Gruff
Boy · GRIFF · Welsh
Gruff is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Gruff mean?
Welsh: short form of Gruffudd
Short for Gruffudd; Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was the only Welsh king to rule all of Wales.
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Is Gruff a girl's or a boy's name?
Gruff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gruff in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Gruff, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gruff in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Gruff in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
Names like Gruff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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