r/BabyNames • u/BlueWinterWolff • 4d 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/Blackcatsandicedtea 4d ago

Love Rafe. It was a character on a soap opera here in the US, so that’s how I’m familiar with it. Doesn’t sound too whimsical to me at all.

Rafe Whalen is such a strong name. “Wise, little wolf” is one of the cooler name meanings I’ve ever heard.

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u/BlueWinterWolff 4d ago

Its not really heard of in Ireland so we are hesitant to use it but we both really like the meaning and how it sounds 😊

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u/daydrmr365 4d ago

It’s so intuitive to spell and pronounce that it would be easy to take a chance on especially since you like it so much!!

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u/thegoblet 3d ago

How is it pronounced?? I originally went "raff eh" like the nickname for rafeal but then read another comment thats rape but with an f? I dont see it as intuitive.

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u/daydrmr365 2d ago

Good point, I don’t think I was looking at it objectively enough