Naming your kids after LOTR characters

[IronParrot]

Would you do it?

Though this won't apply to me for a long time, I've considered the idea for sure. I've always thought Eowyn would be a really nice name. Tinuviel has a nice ring to it too... probably as a middle name though.

And you?

[cee2lee2]

I would consider it, especially for a middle name. I might even look through the appendices to make up a girl's "___wen" name. Eowyn would be pretty though. Don't think I could use anything as obviuos as Frodo or Bilbo though, even for a middle name:)

[Selwythe]

Finduilas (and old name Faivlirin or something), Elanor, Morwen, Yavanna, Elbereth

[Ñólendil]

Faelivrin. That is the name Gwindor gave to her.

[Sister Golden Hair]

I've said before, my niece's name is Laurelin. I think it is a beautiful name. However, I am not sure about too many names in the books. They are really different. I mean, you pick names for your kids that are comman or kind of unpopuliar, and they still hate their name. I think it can be an iffy thing. I think Arwen is pretty, Laurelin, how about Rose?:) I see names for females are more acceptable from the books. Even the cool guy names would still be kind of strange outside of the story except for Sam, Bill, Michael, and even Merry.

[Sakata]

Thuringwithal! Wandlimb! dont make me come back there! lol my kids would HATE me!

[galadriel]

I might name a daughter Elanor. Since it sounds like "Eleanor", only LOTR fans will understand the reference. Everyone else will just think that I can't spell. :)

[Strange-Looking Lurker]

I'm naming my first girl Lorien. Hopefully my wife will agree, because that's what I'm naming her. The end.

[galadriel]

Lorien isn't too bad. The kids at school can call her "Lori" for short.

[Bradistic]

The only LOTR names I would consider using are Sam and Bill, or maybe Shelob (just kidding on that last one).

[afro-elf]

if i ever had kids, god forbid, they'd be twins Gothmog and Grond:)

[And it's name is Epyon]

My middle name is Mithrandir, My dad decided to name me after his favorite Character. :D

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by And it's name is Epyon
My middle name is Mithrandir, My dad decided to name me after his favorite Character. :D How do you feel about that?

[And it's name is Epyon]

I think it is cool. It's only a middle name, my second one actually. It really confuses my teachers when they ask me to write my full name too. :confused:

One kid even calls me Mithrandir instead of my first name.

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by And it's name is Epyon
I think it is cool. It's only a middle name, my second one actually. It really confuses my teachers when they ask me to write my full name too. :confused:

One kid even calls me Mithrandir instead of my first name. Isn't Mathrandir Quenya? I think it was the name given to Gandalf by the Elves wasn't it? How would you geel about being called Gandalf?

[Elvellon]

I think it is sindarin for Grey Pilgrim :)

[And it's name is Epyon]

Yep, it was sindarian (sp?) for grey pilgrim.

Gandalf would probably fit if it had been my middle name instead of Mithrandir, but it doesn't sound right to me since it isn't my middle name. So..... :

[galadriel]

It's only a middle name, my second one actually. You have two middle names? That's cool! What's your first one?

[arynetrek]

i'd also probably give my kids (if i ever have any, which is doubtful) after LotR characters, but like a lot of you have said, for middle names with a more "normal" first name (or vice versa). also, nearly all my favorite names in the books belong to characters whose fate i would not wish on a child - Feanor, for example...

but it'd be funny in a sick sort of way to have siblings Finwe, Feanor, Finrod, etc. etc.... at family reunions no one but Tolkien fans would even attempt to yell at them all at once!

aryne *

PS - i'm back. for awhile at least.

[And it's name is Epyon]

First middle name is David (like King David of Israel)

[IronParrot]

So, as I scroll down this thread...

Nobody for "Sauron" or "Morgoth" so far, eh?

[samwise of the shire]

I know!!! I know!!!....Thror!:p. I really like Elanor. Peregrin would be a good middle name and Merry would be a good first name, Samwise has a ring to it and so does Beren, I also like Faramir for a middle name, there are lots more but my brain is running on low.
Sam
Ps. My first name is that of a queen(one of King Davids to be exact) and a first lady.

