Gryff
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRIF
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Gryff is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Gryff mean?
Welsh: short form of Gruffydd (Griffith) or Griffin
Short form of the Welsh Gruffydd, anglicised as Griffith.
Is Gryff a girl's or a boy's name?
Gryff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gryff in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Gryff, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gryff in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Gryff or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Griff 17
- Gryff 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Gryff in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
Names like Gryff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Rupert, Idris, Luca, Arlo, Ralph, Cruz, Grayson, Hugo, Arthur, Albert, Jax
Other spellings of Gryff
Names related to Gryff
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
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, “Gryff: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gryff, updated 20 October 2026.