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Globally, Griffin (Griffin , Гриффин , גריפין , and others...) is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely female forename. The given name Griffin is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare male name, Ireland, where it is a rare boy's name, and Kenya. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, Indonesia, and Kenya. More frequently, Griffin is the last name as well as the forename.
Griffin is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bullwhip Griffin , the fictional character from The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin; Griffin Castillo , the character in the American soap opera All My Children; Griffin , the character from Disney's Hercules, Hercules and the Griffin; Griffin and Griffin , the College of William & Mary mascot, among other works.