Kid name help......

[Bobby_M]

Check this out... If you call him Griff, why not have THAT be his name? I don't really understand the concept of using a name, deciding it's a "nickname" and then having to figure out the "official" version. If it's Griff, then it's Griff, period.

I'm Bobby, but my BC says Robert. WTF is it then? If you wanted to call me Bobby, why did you write Robert?

I think the bigger inconvenience for a kid is picking an official name who's spelling is totally aphonetic (is that a real word? Not Phonetic). It's not really all that cute having to spell your first name every single time.

 

[cheezydemon]

Excellent answers to be sure...(except that the crime dog was MCGRuFF, not actually very similar, thanks anyways)

Thanks for the input.

 

[cubbies]

(except that the crime dog was MCGRuFF...)

Not that it matters, but I was referring to Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff.

 

[cheezydemon]

Lol, Fred? Must be a missouri thing.

I am going to have SWMBO read this thread now. Thanks all.

 

[cheezydemon]

http://www.mcgruff.org/

 

[LostDakota]

Drew is a very good name...

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Gryphon is fine in my book. I'm even pretty critical of other people's kids' names at times (well, who isn't?). I know a couple of Gryphons - spelled that way. I think it's somewhat original without stepping too far out of the realm of "conformity." Griff is a nice nickname, and Gryphon has an air of mystique and sophistication. Stick with it, and don't worry about the family's opinions.

 

[cheezydemon]

Thanks Yuri. His name stayed.

 

[budbo]

Gryphon is fine in my book. I'm even pretty critical of other people's kids' names at times (well, who isn't?). I know a couple of Gryphons - spelled that way. I think it's somewhat original without stepping too far out of the realm of "conformity." Griff is a nice nickname, and Gryphon has an air of mystique and sophistication. Stick with it, and don't worry about the family's opinions.

+1

Thanks Yuri. His name stayed.

Good for you, unless your family is raising him and paying his bills.. They have no say, If you and your wife are happy thats all that counts.. My family wasn't happy with my daughter's name it was simple translated well into Japanese (my wife is Japanese) and she has my wife's maiden name as her middle name (so on her Japanese passport she drops her last name and has instant Japanese name