Opinions on Griffin (Finn)

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I like Finn and Finley, but it's just too popular! I have looked at all the other names which could make Finn. However, I saw Griffin and really like it! I'll interchange between Griffin and Finn - I'm sure his friends/extended family will call him Griff/Griffy, but I like that too. Opinions?

I much prefer Finn on its own, but then I wouldn't worry about whether it is popular or not.

If you like griffin go for it.

Love it!!! Wish I had it!

If we were to go for a popular name, I'd pick something different, but I don't want him to be known by his surname

Finn is very popular round here, so I'd be more likely to shorten it to Griff. I really like it.

Isn't it an ugly/fierce mythical creature?

I thought the creature was quite cool

I wouldn't, but Griffin is a surname in my extended family.
I love Finbar but DP has vetoed.
Maybe Fionn?

We are calling him Finn, at the moment, so not sure we'll switch to Griff!

Fionn isn't really our style, but thanks

I actually like it!

Not keen on Griffin so I vote stick with Finn/Finley.

Finn/Finley is just too popular

I do prefer Griffin to Finley, and am quite fond of names that have multiple easy nicknames (which I then use all of when pretending to tell off a child)

I like it!

I have a Gruffydd (we're Welsh) and we call him Griff and Griffy mostly. Obviously I'm biased but I think it's a lovely name.

Really like it

I like Finn and I like Griff but I don't like Griffin.

I like Finn but not Griffin. I think if you want him to be Finn you need to go with a more obvious Finn type name. Two (very old school, Irish!) suggestions would be Fintan and Finbar. Fintan was on my OMG list for DS.

Love it it's in my top 5 boy's names

It made me instantly think of grufallo sorry

Love Griff! Like Griff Rhys Jones. Great Welsh name. I like Griffin too as a long name. Nice that it gives him the Finn option too, although I'm a little bored with Finn while Griff is fab. Either way you should go for it!

It just feels a bit of a stretch/pointless to have Griffin in the BC and then always call him Finn. Griff makes more sense, if you liked that, but that's not your mission is it?

Phin short for Phineas?

I love Griffin and goose the OP said that they would change between Finn and Griffin

Sorry, not my cup of tea. I like Finn though.

I love it! I also know a grown up Griffin, he goes by Griff but still, everyone thinks his name is cool. I also think if you want to shorten it to Fin you can, he'll get used to it when he's tiny and I like having a name you can use interchangeably. I named my ds Franklin for similar reasons - we liked Frankie but not as a whole name and didn't like Francis. It's just organically happened that we call him a mixture of Franklin, Frank, Franks and Frankie, and he's fine with it.