Griffith

[Momdeguerre]

A nod to my Welsh father and a sibling to Charles and Wilfred - Charlie, Wilf and Griff.

What do you think?

griffin is a student bar in Glasgow
never a weans name
don't name wean after a student bar

Well said sm. I'd go further and say never name your kids after any drinking establishments. Dogandduck smith? Roseandcrown Jones?

I think I prefer ith ending. I don't dislike Griffin and I believe it is used in Wales but it is more of a nn like Charlie instead of Charles, I suspect day to day he will be Griff. My family are mostly Welsh/Irish and the pronnounciation seems pretty normal - I like the traditional spelling too but worry that outside of Wales it would lead to endless requests to spell out the name/pronounce it.
Delighted that the general response is positive.

Anotherone who prefers Griffin.

oOOOooo Griffin

A griffin is a mythical creature.

Griffith is a nice name.

I love the name Griffith and I think it sounds great with your other names

I love Griffith (it was my lovely great uncle's name) it was on our short list for ds2 (Griffith, Idris, Rufus) - it's a great name :)

To me, Griffith is an Anglicised spelling of Gruffydd or Gruffudd. Griffith with that spelling is more common as a surname. They're also pronounced differently- the dd at the end of Gruffydd sounds like the th in there, those or the.
I would never call my child Griffin because it makes me think of Nick Griffin.

I prefer Gruffydd though I have no difficulty pronouncing Griffith (however, I am Irish and have Irish THs). Griff is a v nice nn and goes well with your other names.

To me Griffith is very surnamy but Gruffydd is nicely Welsh. My only issue is that to me it's too similar to Wilfred (likewise Wilf and Griff are very 'matchy' which I dislike).

We originally vetoed Gruffydd/Gruffudd because we live in England and worried it might cause too many spelling/pronunciation problems - do you think it might avoid the 'lisping' feeling people attribute to Griffith?