Boy name origins & meanings
- English : A mythological beast—half lion, half eagle—charged with watching over golden treasures
- Latin : Hooked nose
- Welsh : Red, ruddy
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Family name origins & meanings
- French : from a diminutive of Old French griffe ‘claw’, hence a nickname for a grasping or vicious person, or perhaps for someone with a deformed or otherwise remarkable hand.