Is this too unusual . . . ?

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Hi everyone - would love your opinions on our boys name shortlist (I'm only 16 weeks but naturally very excited!)

We both really like Griff . . . and then we doubt ourselves. Neither of us are Welsh, we just really love the name, but I know our friends and family will go "eh . . . ?" (although they'll be polite of course!)

Our other contender is Jesse.

What do you all think?

Both sound fine and not that unusual.

Griff is streets ahead of “you big Jesse” and “Jesse J”

Love them both!

Ongratilstikns 😊🌷🎉

Im not Welsh either, so Griff sounds like a nickname to me (Griffin)
But I like it a lot more than Jesse

What about Nate (Nathaniel)

It if you both like it use Griff! (I’d use Griffin on BC though)

Sorry bloody iPhone congratulations!!

Yep Nate’s a good one too. Or Gabe ( Gabriel)?

What about making it longer:-

Griffin
Griffiths
Gruffudd

Isn’t Griff short for Griffith? I’ve never met a Griffin. (Welsh Marches here).

I love Nathaniel and Gabe but we have a close relative called Nathaniel and DH doesn't like Gabe (dammit!)

For some reason I'm not keen on the longer versions - Griffin is the nicest but doesn't quite work with our surname (too many 'n's).

I think we should be brave and go for it . . . 😁

We really liked Griff. DH is Welsh but we live in south east. In the end decided it was too unusual for the south east but if we lived closer to wales probably would’ve gone for it. We decided on Doug instead...

Griff is nice!

It’s a great name!

Jesse is awful.

Griff reminds me of Gruffalo.

I know a Griff, it's a lovely name and really suits him.

I have one. He's actually a Gruffydd but we shorten it to Griff/Gruff/Gruffy.
We are in Wales and I've met a few others. It's an awesome name and it suits our cheeky one.

Jesse is horrible

I love Griff & Jesse.

I know someone in their 30s whose nickname is Griff as he had a Grifter bicycle years ago

What about Gethin, Geth for short?

I like both! Always loved more feminine names for boys, it's masculine, if that makes any sense?! I love Jude, Jesse, Dara, Sascha, Jody, Kelly... DH point blank refused the concept but turned out we had 2 DDs so was irrelevant. (I also like traditionally male names for girls, Sidney, Charlie, Blake, Fred (Frederica), he refused that concept too, but still!)
I prefer Jesse to Griff but they're both nice :)

Like Griff. Don’t like Jesse.

I like Griff but not Jesse. Yes, you should be brave but honestly there's nothing outlandish about it. If your family are going to raise eyebrows, just tell them some of the other names people choose nowadays and they'll heave a sigh of relief!

Griff is nice ( griff Rhys Jones of course always comes to mind but that's my age) I like Jesse but it's much less unusual

Go for it! I like all (Griff, Griffin and Jesse)

Ahhh this is great, thanks for replying everyone. It has given me a lot more confidence in choosing Griff!

Mind you, we still have a long way to go . . . 😄

I like it and don't think it's unusual at all, lots of people will have heard of Griff Rhys Jones. Good luck.