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* Lucian, the leader of the Lycans in the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' franchise. "Lucian" is a real name with an unrelated etymology, but it sounds similar to Lycan, which again sounds like a shortening of "lycanthrope" ("wolf-man" or werewolf).

* In ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', there's [[spoiler: Takumi Inui. Inu means dog]], and we find out why it's a MeaningfulName mid-season. The same goes for his ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' counterpart, [[spoiler: Takumi Ogami, which is close to Okami, meaning wolf]].

* In roundabout way, Myth/ClassicalMythology (as told in Ovid's ''Literature/{{Metamorphoses}}'' and other sources) has King Lycaon of Arcadia, who was turned into a wolf as a punishment for trying to serve human flesh to his guest Zeus. His name contains "lykos", the Greek word for "wolf". Of course, being the "first" werewolf, it's less that Lycaon himself is directly named after wolves or werewolves and that ''they're'' named after ''him''.

* Fangs or claws, because wolves have them.
* The words "Moon" or "[[WeaksauceWeakness Silver]]", or variations thereof, often via foreign languages or mythology; Luna, Diana, Selene...

* In Myth/ClassicalMythology (as told in Ovid's ''Literature/{{Metamorphoses}}'' and other sources) King Lycaon of Arcadia was turned into a wolf as a punishment for trying to serve human flesh to his guest Zeus. His name contains "lykos", the Greek word for "wolf".

** Fenrir Greyback is a [[ChildEater child-hunting]] FullyEmbracedFiend with an appropriately sinister name.

* In the now-defunct ''[[http://askmagicalyoungjustice-blog.tumblr.com/ Ask Magical Young Justice]]'' CharacterBlog, Wolf has an AdaptationSpeciesChange, going from [[ADogNamedDog an actual wolf]] on [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice the show]] to a werewolf student named [[http://askmagicalyoungjustice-blog.tumblr.com/tagged/Cain-Wolf Cain Wolf]].

* Blizzard Wolfang of ''Videogame/MegaManX6'' is a humanoid wolf robot and one of [[BigBad Gate's]] minions.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has the were-Honshu wolf Kagerou Imaizumi, whose given name means "Shadow Wolf" and whose family name is a reference to a well-known Japanese zoologist who studied the now-extinct Japanese wolf.

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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': [[BattleButler Valkenhayn]] [[CoolOldGuy R.]] [[AwesomeMcCoolname Hellsing]]. I mean [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cb017_valkenhayn.png look at him]]. Name, species, moveset, just everything about him in general really.

* In the now-defunct ''[[http://askmagicalyoungjustice.tumblr.com/ Ask Magical Young Justice]]'' CharacterBlog, Wolf has an AdaptationSpeciesChange, going from [[ADogNamedDog an actual wolf]] on [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice the show]] to a werewolf student named [[http://askmagicalyoungjustice.tumblr.com/tagged/Cain-Wolf Cain Wolf]].
* {{Parodied}} in Creator/AllisonPregler's "''Series/Charmed1998'' Rewind." When reviewing an episode about a wendigo that is basically just a werewolf, the villain is so obvious that she and Phelan jokingly call her "Wendy Go."

* {{Parodied}}/{{Subverted}} in ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'', when [[VampireVannabe Maven]] calls WebVideo/ObscurusLupa under the assumption that she's a werewolf. (Though to be fair, if you watch her you know that she ''is'' a werewolf fangirl.)

* Jack Russell from ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'' in the MarvelUniverse shares his name with a breed of terrier.

* In ''Webcomic/WildeLife,'' Barbara Yaga has two dogs who can change into human children, one of whom is named Remus. PlayedWith because WordOfGod says that they're not natural shapeshifters, just normal dogs that she uses her own magic on.

* Names containing the element ''wolf'' or ''wulf'', like the German name ''Wolfgang'', or the Anglo-Saxon name ''Wulfric''.

Even if [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves are different from series to series]], they tend to be easy to spot because of the one thing they typically have in common across all works: their meaningful names are almost ''always'' a reference to the werewolf myth.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'', Mebh and her mother Moll have the last name MacTíre, which is Irish for "wolf". Naturally, they're both Wolfwalkers, who take inspiration from legends of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolves_of_Ossory Werewolves of Ossory]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': While the game doesn't have werewolves, is does have a guy who can turn into a bear by the name of Beorn Bearstruck. Literature/{{Wulfrik}} the Wanderer, while not a werewolf, does have a certain wolf theme (in addition to serving Khorne, among whose many nicknames is the Bloodwolf).

* Ginei Morioka from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''. His given name means "silver shadow".

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s Genn Greymane, king of Gilneas. Who, oddly enough, had that name back in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'', over a decade before he ended up being the faction leader for the playable Worgen in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.

* ''Franchse/{{Batman}}'' foe Anthony Lupus from the Franchise/TheDCU.

* The [[UsefulNotes/GoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age version]] of the ComicBook/{{Vision}} once battled a female werewolf named Llhupa (which would be pronounced 'Lupa') Sanders.