Etymology

Griffey

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Gríobhtha
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Gríobhtha“descendant of Gríobhtha”
  2. English todayGriffey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gríobhtha (“descendant of Gríobhtha”), a personal name which derives from gríobh (“griffin”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.