Hey berries!
I’m writing a [name]Little[/name] [name]Red[/name] Riding Hood retelling that’s closer to The Company of Wolves (if y’all are familiar with that exceptionally great movie) than, say, the recent adaptation (the Twilight-y if campy-fun 2011 version).
It’s set in an 18th-century type, European-ish land that I don’t think I’m going to name
The character in question is the big bad wolf–but he’s also a man. Ambiguous in nature, you know the type. In my head he looks something like [name]Richard[/name] Armitage at the moment. Who, if you google him, resembles a hot [name]Lucifer[/name]. And has the voice of a god but I digress.
Any ideas? It doesn’t have to be a historically accurate name at all. I was tossing around the idea of giving him a nature name, or a color name–[name]Gray[/name]–to indicate that wolf-people don’t really have a concept of names like we do, but I’m not sure about that.
Basically, I’m open to anything as long as it isn’t overly modern ([name]Cody[/name], [name]Tyler[/name], etc).
Thanks!
If you like [name]Gray[/name], I think it works really well. Although, it doesn’t seem that “different” to me. [name]Graham[/name] popped into my head.
[name]Forest[/name] would be kinda fun(but too [name]Forrest[/name] Gump?) Any forest-tree name would work. [name]Oak[/name]? Redwood? [name]Pine[/name]? [name]Oak[/name] and [name]Pine[/name] are somewhat more “normal” but Redwood seems like it would be alot different than human names.
[name]Hope[/name] I helped! 
Back when I dabbled in retellings, I called my wolf [name]Damian[/name]–just tossing that out there. (I never finished the piece, though, so it doesn’t have a chance at getting published. ;))
I have to say, I’m in love with [name]Gray[/name], but I like the [name]Grey[/name] spelling more. I kind of love the concept of using nature/color names to show the differences in culture; it’s a simple, easy way to get across some worldbuilding. Some other nature names that might work–
[name]Cliff[/name]
[name]Storm[/name]
[name]Ash[/name]
[name]Jet[/name] (the gemstone, not the plane…depends on the technology level of your wolves, and how much they value wealth…)
[name]Flint[/name]
[name]Slate[/name]
[name]Shale[/name]
[name]Ridge[/name]
[name]Hawk[/name] (again, depends on the culture, or whether they would name with the names of other animals)
I think keeping the name short would give it more of an oomph, if that makes sense, but that’s totally up to you.
You could ask the question if wolf-people use names at all, or if they identify each other in some other way–by smell or markings, perhaps. Then the wolf character wouldn’t get a name until he started associating with humans. Along the same train of thought, you might want to ask if humans are prejudiced against the wolf-people–if so, the humans may not refer to the wolves by the names the wolves use. They might use slang terms to refer to the wolf-people in general, and not specify. It’s up to you, really-- I’m just here to help; you totally don’t need to listen to me. 
Here Are some names meaning wolf…
[name]Channing[/name]
[name]Conan[/name]
[name]Lowell[/name]
[name]Randall[/name]
[name]Rafe[/name]
[name]Randolph[/name]
Good luck.
Thanks everyone! I like [name]Gray[/name], [name]Graham[/name], and [name]Rafe[/name] a lot.
@ akky3210: I really like the idea of the name–if I choose a nature/color name–being something that “normal” people give him, while wolves don’t have our perception of names. Thanks for the inspiration!
You’re welcome! I’m totally into that sort of stuff and could spend hours and hours on it. I’m so glad I helped!