Does anyone know the meaning of the last name Griggs?

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Does anyone know the meaning of the last name Griggs?

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name .

Griggs Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic from the personal name Grigg.

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Answer 2

This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek "gregorein", to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of "Gregorius", the name came to be associated by folk etymology with "grex" (genitive: "gregis") meaning "flock" or "herd", and thus was interpreted as the christian image of the good shepherd. It was saint Gregory the Great (circa 540 - 604 A.D.), first pope of the name, who spread the name in the west. In 1143 one, Willelmus son of Gregorii, was recorded in documents relating to the Danelaw, London, an in 1234 William Gregge, witness, appeared in "The Fine Court Rolls of Dorset". The patronymic forms of the name emerge in the 14th Century, (see below). In 1332 Richard Gregson was recorded in "The Subsidy Rolls of Cumberland". Other patronymic forms include Grigson, Greg(g)s, Griggs and Gricks. Matthew Gregson (1749 - 1824) renowned upholsterer at Liverpool, was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians for his work on History and Antiquities, published in 1817. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Griggesson, which was dated 1327-1377.....

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Answer 4

Surname: Griggs

This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek "gregorein", to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of "Gregorius", the name came to be associated by folk etymology with "grex" (genitive: "gregis") meaning "flock" or "herd", and thus was interpreted as the christian image of the good shepherd. It was saint Gregory the Great (circa 540 - 604 A.D.), first pope of the name, who spread the name in the west. In 1143 one, Willelmus son of Gregorii, was recorded in documents relating to the Danelaw, London, an in 1234 William Gregge, witness, appeared in "The Fine Court Rolls of Dorset". The patronymic forms of the name emerge in the 14th Century, (see below). In 1332 Richard Gregson was recorded in "The Subsidy Rolls of Cumberland". Other patronymic forms include Grigson, Greg(g)s, Griggs and Gricks. Matthew Gregson (1749 - 1824) renowned upholsterer at Liverpool, was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians for his work on History and Antiquities, published in 1817. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Griggesson, which was dated 1327, in the "Subsidy Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 111, known as "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377.

Surname: Grigg

This interesting name is Scottish in origin, and is a diminutive form of the given name "Gregory", which is from the Greek "Gregorios", a derivative of "Gregorein", to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of "Gregorius", the name came to be associated by folk etymology with "grex", "gregis", meaning "flock" or "herd", and thus was interpreted as the christian image of "the good shepherd". The name generated a great many variant forms in different areas of Europe, "Greig" and "Grieg" in Scotland and "Gregg" or "Grigg" in England, for instance. "Greig" is a common surname in Fifeshire and along the east central coast, whilst Grieg is the Norwegian from descended from John Grieg of Fraserburgh. Sir Samuel Greig (1735 - 1788) became admiral of the Russian navy, by appointment of Tsarina Catherine the Great. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Greg, Charter witness, which was dated circa 1214 - 1226, in the "Charters of the Earldom of Morton", Scotland, during the reign of King Alexander 11, known as "King of Scotland", 1214 - 1249.

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