novastar2's Personal Name List
Aeronwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 11 votes
Combination of
Aeron and the Welsh element
gwen meaning "white, blessed".
Arwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Means
"noble maiden" in the fictional language Sindarin. In
The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Arwen was the daughter of
Elrond and the lover of
Aragorn.
Eilwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Perhaps means
"white brow", derived from Welsh
ael "brow" and
gwen "white, blessed". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 58% based on 12 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Éowyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: AY-ə-win(English)
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
Means "horse joy" in Old English. This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohirric language. In his novel The Lord of the Rings (1954) Eowyn is the niece of King Theoden of Rohan. She slays the Lord of the Nazgul in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Frodo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: FRO-do(English)
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
Derived from Old English froda meaning "wise". This is the name of the hobbit hero in The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, who used Old English to translate some hobbit names (Frodo's true hobbit-language name is Maura). In the novel Frodo Baggins is the bearer of the One Ring on the quest to destroy it in Mount Doom.
Galadriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: gə-LAD-ree-əl(English)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in the fictional language Sindarin. Galadriel was a Noldorin elf princess renowned for her beauty and wisdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels. The elements are galad "radiant" and riel "garlanded maiden". Alatáriel is the Quenya form of her name.
Idril
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 44% based on 10 votes
Means
"sparkle brilliance" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the
Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Idril was the daughter of Turgon, the king of Gondolin. She escaped the destruction of that place with her husband
Tuor and sailed with him into the west.
Kailyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-lin
Rating: 38% based on 9 votes
Kayleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-lee
Rating: 20% based on 10 votes
Variant of
Kaylee. This particular spelling was popularized by a 1985 song by the British band Marillion.
Pippin 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: PIP-in(English)
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
The name of a hobbit in The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien. His full given name is Peregrin, a semi-translation into English of his true hobbit name Razanur meaning "traveller".
Pollyanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: pahl-ee-AN-ə(American English) pawl-ee-AN-ə(British English)
Rating: 42% based on 10 votes
Combination of
Polly and
Anna. This was the name of the main character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel
Pollyanna (1913).
Tinúviel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
Means "daughter of twilight, nightingale" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tinuviel was another name of Lúthien, the daughter of Thingol the elf king. She was the beloved of Beren, who with her help retrieved one of the Silmarils from the iron crown of Morgoth.
Titania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: tie-TAY-nee-ə(American English) ti-TAH-nee-ə(British English)
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
Perhaps based on Latin
Titanius meaning
"of the Titans". This name was (first?) used by William Shakespeare in his comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) where it belongs to the queen of the fairies, the wife of
Oberon. This is also a moon of Uranus, named after the Shakespearean character.
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