Griffiths

Griffiths
Family name
Meaning	"Son of Griffith"
Region of origin	Wales
Related names	Gruffydd, Griffith, Griffis, Griffits, Griffitts, Griffin

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

• Alan Griffiths (born 1952), Australian politician and businessman
• Alan Griffiths (cricketer) (born 1957), English cricketer
• Albert Griffiths (1871–1927), better known as Young Griffo, boxing champion
• Andrew Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Barri Griffiths (1982–), Welsh professional wrestler and former Gladiators competitor
• Bede Griffiths (1906–1993), British-born monk and missionary in India
• Bryn (Brynlyn) Griffiths, Welsh poet and writer
• Cecil Griffiths (1901–1945), British athlete
• Charles Griffiths (politician), Australian politician
• Colin Griffiths (born 1983), English comedian, DJ, VJ and writer
• Ciarán Griffiths (born 1983), British actor, currently in Shameless
• Dan Griffiths (1857–1936), Welsh international rugby player
• 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), a Welsh Congregationalist minister in Australia
• Frances Griffiths: see Cottingley Fairies
• 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
• H. W. Griffiths (Henry W. Griffiths Jr.), Idaho railroad photographer
• Howard Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Ivor Griffiths (1918–1993), Welsh footballer
• Jemma Griffiths (1975–), better known as Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter
• Joel Griffiths (1979–), Australian soccer
• John Griffiths (Conservative politician), leader of St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Suffolk
• J. Gwyn Griffiths, poet, Egyptologist and Welsh nationalist political activist
• John Lewis Griffiths, Consul General of the United States to Britain
• John W. Griffiths (1809–1882), American naval architect
• Käte Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998), German born Egyptologist and writer in the Welsh language
• Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
• Linda Griffiths (1956–), Canadian actor and playwright
• Louise Griffiths, pop singer, songwriter and actress
• Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919)
• Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986)
• Marcia Griffiths (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, Welsh international rugby player
• Niall Griffiths (born 1966), English author
• Peter Griffiths, 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, eighteenth-century editor and publisher
• Rhys Griffiths (footballer)
• Rhys Griffiths (rugby league)
• Richard Griffiths (1947–2013), British actor
• Robert Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Rowland Griffiths (1886–1914), Wales international rugby union player
• Ryan Griffiths (guitarist) (1978–)
• Sagan Griffiths, kahuku band member
• Sandi Griffiths (born 1945), American singer
• Selina Griffiths, British actress
• Terry Griffiths (born 1947), retired Welsh snooker player
• Terry Griffiths (politician) (1944–2009), New South Wales politician
• Trevor Griffiths (born 1935), English dramatist
• Tuffy Griffiths, boxer
• William Griffiths (disambiguation), several people
• Gabriele Griffiths, ODP soccer player

See also

• Griffith (name)
• Griffith (surname)
• Griffith (disambiguation)
• Griffin (disambiguation)
• Griffiths Island