Middle name for Wolf... DH is stressing me out!

We are stuck.

We have decided on the first name [name_m]Wolf[/name_m], but now we need to choose a middle name.

He would like to honour his late grandfather and call him [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m]. I don’t know why, but I REALLY hate it.

Maybe it’s the number of syllables? I dunno…

I suggested:
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m]

What do you think about [name_m]Richard[/name_m]? Is [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] unbearable? Haha

It’s not unbearable but it kind of sounds off on flow. [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is nice.

Maybe:
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Greyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Austin[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Declan[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]

I don’t think [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is terrible. Maybe [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richmond[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Roger[/name_m], or [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Redmond[/name_m] could be options?

I think maybe it’s too close to [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] Blitzer? If you’re in the US that would be an association anyway. I like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] better.

I think honouring is more important than perfect flow. Is there another name of his you could use - his middle or something he loved?

Otherwise maybe [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richie[/name_m]?

There’s the puerile part of me thinking you should honour him with another name than [name_m]Richard[/name_m] just in case he gets called Dog D#ck…

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] are my favorite!

It might be a stretch but you could use a “[name_m]Rick[/name_m]/[name_m]Ric[/name_m]” name to honor richard

[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Kendrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Broderick[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrick[/name_m]
Carrick
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
Emeric
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
Elrich
[name_m]Fredrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzpatrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]/Hendricks
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ricci[/name_m]

I don’t like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] that much, but it’s not awful. Well, unless his classmates make the wolf d*ck connection another poster did!
I love the suggestions of [name_m]Cedric[/name_m] and [name_m]Hendrix[/name_m].
Would you be willing to use two middle names? [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] for example? I’d stick to a two/one syllable second middle name.

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] is beautiful! I would definitely choose that.

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Packer[/name_m] come to mind…

I like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] and I like [name_m]Richard[/name_m], but I do think it is a terrible name! [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] is so imaginative and [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is so traditional.

I would steer clear of [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] because the names are rampantly overused.

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m] all sound better to me. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t suppose you like [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] or [name_m]Wolfhart[/name_m]? There’s something about the one syllable [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] that makes a lot of nice names sound odd in the middle spot.

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m] has the nicest sound I think.

PS [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richmond[/name_m]? [name_m]Just[/name_m] a thought. I do like a previous poster’s idea of two middles which seems to make the flow nicer.

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is a weird clunky combo. I like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] the best of your names :slight_smile:

If it’s the syllables, maybe use 2 middles to balance it out? [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u]?

I like the suggestion of two middles as long as you do too, and like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] even more. Also, [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m] and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] are so handsome. BTW, [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] is a great choice!

[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] sounds fine. You will rarely say his full name out loud. The significance of [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is more important than flow.

[name_m]Richard[/name_m] sounds like a reserved accountant’s name, and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] sounds like a wandering free spirit. [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is almost an oxymoron (my opinion only). I like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] best from your list.

I think [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m] works - it’s not the smoothest flow but it’s not actually
bad. My mind does jump to the Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] name Wulfric (pronounced like [name_m]Wolf[/name_m]-[name_m]Rick[/name_m]), which could be a way to incorporate [name_m]Richard[/name_m] into the name without using it as a middle name. [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] would still make a logical nickname:
Wulfric [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
Wulfric [name_m]Morrison[/name_m]
Wulfric [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] (etc)

If that doesn’t work, though, I second the idea of honouring [name_m]Richard[/name_m] by using his middle name (or surname, or father’s name etc) or a name that reflects someone/something important to him.

Good luck!