Griffin is the Latinized version of the Welsh name Gruffudd. The second element derives from Old Welsh ‘iudd’ for ‘lord, prince’, but the first element is of uncertain meaning. An origin in ‘cryf’ for ‘strong’ is possible.
Griffin is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Griffin isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Griffin ranks 231. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 9 were named Griffin. In the entire USA, approximately 43,285 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Griffin. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Griffin is the Latinized version of the Welsh name Gruffudd. The second element derives from Old Welsh ‘iudd’ for ‘lord, prince’, but the first element is of uncertain meaning. An origin in ‘cryf’ for ‘strong’ is possible.
A griffin... is a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. They originate from Iranian mythology and the earliest representations date back to 3000 BC.
The name Griffin may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Griffin is apparently especially popular in New Hampshire. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 1,174 men in New Hampshire is called Griffin. In total, that’s 456 people who feel addressed when the name Griffin is shouted loudly across New Hampshire and who ensure that their name makes it to #198 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Griffin as the answer a total of 43,285 times. This places Griffin at #480 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Griffin as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not really common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with G. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Griffin has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 2.8% of all boys' names beginning with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with G that are quite popular, the most common at present is George.
If your name is Griffin and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Griffin, you can simply say:
Goat
Rocket
Igloo
Fox
Fox
Igloo
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Griffin
Griffin
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Griffin sounds like this:
