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[Opinions] Galadriel & Orion
These are names of the two main characters in the Scholomance series. Galadriel despises her name and goes by El - her mom is a hippie. The only times I've come across Galadriel is in books and as a joke - IE why did my parents do this? The first time was in the book The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Peterson (highly, highly recommend). Orion is meh. Parents are Ophelia and Balthasar.Other characters are Liu, Aadhya, and Liesel. The book is set world-wide and Novik did a very, very good job of choosing apporiate names for each character.The poets have mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. G.K. Chesteron

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I love Orion and Ophelia, but don't care for the others. I did not expect Galadriel to be a girl name - this is my first time hearing of it.
I actually really like Galadriel as an IRL middle name. It's a lot for a first name though. Orion is okay, I like it in theory, but I think it's almost overused. It looks better than it sounds, and sometimes people pronounce it like to sound more like O'Ryan so it gets generic surname vibes instead of mythology vibes. I like Galadriel, Ophelia, and Aadhya best.
I've only come across the name Galadriel twice. Once, in the wonderful book you mentioned. I recently read it for the probably fifth time! And Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers band had a daughter named Galadrielle. It's a mouthful but I like it. Liesel and Ophelia are great!
Don't like either name, like Liesel though