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

• Galfrid
• Griffith (name)
• Griffith (surname)
• Griffiths

References