Griffiths

Griffiths

Origin
Meaning	"Son of Griffith"
Region of origin	Wales
Other names
Variant forms	Gruffydd, Griffith, Griffis, Griffits, Griffitts, Griffin

Griffiths is a surname with Welsh origins, as in Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr. People named Griffiths include:

• Alan Griffiths (born 1952), Australian politician and businessman
• Alan Griffiths (cricketer) (born 1957), English cricketer
• Albert Griffiths (1908–1970), British trade unionist
• Andrew Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Anne Griffiths (1932–2017), personal archivist of the Duke of Edinburgh
• Antony Griffiths (born 1951), British museum curator and art historian
• Barri Griffiths (born 1982), Welsh professional wrestler and former Gladiators competitor
• Barry Griffiths (Australian footballer) (born 1929), Australian rules footballer
• Barry Griffiths (footballer, born 1940), association football goalkeeper
• Bede Griffiths (1906–1993), British-born monk and missionary in India
• Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach (born 1941), British economist
• Bryn Griffiths (born 1982), Welsh rugby union player
• Bryn Griffiths (writer) (1933–2025), Welsh poet and writer
• Cecil Griffiths (1901–1945), Welsh sprinter and middle-distance runner
• Charles Griffiths (politician) (1903–1982), Australian politician
• Colin Griffiths (born 1983), English comedian, DJ, VJ and writer
• Ciarán Griffiths (born 1983), British actor, currently in Shameless
• Dan Griffiths (rugby union, born 1857) (1857–1936), Welsh rugby union forward
• Dan Griffiths (rugby union, born 1979), Welsh rugby union fly-half
• David Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Dean Griffiths (born 1980), Jamaican hurdler
• Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
• Dewi Griffiths (born 1931), Welsh television producer and radio host
• Eddie Griffiths, Australian fire fighter, World War I veteran and rugby league footballer
• Eliezer Griffiths (1827–1920), Welsh Congregationalist minister in Australia
• Elly Griffiths (born 1963), British author
• Estyn Griffths (1927–2017), Welsh footballer
• Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), one of two girls who faked the Cottingley Fairies photographs
• Franny Griffiths, English musician, member of the band Space
• Fred Griffiths (rugby league), South African rugby league footballer
• Fred Griffiths (actor) (1912–1994), British actor
• Gwenny Griffiths (1867–1953), Welsh painter
• Herbert Griffiths (1899–1969), British cinema organist and theatre composer
• Howard Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths (1923–2015), British judge, cricketer and life peer
• H. W. Griffiths (Henry W. Griffiths Jr.), Idaho railroad photographer
• Ivor Griffiths (1918–1993), Welsh footballer
• Jemma Griffiths (1975–), better known as Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter
• Jennie Scott Griffiths (1875–1951) American, Fijian, and Australian journalist and women's rights activist
• Joel Griffiths (1979–), Australian soccer
• John Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Ken Griffiths (1930–2008), English footballer
• Ken Griffiths (photographer) (1945–2014), New Zealand born photographer
• Leigh Griffiths (born 1990), Scottish footballer
• Leslie Griffiths (born 1942), British Methodist minister, politician and life peer
• Linda Griffiths (1953–2014), Canadian actor and playwright
• Louise Griffiths (born 1978), English pop singer, songwriter and actress
• Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919), English actress
• Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986), English actress
• Marcia Griffiths (born 1949) Jamaican singer
• M. A. Griffiths (1947–2009), British poet
• Maurice Griffiths (1902–1997), English yachtsman, boat designer and writer on sailing subjects
• Mike Griffiths (born 1962), Welsh international rugby player
• Mike Griffiths (British Army officer) a retired British police officer who served as Chief Constable and Chief Executive of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and before as a Brigadier
• Niall Griffiths (born 1966), English author
• Peter Griffiths (1928–2013), English politician
• Philip Jones Griffiths (1936–2008), Welsh photojournalist
• Philip Lewis Griffiths (1881–1945), Australian jurist
• Phillip Griffiths (born 1938), American mathematician
• Rachel Griffiths (born 1968), Australian actress
• Ralph Griffiths (c. 1720–1803), English editor and publisher
• Rhys Griffiths (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh footballer and manager
• Rhys Griffiths (rugby league) (born 1987), English former footballer
• Richard Griffiths (1947–2013), British actor
• Robert Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Roland Griffiths (1946–2023), American psychopharmacologist
• Rowland Griffiths (1886–1914), Wales international rugby union player
• Ryan Griffiths (guitarist) (born 1978), Australian musician, member of the garage rock band The Vines
• Sarah Griffiths (born 2001), English singer and songwriter known professionally as Griff
• Sandi Griffiths (born 1945), American singer
• Selina Griffiths (born 1969), British actress
• Shelley Griffiths, New Zealand law academic
• Stan Griffiths (1911–2003), Welsh footballer
• Steve, Steven or Stephen Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Terry Griffiths (1947–2024), Welsh snooker player
• Terry Griffiths (politician) (1944–2009), New South Wales politician
• Thomas Griffiths (disambiguation), several people named Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Griffiths
• Trevor Griffiths (1935–2024), English dramatist
• Tuffy Griffiths (1907–1968), American boxer
• Walter Griffiths (footballer), English footballer
• William Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Wyn Griffiths (1919–2006), Welsh footballer

See also

• Griffin (disambiguation)
• Griffith (disambiguation)
• Griffith (name)
• Griffith (surname)
• Griffiths Island, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
• Griffiths v Northern Territory, a series of landmark cases regarding native title in Australia
• Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998), German-born Egyptologist and writer in the Welsh language
• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, a physics textbook by David J. Griffiths often called "Griffiths" for short