Wolf

[CumbriaMum91]

For a boy. Cute or crazy or both? Obviously this is just aimed towards those who already loves unusual names.

My DD already has a very unusual name so don't need any negativity about them in general, just wondering if this is that step too far? I preferred Fox but cant use it so was thinking of alternatives :) x

Really, though thinking about it I may have mispelled Tray. I've never seen it written down.
DS (6) has some great ones in his class too but that would be a tad identifying.

First reaction was, god no! But, it could be a really cool name if he is a really cool kid. He could hate it though and get a lot of funny looks and some piss taking. My kids know a Tiger and a Buster and the kids think nothing of it. People do get over stranger names.

Possibly will get Woolfie as a nn.

Unusual names will always be unusual but my point is that there are a lot of unusual names around it's really not a big deal.

Power to the People!

What's wrong with Emmet?

I don't have one btw! Just don't think it's an "out there" name.

OP, I wouldn't be keen on Wolf, unless you have German heritage.

A yes! from me.

I love it.

I don't like it.

Nononononononononono....no

Wolfram nn Wolf would be interesting

On the basis of this thread, then, there could be a family of boys called Wolf, Fox, Bear and Falcon. If both parents were big, strong, muscular people I suppose all those little boys would be in with a good chance of having a physique to match the names when they grew up. I'm just trying to imagine having the personality to match too. As I am deeply risk averse, fairly socially conservative (not politically conservative), wussy, geeky former accountant, I'm struggling! It wouldn't have worked for us, but I'm not you, OP. Is your daughter coping all right with having a fairly unusual name? How have your friends and family reacted to her name?

I had a student called Wolf a few years back - he never seemed to have a problem with it - he was a bit of a hippie and it suited him.

I like Wolf and Fox. However there was something about them that didn't quite sit right for me with both. I think its because Bear is Bear Gryls and Jamie Oliver and it kind of put me off slightly. And its just cute and fluffy and a bit childish rather than grown up. Its almost obvious if you want to go down the outdoorsy route too.

That and Gladiators.

Wolfgang and other longer versions don't work for me too. Either go for it or don't - Wolfgang is a cop out for someone who wasn't brave enough to just go with Wolf. And just isn't as nice.

I think I'm with Taylor on this; Wilder is a lot better and has the small feel without being too potential roadkill.

I think cool outdoorsy names are currently perhaps the more American surnamey ones - think more Cowboy than Indian. Things like Wyatt, Hunter, Archer, Emmett, Hudson, Archer, Kit, Walt, Everett.

Emmet is a pretty common name in Ireland, has been for aeons. Definitely wouldn't put it alongside Wolf or Hudson!

I quite like Wyatt, but do feel it befits a little ranch dwelling boy more than one growing up in a suburban 3 bed semi detached.

Vilkas means Wolf in Lithuanian, I think it's a very attractive middle name (considered it for DS1/2) but wouldn't use it as a first name.
Any 'foreign' in your family you could honour by using Wolf in native tongue?

Thanks for your mostly positive inputs, his name will be unusual no matter what i chose because a "John" in our family would be the odd one out lol.

I love Fox so i'm working on DP with that one :) I think you're right about him "living up to" Wolf, that was my worry also that is was a bit strong and intimidating for a name of a child that could be timid in the long run.

Thank you for your alternatives too

I like unusual names, but I like them to be real names, not just words so I'm not keen on Wolf. However I think Fox would be much worse. To me a wolf is a beautiful, intelligent and slightly mysterious animal. Foxes on the other hand are common and a nuisance, plus often quite mangy. When we used to live in London we had foxes in our garden fairly regularly. They were incredibly noisy and made a terrible mess!

I know a Wolf but he changed it from a name that sounds like an accountant. It suits him but what if your son grew up to be a little mild mannered thing.

Tigger? Well, fuck my old boots.

Mac Tíre is the Irish for wolf. It means 'son of the country'. It's pronounced Mock Teera. I think it would be a cracking name for someone of Irish heritage, ideally I'd say with a surname in the Irish language. Don't suppose that's you?

I love unusual names and people who use them. Having said that, I think Wolf is a bit much for the reasons above. Kids might not have heard of Gladiators but adults (teachers, future employers) will have. Plus, yeah, he could be the world's least wolfish boy!
Billy Idol called his son Willem Wolf, which I rather like. Maybe use as a middle name instead?

Or you could go totes Saxon with Wulfric.

Agree with PP - if you use Wulfric, then he has option of nn Wolf or Ric/Rik if he isn't especially wolf-like.