Gryffindor is the Hogwarts house named after the founder Godric Gryffindor in J.K. Rowling’s books.
Godric Gryffindor is one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The house bearing his name is associated with qualities such as courage, bravery, nerve, and chivalry. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are all sorted into Gryffindor, making it the main student house in much of the story.
The house’s emblem is a lion, and its traditional colours are scarlet and gold. Its common room is located in a tower, and students are selected by the Sorting Hat at the start of their Hogwarts education. These details distinguish Gryffindor from the other three founder-based houses.
The question concerns the house’s namesake, not its head of house or its emblem. Minerva McGonagall serves as a prominent head of Gryffindor in the novels, while the lion is its symbol. Godric Gryffindor is the founder whose name appears in the house title.