A List of Cool Werewolf Names With Their Meanings – Take Your Pick!

Werewolves are very exciting fictional creatures and owing to their popularity, werewolf fans are constantly in quest information about them. This Penlighten article features some of the interesting werewolf names, along with their meanings.

Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night,
may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright.

Human beings have always been excited and intrigued by the domain of the supernatural, and when it comes to dreadful and fearsome creatures, the human imagination seems to elevate to an altogether different level. It is, in fact, their nightmarish appearance, their fearfulness quotient, and their extramundane abilities such as shapeshifting, which tend to add to their popular appeal. The werewolf is one such creature that tends to stir our senses every time we read or watch a movie based on the it. Legends tell us that werewolf is essentially a man who shape shifts into a wolf every full moon night, owing to a dreadful curse. Moreover, whenever a werewolf bites another human being, the curse gets transferred onto the latter as he/she also turns into a werewolf. While scientific opinion about the creature asserts that werewolves only exist in fictional tales and have nothing to do whatsoever with the real world, there are a number of other people, who tend to believe in the myth and also claim to have sighted the creature(s) at some point in their lives. Furthermore, werewolves are also being studied by cryptozoologists throughout the world; however, no sufficient evidence to prove their existence have ever been found till date.

We have ample amount of literature and movies on these, albeit mythical creatures, and it is absolutely needless to say that there have been numerous famous fictional werewolves. These characters have been influencing and inspiring people, especially children, over the ages, mainly owing to their unparalleled power and strength. Those bitten by the so-called “werewolf bug” are always on a lookout for all major and minor bits of information about these creatures. This Penlighten article brings you some of the cool werewolf names and their meanings.

Of late, there has been a trend of naming kids with the names of supernatural fictional characters, especially owing to the special powers associated with them. Werewolves are no exception to this phenomenon. Before we begin with our list of some really nice werewolf names, let us have a look at the names of some of the famous fictional werewolves and where they appear.

Female Werewolf Names

We generally do not find female werewolves making an appearance in the famous werewolf stories. A werewolf is generally portrayed as a powerful, hairy, masculine figure. Who would like to see a grotesque appearance of the sensual female figure? However, there are a few stories like Ginger Snap and even the Twilight Saga where female werewolves have made an appearance. Let us have a look at a few werewolf names for girls.

Other Female Werewolf Names

Male Werewolf Names

You will find plenty of names for boys as most of the old tales are about men turning into werewolves. Some of the popular male werewolf names are as follows.

Other Male Werewolf Names

Hope you find these names interesting and the write-up entertaining.