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I’ve always liked:
Arwen
Galadriel
Morgana
Gareth
Eowyn
Tywin

I like to include Anakin, Padme, Faramir, Skysong, and Galadriel in spazzy combos sometimes. I'm sure there's others, but those came to mind first.

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Anakin's not that likable of a character, but it's such a good madeup name. It reminds me of Ananke and also modern trendy names. It could be unisex. In fanfiction, it's widely accepted that the meaning is "rain bringer" (based on a madeup language used by slaves on Tatooine)...on that note, Leia doesn't mean "weary" or "cow" on Tatooine; it means "krayt dragon (and associated abstract concepts)", and Luke is derived from Lukka which means "sandstorm (and associated abstract concepts)"...yeah. And fyi, Obi-Wan Kenobi basically means "no one from nowhere". :/

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Padme is already a legit (and pretty) name, but I wouldn't use it because my main association is Star Wars.

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Galadriel kind of reminds me of how my mom had a horse named Galahad. They sound illustrious. I wouldn't use either, but both would be interesting to see used.

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Skysong is called "Kit" in a book and is a baby dragon. I don't think I'd use it? But I like it more than Sky, the same way I don't really like Lark, but Meadowlark and Larkspur and Larkin are okay.

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I would probably be willing to use Faramir, if I had an SO who wanted to; it's just so pretty, and I already like Yaromir and Faris. Same thing for Eowyn. Which seems weird because I'm not that into Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien was a good namer...or maybe it's because I'm not into it, that the character connections in this case matter less to me.

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GRR Martin has a lot of good ones also, but all I can think of right now are Oberyn and Jaehaerys.

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This message was edited 12/4/2021, 8:45 PM

This reminds me, I just read a fantasy that had a character called Allanon. I had to deliberately say in my head, "a-LAN-non" like Alanna / Shannon, because thinking of it as "Al-anon" was making me laugh. Very distracting. There was also a Keltset and a Curzad - I thought those were cool.

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From Earthsea - Tenar, Kalessin
From Pern - Feyrith, Merelan (had to look them up, it's been too long since I read)
From Middle Earth - Melilot, Tirion
From Prydain - Gwydion, Eilonwy, Melynlas, Medwyn, Gwystyl, Mathonwy - I read it as a kid, and was so intrigued by the Welsh names.
From Dune, if you call that a fantasy? - Irulan

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Use in real life - not so much.
I might use a name from fantasy as a middle name, but probably not any of these.

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Oh - I saw the name Mellisant in a book that was probably fantasy. But I can't remember what book it was. I want to say it was in Pangur Ban The White Cat by Fay Sampson, but I can't find any evidence of that online. I might consider using that one. Except there's Melisandre from icky GoT, and everyone's familiarity with that might kinda ruin it.

Eowyn
Elora
Arwen
Nimue

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These are just off the top of my head. I can’t think of any masculine names off the top of my head that I love but I'm sure they exist. I am probably not brave enough to use them, and I think my husband would veto them as a first name even if I was brave enough. Maybe a middle.

Girls:

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Egwene
Nynaeve
Moiraine
Nymeria
Hessa
Talyien
Arwen
Tinúviel
Yennefer
Cirilla
Fringilla
Éowyn
Galadriel
Tissaia
Renfri

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Boys:

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Geralt
Aragorn
Faramir
Samwise
Meriadoc
Théoden
Istredd

Allyria
Asha
Bellatrix
Buffy
Clary (nn)
Coraline
Eilonwy
Elektra
Gamora
Isabeau “Bo”
Isolde
Ithaca
Lamia
Missandei
Mithian
Morgana
Nymeria “Nym”
Romilda
Sansa

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Caspian
Castiel
Elyan
Emrys
Gawain
Gwaine
Merlin
Sirius
Theon
Tristan
Valerian
Valerion

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Morgana & Coraline would be the only ones I would actually consider using irl, at least as a first name.

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I might consider using Allyria, Clary, Eilonwy, Isolde, Romilda, Castiel, Gwaine, Theon & Valerian for middle names.

This message was edited 12/3/2021, 7:12 AM