jason Griffith, American voice actor for Sonic the Hedgehog
- John Griffith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonas Griffith, American football player
- Justin Griffith, NFL fullback with Oakland Raiders
- Keith Griffith, Barbadian footballer and technical director
- Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary film maker
- Laetitia Griffith, Dutch politician
- Lillian Griffith Welsh artist and sculptor
- Manley Griffith, American actor better known as Griff Barnett
- Mari Griffith, Welsh radio announcer and writer
- Mark Griffith, British classical scholar
- Megan Griffith, American basketball coach
- Melanie Griffith, American actress
- Michael Griffith (disambiguation)
- Morgan Griffith, American politician from Virginia
- Nanci Griffith, 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, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Samuel Griffith, Australian judge and politician
- Samuel B. Griffith, officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps
- Thomas B. Griffith, American federal judge
- Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor, screenwriter, musician, and martial artist
- Thor Griffith, American football player
- Virgil Griffith, American hacker
- Welborn Griffith, American soldier
- William Griffith (botanist), British doctor and naturalist
- Xiomara Griffith, Venezuelan judoka
- Yolanda Griffith, American basketball player
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
- Griffith (Berserk), the main antagonist from the anime and manga series ''Berserk''