Last name: GRIGGS
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GRIGGS : This last name is indexed 92,765 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GRIGGS : English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Grig a pet form of Gregory (compare Gregg) with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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