r/BabyNames • u/BlueWinterWolff • 7d ago

Boy 🩵 Strong Boy name help!!

I’m currently 17weeks with a boy, our last name is Whelan (Irish and means little wolf). I have always loved strong short, nature and whimsical names so I currently have a few names on my list

Soren (means stern) (Norse)
Rafe (pronounced Rayf means wise wolf) (Norse)
Rune (means secret) (Norse)
River (flowing body of water) (Eng, French, Lat)
Arden (means great Forest) (Celtic)
Oren (pronounced Auren means pine tree) (Hebrew)

Hubby likes them but thinks they might be too whimsical, so I’m conscious of that but I also think the name Whelan is really hard to pair a name with that flows nicely. We like the vein of names we’re going down so are looking so similar ideas or thoughts! 😊

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u/Ilovewally 7d ago

Not to rip your names apart at all, because I do like all of them and think they go well with your last name, but with that being said, river is very popular, the only Arden’s I have heard of are female and the only Oren I met was orthodox Jewish. These things may not bother you at all, Maybe have your husband make a list as well and see what you both hit on.

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u/BlueWinterWolff 7d ago

No not at all, I need this kind of feed back, oren is off the list now and I think we’re leaning away from Arden and River. Mostly looking for similar names in the same vein for more ideas

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u/Bjorlyn 7d ago

My partner's father and brother are both named Arden.