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.

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