[AbacusTafai]

I would seriously name at least one of my kids either Eowyn or Arwen

[IronParrot]

Agreed.

Maybe we should discuss what names from LOTR you would give to your pets.

Or your electronic devices. (I think I started a thread like that ages and ages ago)

[Ñólendil]

I have an enormous long-haired tri-coloured English guinea pig named Fredegar Bolger, as someone found out a while ago when they asked who he was. I had another cavy named Bilbo (it was smaller, a bit chubby and all white), but when we found out it was a girl (contrary to what we were told) it became Belba (I think she was an aunt of Bilbo's). We almost named one of our dogs Strider, he's a big, furry, black golden-retriever (believe it or not). I'm glad we didn't, he turned out to be a real goof-ball.

Wait a minute, did you say electronic devices?

[IronParrot]

Yes.

My two calculators are Glamdring and Anduril, and my computer is Shadowfax (though quite honestly it's been running REALLY slow lately)

[galadriel]

When I was eight I wanted to name my hamster Frodo. But my brother wanted a different name, so we merged the two names together. I can't remember for my life what the poor thing's name was anymore.

I have a porcelain dog on my nightstand named Huan, and a cool-looking wizard necklace named Saruman. (He looks way too evil to be Gandalf.)

You've named your calculators? That's cool, although incredibly weird. No more weirder than me naming my necklace, I suppose. :p

[Elessar_elfstone]

Hmmm,
I from an Asian country so I don't think there are any names really suitable

But I wouldn't mind some names like
- Eomer
- Theoden (sounds rather acceptable)
- Turin/Tuor (umm...:confused: )
- Hurin/Huor

[Alethes]

Originally posted by galadriel

I have a porcelain dog on my nightstand named Huan, and a cool-looking wizard necklace named Saruman. (He looks way too evil to be Gandalf.)

You've named your calculators? That's cool, although incredibly weird. No more weirder than me naming my necklace, I suppose. :p

At my house, we name some of our cabinets and closets, because it is easier to refer to them that way. ("Ingrid" instead of "the sewing room closet") However, we have none named after LOTR characters.

There are several names from LOTR that I like, but I don't know if I would give them to my children. I might consider Samwise, but I wouldn't want to shorten it to Sam, and Samwise might sound odd for a child's name. (Can you imagine four-year-old Samwise going to preschool?) I like Drogo too, but probably not for a kid. Lorien and Elanor are pretty, but I don't know if I would like them enough to give my child one of those names.

[Galahira_May]

I personally like the name Lorien too...i think 'Galadriel would be too obvious dont you think? :p
I also like elvish names in general....so beautiful.

[ryan]

personally, i think arwen would be a great name for a daughter.. although id have to think twice before naming my kid celeborn or boromir ;)

[CardenIAntauraNauco]

My mom loves lotr names, but she didn't actually use them to name us. I do have a sister named Carillion Elaine. She was going to name me Catherine Evanna, but I was born male. Fortunately, she let my Dad have some say so; otherwise I would have been called something like Gilgalad or Gondor.

[webwizard333]

I named my calculator "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and even got the label for it, along with the label "Don't Panic". I got some funny looks for it, but noone really looks at people's calculators. Bilbo would be a fun name for a dog, probably a small dog. As far as kids go, maybe they might forgive me for middle names like Fili and Kili, wait, that means twelve kids, nevermind that one. :rolleyes:

[Alethes]

I almost forgot about Meriadoc. That's another neat name, but I don't think I would name a kid Meriadoc. Maybe for a pet, or for another closet. :D

[Renille]

I'm changing my cat's name to Sauron. In remembrance and honor of poor mice brought under the power of the "one claw..."
Meriadoc would be great, even better when shortened to Merry.

[emplynx]

I found out this past week that my sisters cat is named Eowyn. I also know someone who married a girl named that.:D

[Lumina]

Believe it or not, an acquaintance of a friend of mine is actually called Mithrandir.

