Fenrir Greyback - literary parallels

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 138117

> > Marika:
> > 
> > In Sweden boys are actually being namned Loke (Loki), so why not 
> Fenrir?
> > 
> > Grayback does not sound like a translation of a Nordic name thou. 
> Varg 
> > (wolf) is the closest I can think of.
> 
> Geoff:
> Perhaps I didn't make myself totally clear - I was thinking of Fenrir 
> as a nickname, although Greyback could be a family name or a nickname 
> referring to his appearance....
> 
> After all, all the wolves I have mentioned, Fenris/Fenrir, Maugrim or 
> Managarm are all grey and nasty.

Marika:

I'm a bit confused... 

You made the statement that "I can't see anyone naming a child after
the monstrous wolf of Norse mythology." My reply to that is that I
can't see why, since some people actually do chose to name their sons
Loke. Loke is not precicely a nice guy, and his destany is not a nice
one either - being tied up having snake poison dripping all over him.
Still some parents think it's a fine/cool (?) name.

The second part of my answer referred to catkind who was "taking that
(Grayback) as a (translation of a) nordic-type surname."  I just
suggested that it doesn't sound like it to me - being Scandinavian myself.

If somehow there is something I misunderstood, I apologize.