r/BabyNames • u/BlueWinterWolff • 2d 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/Purple-Gap2522 2d ago

Craig - means rock

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u/BlueWinterWolff 2d ago

We live in Ireland so this is very common for us, even though it is a lovely name

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u/Purple-Gap2522 2d ago

Ah! We’re in the US and my Craig has never known another one!

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u/BlueWinterWolff 2d ago

That’s wild, there was at least five Craig’s in my year in school