[andustar]

seriously????
well, I would love to have a LOTR middle name or something, and it's a really cool idea to name pets and objects after the characters. I like it :)

...but I think giving a first name that is obviously from LOTR to a child is not a good thing. I mean, I know (well, sort of know:)) a girl online called Arwen. I don't think she likes it much, she hasn't reaad the books (like so many she quit after the first few chapters :rolleyes: ) and people keep asking her if that is her real name, etc, etc... I mean, you should see her description of herself, it had something like "yes, Arwen is my real name. Yes, my dad was and still is a Tolkien fanatic. No, I haven't read the books..." in it :)

<grins> but as I don't have a middle name, maybe I can call myself Shani Arwen or something :) it's just not fair to give someone a name like that when you don't even know if they'll like Tolkien or not ;)

[Vanimdil]

I know a guy name Bo Baggett. His mom named him Bo in honor of Bilbo Baggins. :) And he is actually a LOTR fan.
I also have a small dog named Bilbo. He is a tough little stray that turned up on our doorstep. It has been an appropriate name for him. He's always ready to take on anything and he has more than an ordinary share of luck too. :)
I think LOTR middle names for children are a neat idea. I've thought that Estel would be a pretty name for a girl. (Yes, I know it's Aragorn's name but a girl could be called that too.) My brother says when he has a daughter he's going to call her Elen Kalina (starlight.)

[andustar]

I would love to have a LOTR middle name... But my parents haven't read it :) My uncle now, he's obsessed, he's the one who gave me FOTR... and he's got a one-year-old daughter now :).

hmmmmm.... is one year too old to be given a middle name? ;)

[illogik]

Grima Wormtounge is the best possible name i can think of for a future child of mine..

[kennebecc]

I had a beautiful orange long haired cat named Pippin Took. Fit him to a tee, as he was frequently mischievious, like a good meal, and always off on adventures. One adventure nearly cost him his life, as he was hit by a truck, and lost one of his huge green eyes. That never seemed to slow him down though. He continued for many good years, prowling around the fields and forests with his one eye (which glowed eerily at night) Geesh, what a great cat. And, when his time came to pass into the Grey Havens, I shouldn't have been surprised that he was the first cat in the area to succomb to feline AIDS. He was a good boy, and have not had a pet like him since. :)

[Tawfret Melee]

I've always thought that Meriadoc and Peregrin are the coolest names in LotR. But I don't think my husband would be too thrilled with the prospect of naming our sons that. o_0;; Oh well...

[Laurelyn]

I really like some of the female names in the book, and most of the male names as well. My alias, aka my screenname, Laurelyn, didn't originate from Tolkien, but when I later read the Silmarillion I realized that it was just Laurelin, spelled differently. I didn't, however, intend that. Actually, Laurelyn isn't my real name. My real name's Laura.
But my little brother's two fish are named Laurelin and Telperion . . .

[sepulchrave]

Grishnakh! Ugluk! get outta that!! How many times do I have to tell you.... Oh for Erus sake. Nothing but trouble , kids today...What a mess. Oh no! that's your mothers best tablecloth, and now look you've got gore all over it. Hey!! Stop that! Would you please not try to stab your brother repeatedly with that dirty knife? Turn that black metal DOWN!!!!

teehee

[Laurelyn]

I might name a kid Tinuviel . . .

[Arathorn]

A lot of cool names there in the book, I must agree. Although there are a few that get weird once you start making up nicknames:

Mithrandir ->Randy - this is ok except maybe for Brits
Gandalf----->Gandi - :rolleyes:

Legolas----->Lassie (ok, but opposite sex) or Lego - "Hey didn't I tell you to clean up your Lego's Lego?"

I think I'll name my future son Saruman a.k.a. Sharky:cool:

[Earniel]

Originally posted by IronParrot
Yes.

My two calculators are Glamdring and Anduril, and my computer is Shadowfax (though quite honestly it's been running REALLY slow lately)

YES!! FINALLY! Somebody else who names a computer! There is a god! :D

Incidently I know some one called Lotte and her younger sister is called Lorien (although her real name is Laurianne)

[KGamgee]

I like the name Elanor, and I've liked Sam even before I read LOTR. But, I wouldn't name by kid anything like Arwen or Mithrandir, even though they are more interesting than Mary and John. My kids (if I have any in the DISTANT future) would hate me :D
~KGamgee~

[Uinen]

I love the Quenya and Sindarin languages and would love to name my kids something beautiful. There are such delicate sounds and poetic meanings in the names. Just have to convince my hubby!

