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Where did the Griffith coat of arms come from? When did the Griffith family first arrive in the United States?

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Origin Displayed: Irish-Alt

Origins Available: Irish-Alt, Welsh-Alt, Welsh

Spelling variations of this family name include: Griffin, O'Griffin, Griffen, O'Griffen, Griffith, Griffey, Griffy, O'Griffy and many more.

First found in the province of Munster where they had been granted lands by Strongbow after the Anglo Norman invasion into Ireland in 1172.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Griffin who settled in St. Christopher in 1633 and later moved to Virginia; Hugh Griffin settled in Virginia in 1649; Catherine and Margaret Griffin settled in Virginia in 1663.

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Motto Translated: Wishing nothing base.


Some noteworthy people of the name Griffith
  • Andy Samuel Griffith (b. 1926), American actor, director, and producer perhaps best known for the 1960s situation comedy, The Andy Griffith Show and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Melanie Griffith (b. 1957), award-winning American movie actress
  • Colonel John Sharpe Griffith (1898-1974), American World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories
  • David Llewelyn Wark "D.W." Griffith (1880-1948), pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation
  • Sir John Griffith (1784-1878), Irish geologist and civil engineer
  • Arthur Griffith (1872-1922), Irish journalist, and politician, co-founder of Sinn Féin
  • Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862-1934), English archaeologist and Egyptologist
  • Sir Samuel Walker Griffith GCMG, QC (1845-1920), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia
  • Hugh Emrys Griffith (1912-1980), Welsh film, stage and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ben-Hur (1959)


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