I feel sorry for a kid in my class with the surname Griffin. Why?...Because we have a teacher called Mr. Griffin and when he says his name he always says “Good name.”
Peter Griffin (and the Griffin family) are the main characters of the American TV show "Family Guy".
― Anonymous User 5/22/2016
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As an English surname, Griffin is a nickname for a fierce or dangerous person, from Middle English Griffin "gryphon" (from Latin gryphus, Greek gryps, of Assyrian origin).