Gruffudd
Gruffudd or Gruffydd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð] or [ˈɡrɪfɪð], in either case) is a Welsh name, originating in Old Welsh as a given name and today used as both a given and surname. It is the origin of the Anglicised name Griffith[s], and was historically sometimes treated as interchangeable with the etymologically unrelated Germanic name Galfrid (Latinised as Galfridus). The Welsh form evolved from the Common Brittonic Grippiud or Gripuid.[1]
The name may refer to the following people, often with either spelling used, among other variants such as Gruffuth, Griffudd, etc. (see Griffith (name) for details, hypocoristic forms, etc.):
As a given name
- Gruffudd ab Adda (fl. mid 14th century) was a Welsh language poet and musician
- Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr (c.1375-c.1412) led a major revolt in Wales
- Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch (1277–1282), Welsh court poet
- Gruffydd ap Cynan
- Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, the grandson of the king of Gwynedd
- Gruffudd Fychan I
- Gruffudd Fychan II
- Gruffudd Gryg (1340–1380), Welsh poet from Anglesey, North Wales
- Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
- Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564), Welsh language poet
- Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
- Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr (c. 1198 – March 1, 1244), son of Llywelyn the Great
- Gruffudd Llwyd (1380–1410), Welsh language poet
- Gruffydd ap Madog Fychan
- Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran
- Gruffydd Maelor
- Gruffydd ap Rhydderch
- Gruffydd ap Rhys
- Gruffydd ap Rhys II
- Gruffudd Vychan, (born 1395), Lord of Burgedin, Treflydan, Garth and Gearfawr, Wales
As a surname or patronymic
- Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973), Welsh actor
- Rhodri ap Gruffudd (1230–1315), the third or fourth son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr
See also
References
- ↑ Morgan, T.J., Welsh Surnames, Qualitex Printing Limited, Cardiff, 1985, The Orthography of Welsh Surnames 5-8, Gruffydd pgs 103–105, first element gruff as a noun means 'magic wand' and second element iudd as a noun means 'lord', found on page 160 entry for Maredudd
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