Wulfric or Elias?

[Cuppaqueen]

Ok, my husband and I are totally stuck on a name for our baby boy due in April. We like unusual (but not trendy/made-up) names, especially old English/ Scandinavian. Help! What do you genuinely think of our favourites?

Wulfric (Wulf for short)
Elias (Eli for short)

These are the two front-runners right now. Also considering:

Nathaniel (but what would the nickname be? I don't like Nate or Nathan)
Isaac (possibly Zac for short)
Alaric (but he'd end up Al, just like Alan, I guess)

Other suggestions welcome - no T or P names due to initials not going with our surnames.

Thank you!!!

Orrick?

Yorik?

I like Horatio, but I think Beowulf might suit baby cuppaqueen.

Now, I don't mind Cuthbert.

• Wouldn't class it as any more out there than Wulfric.
• Fairly straightforward to spell and pronounce.
• It is another of the 'Bert' names - Albert, Robert, Gilbert, Herbert, Wilbert, so lends itself to nn Bert/Bertie.
• Good meaning: 'bright and famous'.
• Well known historical use: St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Cuthbert Collingwood (Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar)

What's not to like??

Do you know that if you google Wulfric, the first thing that comes up is a Pokemon character?

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I don't mind it either. It's cute.

But it's not one of my favourites. Then again, my favourite boys names (currently...) are Ignatius, Anton, Florian, Thomas, Raoul, Julius, Erik, Nathaniel, Corvus and a few others. And I'm not even pregnant, so it's not like I can blame it on hormones.

My taste in names is just a bit... shitty, I guess. Especially boy's names.

It's a wonder DH agreed to give me naming rights. (Well, he had to be stubborn about the last name. So, shrug...)

I give you Norbert ... 😄

Albert?

I personally love the name Alberta :)

Xavier?
Rafferty?

OP, do you like Rupert? Basil? Peregrine? Horatio (obviously a fabulous name...)? Cedric? Battista? Clement? Ralph? Ludovicus? Ulric? Alaric? Henrick? Frederick?

horatio I love the name Raoul too but wouldn't be brave enough to use it. I do have a friend called Raoul.

sugar FIL's name was Norbert. I named my son for my granddad and am so glad I haven't had another as I couldn't call him Norbert and carry on the naming after family tradition.

Perigrine is fabulous.

sugar

I know! DD nearly became a Peregrine (after DH's now late uncle...)

Gretchen

I knew a Raoul from Judo when I was younger. But I have no idea how an English person would pronounce that. So, I'd also be a bit hesitant...

The 'Raul' I know pronounces it 'rah-ool' (kinda)

Peregrine is fabulous, he'd certainly become a High Court Judge!

Ulf

Elias is fine - Eli is good.

Wulfric is firmly in the Cuthbert camp for me! It reminds me of secondary school - my house was called Wulphere! (The others were Oswy, Offa & Paeda - ancient kings of Mercia).

Horatio - do youngster an actual Horatio? That's a great name. I love Peregrine too but I'm not brave enough to use it. Rupert is lovely but DH says it is too push for us to use. I like Rufus too.

DH's middle name is Horatio? But I don't know many English children, DD is still a baby and DH a SAHD, so...

it seems to be rising in popularity?
names.darkgreener.com/#horatio

art I'd pronounced that the same way. :)
all it's a really lovely name imo as well.

Why did I put ** around DH...? Anyhow, I think that comment still makes sense. Hopefully...

Elias & Nathaniel are both lovely names.

If I ever have an Irish wolfhound I'd call him Wulfric.

My friend pronounces his name Rowl, to rhyme with howl. Colleagues think it is Rah-ool, which makes him smile - but then he is German with a French name so probably isn't pronouncing it the traditional way himself.

Elias. Isaac is nice too.

I have a Nathaniel and he goes by Nat. I don't like Nathan, Nate or Natty and luckily he doesn't get them even at school. He does have another nickname that came from a variation of his name but that would be quite outing

Elias.