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Could I call a baby Wolfie in RL?

94 replies

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 22/03/2014 15:01

I'm 22 weeks pg with DC3. This is my first boy. Ever since I was pg with DD1 DH and I have had a running joke that if we had a boy we would call him Wolfie. Found out 2 weeks ago that this is indeed a boy, and the bump is now firmly called Wolfie. It was never meant to be serious, but the trouble is that I can't find a boy's name I like at all! Would Wolfie be so very bad, really, and if it is, what else might I like?

  1. It has to be a real name and not a nickname/shortening of a longer name
  2. I don't really like popular/mainstream names. DDs are Thea and Maia.
  3. My surname starts with V and ends with O so V names are out, as are names ending in O.

I like Rafe (but my neighbour has a little Rafe the same age as DD2), Felix (can't get away from the cat food), Finn (but is now v popular) and Conor (v close to my dog's name so would be confusing).

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Bunbaker · 23/03/2014 21:46

I just asked DD (13) and she just laughed and said it was a weird name.

HalfSpamHalfBrisket · 23/03/2014 21:45

I know a Wolf. She is lovely (hippy parents, of course).

linney · 23/03/2014 21:44

"What would you think if somebody called Wolfie joined your form?"
"Wolfie? I would think....... their parents weren't very clever"

linney · 23/03/2014 21:42

I do wish people who want to call their children "lovely individual quirky" names would find a teenage boy and ask him what he thinks first.

As a public service, I will undertake to ask mine and relay his exact words. He is a thoughtful, sensitive soul without a bullying bone in his body, so his response will be useful.

mewkins · 23/03/2014 21:26

I worked with a Beowolf known to all as Wolfie. Perfectly normal it suited him and everyone was used to his name.

Bunbaker · 23/03/2014 20:41

This website has a long list of names that mean wolf.

I hope your surname isn't Smith BTW.

yummymumtobe · 23/03/2014 20:37

We have a William who we call wolf/wolfie as dd started doing so. We love it!

Anjou · 23/03/2014 20:19

Rex is brilliant, isn't it?! I get the 'dog' thing but, remember, Rex means 'King'. People were referred to as Rex before dogs were!

Pinkcustardpurplecustard · 23/03/2014 16:46

Adore Rex

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TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 23/03/2014 13:26

Hey, I never claimed to be trying to be achingly hip or outre! Neither Thea nor Maia is (at least at the time I chose it) in the top 100 in Scotland. That's all I meant. I was trying to avoid the situation where my kids were one of a number of little Evies or Sophies in their class, that's all. There were about 4 Alisons, Heathers and variants of Clair in my school year. I have a name that was unusual where I grew up, which I quite liked. I was trying to go for slightly different but not too weird.

Hugh is DH's middle name but neither of us are very keen on it. Both girls' middle names are family names ( named after my mum and MIL), so I'd like to use either dad or FIL's names as DS' middle name - Calum or Ian.

Flynn sounds like a horse (my aunt had a horse named Flynn once), so no.

A close friend called his baby Noah, so although I do like it I can't use it.

I don't like Wilfrid. I do like Wolfram, though! I'm leaning towards picking a normal name and just using Wolfie as a nn, though. This thread has been v useful in showing how polarised opinion is on Wolfie!

Anjou, I love Rex but was worried it sounded too much like a dog's name.

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ThisFenceIsComfy · 23/03/2014 10:27

Ooh I like Hunter for a boy.

NigellasDealer · 23/03/2014 10:21

Wolfie - love it!
but you might need a 'long' version like .....Wilfrid or something

alemci · 23/03/2014 10:19

can't helping of Citizen Smith

Power to the people.

I suppose you could call him Wolfgang but tbh I wouldn't chose either.

nevergoogle · 23/03/2014 10:09

I had a great uncle Wulsie (Wulstan).

FamiliesShareGerms · 23/03/2014 09:59

No

Wilfred / Wilfy?

tantrumtime · 23/03/2014 09:10

That would be awesome where I live (in Wolverhampton) and he would probably be some kind of legend but I'm not sure about a name for life. Having said that my DC have traditional names because that is what I like so I'm probably not very good at this subject.
Congrats on your pregnancy

Mintyy · 23/03/2014 09:07

Right, I never do this on baby names, but I'm going to make an exception for Wolfie.

It is absurd. It is awful. It is horrendous. PLEASE don't do it.

raydown · 23/03/2014 09:07

It could be short for Wolfram.

SauceForTheGander · 23/03/2014 09:05

I know a Wolfie - like Bling said - suits him and his family. I love it.

Anjou · 23/03/2014 08:51

Um, to those that think that people try to be "achingly hip", actually it turns out that people just like different names. Should we all say how dull we find it when there is yet another George, Emily, Amelia or Charlie or should we just be quiet as it's obviously the name that the parents chose and love? Personally, I'd hate to go through life with what I consider to be an overly popular, uninspiring name (my name is extremely unusual - never met another one), but that's my personal taste. Each to their own.

Thumbcat · 23/03/2014 08:43

I think a lot of people forget that naming a baby is about giving it a name it can happily go through life with, without shame and embarrassment, not some display of how hip and original the parents are.

Do Hugh or Flynn fit your criteria?

primigravida · 23/03/2014 08:35

I love Wolfie but agree with other poster it should be short for Wolfgang, or Wilfred. I suggested Wolfgang to DH for our son but he didn't like it. Maia is a very popular name where we live so who knows maybe Wolfie might catch on too?

Martorana · 23/03/2014 08:31

I do often wonder what these achingly hip "individual" parents feel when they emerge with their new little Sol or Winter or Maia and discover that all the other "individual" babies are called that too Grin A bit like all the "oh, supermarket clothes are so boring and unoriginal" people who dress their children in Boden.

Anjou · 23/03/2014 08:29

I LOVE Wolfie! For DS1 I had Wolfie, Fox, Spike, Iggy & Ziggy on my original long list. They all fell off though, as I didn't like any 'full' version of the names in order to use any of them as a nn.

Wolfie is great, but IMO it's better to have a full name. Wolfram is better than Wolfgang, Wulfstan or Wulfric?

Are there any other boys names that you like? Hmmm, if the name can't end in 'O', how about ...
Rex
Rufus
Fabian
Jude
Luca
Torbin
Soren
Pax
Isaac nn Izzy or Zac

Bluestocking · 23/03/2014 07:54

I was wondering that too, Sanity. In the UK, Maia in particular is a dime-a-dozen name, and there seem to be an increasing number of Theas around. Maybe OP lives in Ouagadougou?