I have a fondness for Estel as a middle name. Love the idea of "hope" - something we all need at various times in life.

[markedel]

I'd like my kids to have long winded titles like Aragorn did.

That be pretty funny if he had to announce that wherever he went.

[Gildor]

I agree, Uinen, Estel would make a great middle name. In English it seems that we are short of iambic names and they work well with most surnames, especially if the first name is trochaic. I looked and looked for those second syllable accented names when I was naming my own Children and settled on Elaine, Elisha, and Elizabeth. Their third names however ( I like lots of names, ok?) were rather more down to earth (lots of family names to carry on) Now that I think of it, Elizabeth could have been Estel...well Estelle maybe...

Other names I wouldn't mind naming children are:
Rian, Arien,(from the Silmarillion) and Lorien. Unfortunately, my children are too old to name...maybe grandchildren. If I start plotting now maybe I can infuse the idea into the right brains.

[Jedipati]

My parents had a parrot named Gandolf (SP)? And we later had a cockatoo that was named Frodo but we called Frodo-bird

[Legolas_BowKing]

My first name is Sauron and i have got through life just fine.

[Rána Eressëa]

I've got a little list:

Rian
Lorien
Legolas
Pippin (eh, maybe not, but it's cute)
Elenna
Estel

[Earniel]

Very good list Rogue Elf! Personally I would add Cirdan and Elanor.

[luinilwen]

i like the star names! and you don't have any worries about naming your child after a character with an unfortunate fate. if you called your kid denethor, i bet he'd be an arsonist... ok that was a pretty tasteless joke ;)

i like alcarinque "the glorious", elemmire "star jewel", sorunume, helluin, wilwarin "butterfly" and anarrima.

pretty, eternal names. :D

[Samwise_Gamgee]

My cousin's real name is Samwise.....The only twist there is that he HATES LotR..........Of course, I love LotR, and my first name is Rebecca.......*sadness*.......:mad:

[Araethirion]

hmm... I'd say Gwaihir, that's a nice name. Or Aldor, also a nice name

[The_Real_Legolas]

I love Quenyen names!!!!But I don't think my wife would let me:mad: !!!ANYWAY thank u!

[Samwise_Gamgee]

Then again, my middle name is Rose, so that's OK.....For those who don't know, Rose = Rosie Cotton, the hobbit Sam marries back in the Shire...:p :D

[bropous]

You sure have to consider how the kid would feel with a name out of Lord of the Rings, especially if it were Mithrandir or Denethor or, clutch the pearls, Bilbo! Can you imagine the little kid's peers getting hold of a name like Frodo or Bilbo or Ghan-buri-Ghan??

However, there are a couple of names one could use and not be ridiculed, such as Elanor or Sam or Bill. ;) It's tough on a kid having a name which is easy to ridicule, I'd hate to make life harder. Sort of like "A Boy Named Sue".

However, considering how I feel about children at this advanced age, I'd probably coin the example of a previous poster and call 'em Grishnakh Ugluk or Snaga Shagrat.

[luinilwen]

i agree with bropous, and in agreement with earlier posts, i'd have to say that if you WERE going to give your child a name from LOTR or tolkien, perhaps it would be best to make it their middle name(s)! :)

problem is, i don't like any boring names that children wouldn't be ridiculed for. two other favourite names of mine are valida and antianara - amazonian queen and warrior. so tolkienian or no, my kids will hate their names :D

[FrodoFriend]

But a lot of the names are really pretty. Dwarf names would be almost as bad as Orc names though. Still, not all would sound too odd:

Merry & Pippin are both very nice
Eowyn
Lobelia
Galadriel
Estel

Really, I would love to have a name like that. At least it's not your every day Tom and Bob.

[Starr Polish]

I have an odd name, and because of it I have gone through a lot of ridicule (but trust me, it has to do with medication, of all things)

I used to hate it, but I like it now.

HINT: My name is the female version of a musical term.

