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Know of a couple who got engaged at Griffith Park, in L.A., so they named their first-born Griffith.
I named my first born in 1999 Griffith. He likes to go by Griff, but we still call him Griffy.

Nicknames for Griffith

Griff
Finn
Griffey/Griffie
Griffster
G-man
Griffo

Meanings and history of the name Griffith

Griffith Park, Los Angeles
Griffith is Welsh and means "fierce chief"

Famous real-life people named Griffith

Griffith D.W. (1875-1948)
United States film maker who was the first person to use flashbacks and fade-outs on screen.

Griffith, Frederick (1879-1941)
British bacteriologist focused on designing a vaccine for, and the epidemiology and pathology of bacterial pneumonia.

Griffith, Arthur (1872-1922)
Irish politician and writer founded and led the Republican Party of Ireland known as Sinn Fein. Also head of London negotiations that produced Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

Griffith, Griffith J. (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919)
Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist who donated 3,015 acres to the City of Los Angeles which became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory

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