Griff
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRIF
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
Griff is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies).
What does Griff mean?
Welsh: short form of Griffith or Griffin (Gruffudd)
Short form of Griffith or Griffin, from the Welsh name Gruffudd.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Griff a girl's or a boy's name?
Griff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Griff in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Griff, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 39 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Griff than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Griff in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Griff or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Griff 17
- Gryff 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Griff in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 36 | #939 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 39 | #889 |
| 2016 | 35 | #956 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Griff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie George Kit Alfie Leo Arthur Gruff Henry Theo Archie Vinnie Louie
Other spellings of Griff
Gryff
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Griff: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/griff, updated 20 October 2026.