[luinilwen]

erm, harmony? melody? *shrugs*

[Vanimdil]

Allegra? :)

[Earniel]

Aria? Opera? Muse? Give a hint!:)

[ragamuffin92]

Coda, Nota, Mandolina, Cella, Pianissima, Symphonia, Concertina, G-Cleffa, And-a-one, And-a-two-a, Breva, Forta, Crescenda, or Decrescenda, maybe?

[Earniel]

LOL

Maestra then? or Doremi?:)

[Earniel]

LOOK, LOOK I'M AN ELVEN WARRIOR!!! I MADE IT!!! WOOHOOOOO!! YES!!!!

although elven warrioress would probably be more acurate, or even elven worrier would suffice...

Ah, now I'm a happy camper...

[FrodoFriend]

Staccatoa? Marcatoa? Andanta? Accentine? Wait . . . it has to do with medication and it's the female version of a musical term? What??!!

P.S. Has anyone here ever played/heard the concert piece called "Hobbits"?

[Starr Polish]

Vanimdil guessed correctly :D

[FrodoFriend]

Wow, cool! A medication, and a musical term. It all makes sense now. :)

[Starr Polish]

Now you see why I hated it a few years ago...gah, it took awhile for people to stop calling me "fexofenedine"

[FrodoFriend]

I think it's pretty. It's nice having an unusual name, that way you don't get confused with other people.

[luinilwen]

WTF? i must be really stupid, because i have no idea what the HELL "allegra" has to do with medication! :(

incidentally, i think it's quite a nice name! it's not very common, although it's not extremely bizarre, either. :)

[Alethes]

Allegra is an allergy medication.

I think it's a pretty name, Starr Polish!

[Starr Polish]

Thank you! It is nice to have a different name then someone else, but I did meet someone with my name once, in Kansas City...how odd!

I love unusual names, and my kids are going to hate me for at least a little while because of their names...I'm lucky though, my sister was almost named Sky Blue (insert last name here), but my dad woudln't hear of it!

I have contemplated naming my first daughter Arwen...I think that is SUCH a pretty name. Maybe I'd spell it Arwyn. ::shrug::

[Earniel]

Sky Blue? Now that's a VERY unusual name! Maybe if you translate it to Elfish....

[Evenstar]

I like the name Allegra!! I am going to name my kids all interesting names!!! Heres a list:
Spain
Hunter
December (I think it sounds really cool!)
or November
Autumn
wow...my kids are gonna hate me arent they!!!
Anyway...as for LotR names...I like Elanor...and I like Pippin...but probably only for a nickname!!! Depends on if he is gonna be a trouble maker or not!!!
Lorien would be a pretty name!! Or to invent a name...Loriena...Yeah...I feel sorry for my children!!

[Earniel]

A thought just struck me... one day our kids (probably all named Denethor, Arwen, Eowyn, Frodo, Aragorn and such) will visit the entmoot-forum which in those days will be famed throughout the world. And they will by chance come upon those old and ancient threads and they will read our posts and they will think: " Drat, is THIS where they got that name!?" and they will curse us root and branch....

[Evenstar]

Originally posted by Eärniel
A thought just struck me... one day our kids (probably all named Denethor, Arwen, Eowyn, Frodo, Aragorn and such) will visit the entmoot-forum which in those days will be famed throughout the world. And they will by chance come upon those old and ancient threads and they will read our posts and they will think: " Drat, is THIS where they got that name!?" and they will curse us root and branch....

hehe!!! yeah probably

[Asilynn]

I like Peregrin and Meriadoc.

Elvish names are very pretty, but people are such idiots that they'd never be able to pronouce most of them.

I like Elbereth Gilthoniel, and Radagast might be cool.

When I get a laptop I'm going to name it Gil-Galed.

If I get another cat I may name it Tinuviel, Gollum would be a cool name for a salamander.....

Asilynn

PS I have two middle names

[Alethes]

Two of the contestants on yesterday's "Family Feud" were named Lorien and Arwen (though she pronounced it "Air-wen").

[Renille]

Originally posted by Eärniel
A thought just struck me... one day our kids (probably all named Denethor, Arwen, Eowyn, Frodo, Aragorn and such) will visit the entmoot-forum which in those days will be famed throughout the world. And they will by chance come upon those old and ancient threads and they will read our posts and they will think: " Drat, is THIS where they got that name!?" and they will curse us root and branch....

