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greif Name Meaning and History

  1. German: habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a gryphon, Middle High German grif(e) (Old High German grif(o), from Late Latin gryphus, Greek gryps, of Assyrian origin).
  2. German: nickname for a grasping man, the gryphon in folk etymology having come to be associated with Middle High German grifen ‘to grasp or snatch’.
  3. English: variant of Grief.

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Distribution of greif Families in the US in 1920
Number of greif families
 14-25
 5-13
 1-4
 0
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