Like a window into their day-to-day life, Giffin census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. (The name is not common enough throughout Scotland to be counted separately.) Nick Griffin is a President of the British National Party, Chairman of the British National Party, and British National Party. In descending numerical order Liverpool, Birmingham and Bristol are other Griffiths strongholds. Kathy Griffin is an observational comedy, ribaldry, black comedy, and improvisational theatre comedian. The root name Griffith gave rise to the variants Griffiths and Griffis. The pub-sign griffin is normally green, though on the flag it is red on a half-green, half-white horizontal background. The average age of a Griffin family member is 69.1 years old according to our database of 76,757 people with the last name Griffin that have a birth and death date listed. The surname Griffin is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 251,736 people, or 1 in 1,440. The United States has more Griffiths’s than the entire population of Doncaster-an estimated total of just over 309,000 makes this their 54th most popular surname. Griffwn, in Welsh, is applied to a man having a crooked nose, like a hawk's bill. U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names, Death Master File (public domain). He was most prominent from 2010 to present. Robert is also known as Griffin, Robert Lee, III; Griffin, Robert L., III, and RG3. In the United Kingdom there are towns called Griff and Griffithstown, the United States has a Griffithville and a Griffin while Australia has a Griffith, which is also the name of a Canadian island. In 1911 there were 854 Griffin families living in Ontario. The same old record presents us with a "Grifin puer" and a "Grifin filius Mariadoc," most likely identical, as a tenant in chief in co. Hereford. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Griffin surname lived. Meaning of the name Griffin: Borrowed from the Welsh, Griffin is from Griffinus, a Latinate form of Griffith which was used in the Middle Ages. The name Griffin means From Gryphon - A Fabled Monster and is of Welsh origin. Griffin was given the name Griffin Alexander Gluck on August 24th, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Griffin is also known as Griffin Gluck. Before she died she begged her family to let her head remain within the walls of her beloved house. There are 31,000 census records available for the last name Griffis. This last name is the 1,697 th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 22,266 people. Ontario had the highest population of Griffin families in 1911. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for a family of early settlers. What did your Griffin ancestors do for a living? Gryffyn, in the Cornish British, signifies "to give." View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Griffin. Welsh Baby Names Meaning: In Welsh Baby Names the meaning of the name Griffin is: Strong in faith. Another was located near Kenmare. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations. It may be the same as Griffith. Griffin was given the name Thomas Griffin Dunne by his parent Dominick Dunne on June 8th, 1955 in New York City, New York, U.S. Griffin O'Neal is an actor. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Griffin census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. the Confessor, and afterwards a rebel against him. griffoun, F. griffon, fr. (Hundred Rolls.). A name given to a noted man, whose qualities or disposition, in some respects, resembled this fabulous creature. By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.