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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : A mythological beast—half lion, half eagle—charged with watching over golden treasures
  • Latin : Hooked nose
  • Welsh : Red, ruddy
  • Welsh : Fierce chief

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : variant spelling of Griffey.

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