1827, Walter Scott, The Works of Walter Scott, Esq. CIII: The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French; with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution III, Zwickau: printed for the brothers Schumann, chapter xiii: “View of the French Revolution”, page 50:
This wretch, a shoemaker called Simon, asked his employers, “what was to be done with the young wolfwhelp; Was he to be slain?” — “No.” — “Poisoned?” — “No.” — “Starved to death?” — “No.” — “What then?” — “He was to be got rid of.”
Olr. cana, cano ‘cub, whelp (wolfwhelp)’⁷ and W. cenau, cenaw ‘cub, whelp, puppy, son, descendant, young warrior, etc.’⁸ are both well attested as personal names.⁹