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I knew it would be your DH who'd suggested it! It always is with wolf names.

He originally wanted Wolfgang, I'm all for "out there" names, but it was a bit too much even for me, it might get a middle name position, but he has his heart set on Willoughby for a middle and other middle name spaces are reserved for more traditional names

I met a Wolfram recently.

Not keen sorry! Wolfram is kinda cool though. How about Alaric? Xavier is great too.

Do you pronounce it with a soft 'w' for a more 'v' sounding one - Wolfgang is Germanic ime and is pronounced with a harsher 'w' than in English wolf is?

So it would be Wolfric Willoughby? i think that might be a little step too far, tbh.

I know a little Wulfstan nn Wulfie!

It's fab!

I just wish we didn't live in the same tiny village as I'd pinch it for DC3!

No, Tortoise it would be Wulfric ___ Willoughby, ridiculously long, I know, but it's a family tradition

I think Wulfric Willoughby has quite a ring to it, and in a good way. I have a cousin with a son with the Irish equivalent of little wolf (Faolan), love that too.

Adore it. There's a little Wolfgang at DS's school and I've always had a spot of name envy for it. Wulfric even more so now!

I love it!
Want a baby now!

Does it go well with older brothers Arlo and Fabian?

Yes

Give me strength. And I thought the Gordon thread was bad enough, at least most people agreed it was awful. Wolfric? Really?!

Gordon is ponderous, Wulfie is cute. So there.

Apply the high court judge / Dr test that will help you gain perspective on the naming process. Can you see him being Dr. Wulfric or Judgr Wulfric?

. It is difficult to balance the need for individuality against that of practicality. Teenage boys will make howling noises just to wind him up.

Dr Wulfric Willoughby surname works very well.

Certainly a name with gravitas.