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To me, Robin is masculine and Robyn is feminine. I can picture Robin on a girl, but I have a hard time picturing Robyn on a boy.

Agree with you

I love Robin. I prefer it for a boy but I think it's very nice on girls as well. Robyn I think of as a strictly girls' name, and while it's fine, I think using the y takes away the bird connection which I really like.

I think Robin and especially Robyn is adorable, very bright and cheerful. I don't like it on a boy, it's not the usual thing in the US though I understand it's much more common in the UK. For a boy, Robert is the way to go.
I think I just very slightly prefer Robin, but don't dislike Robyn.

Robin has been in my family as a male name for ages, and I like it enough to use, given enough sons.

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I greatly dislike random -y- insertions to make something more 'feminine', so if I were going to use Robin for a girl, that's the spelling I'd insist on. Especially since, where I live, the Afrikaans word for a ruby is 'robyn', which sounds like rue-BAYn but still makes me pause for a split second when I see it on a human.

I can see it on a girl more, and prefer Robert for a boy. I prefer Robyn.