And by then, all of us old 'mooters will be old friends, and we'll all laugh...that would be weird.

[Ërendil]

I Love the elven names because they sound so pretty! I'm gonna call my kids (if i have any) Sam, Elanor and maybe Arwen but nothing REALLY obvious such as Frodo or Bilbo. Maybe Cirdan is a bit OTT or Glorfindel.
I like words like that especially elvish...now i'm just raving on so ignore anything that doesnt sound normal because i am not. (Here i go again. I am so bored at the mo)

PS I think that i have spelt Earendil (Erendil) wrong. I didn't mean to- so now im stuck with an incorrect name.

[Earniel]

Welcome to the moot! Don't worry about the miss-typing of your name. See it this way: at least now you have a name that no one else will have.:) Ërendil doesn't sound that bad at all.

[Ërendil]

Thanks Eärniel. Nice name BTW

[Earenya]

I would certainly consider naming my kids Elvish names. Not so sure what my (future) husband would think though, haha.
I love Galadriel, but I enjoy the Quenyan translations of English names even. My real name translated is "Erunyauve".

[Earniel]

You're welcome Ërendil.

Now that I finished UT, I have a new favorite: Emerwen. It's not a welknown Middle-earth name, but just Tolkienish enough.

[Menelvagor]

How 'bout Maia? That's Tolkeinish and might just save the kid from the death-by-teasing fate a more obvious name would give.

[Kyote Fields]

All this talk about kids names is stirring up an old conversation that my future-to-be wife and i had a few months back. I want to name my daughter Emerald Fields (yes, after my own middle name) I think it's very poetic and her nickname would be Emmy. However she doesn't like it because it's too easy to "pick on". I can't see her point and my contention is that I've heard kids pick on names like Sue, John and Mike so it really doesn't matter what the kid's named.
Opinions?

P.S. i personally like Luthien now after reading this thread and will approach my love with this idea, but I can tell you the outcome aleady. :rolleyes: Can't say I didn't try!;)

[Earenya]

Best of luck! As someone with a fairly common name I thoroughly support the idea of having unique names!

[Elf Girl]

I think in years to come I'll name my daughter Melian.
I don't know about a boy, though.

[Jedipati]

If I ever have kids (which is unlikely as I don't plan on ever marrying), I want to name my first girl Elanor Hope and I want my first boy to have the middle name of Estel (not sure what's gonna go with that.)

[Earniel]

If children want to "pick on" a name they don't even need a special name. My name is as common as muck and they teased me by refering constantly to the largest desert of africa. Although special names are perhaps more inviting to pick on.

To Jedipati: You can always plan on adopting one or two...

[Vanimdil]

Jedipati, I love the name Elanor Hope! That's cool. How about Michael Estel. That sounds nice, I think.

[Elf Girl]

Heehee...I'm an Elven Warrior...It took me twelve days to get here.

I wish my name was more interesting. Maybe I can convince everyone to call me Melian. Speaking of names, isn't it weird that we all think of each other in terms of our Entmoot names?

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
Speaking of names, isn't it weird that we all think of each other in terms of our Entmoot names?

It's hard not to. I know perhaps one or two of the real names of people. And I like my entmootname, I made it up myself. *beams around her proudly*

[Earenya]

Yeah, I think its nice to be called a name you picked out/chose yourself. Some cultures dont name their children until the child does or chooses something themselves.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by IronParrot

My two calculators are Glamdring and Anduril, and my computer is Shadowfax (though quite honestly it's been running REALLY slow lately)

My calculator is Pippin. There was a girl who graduated from my school last year who named her calculator "Legolas." I'm trying to decide what to name my computer now.

[Arathorn]

My PC at home is Arda
My two Hard Drives are Gondor and Arnor
My 10 Partitions are the the fellowship members and Smeagol (backups)

I call my black USR modem the External Stone of Orthanc

[Earniel]

One of our computers is named Dave (after 2001 spacy oddessy) The printer is called neuro since it's an old one and he can't print a euro-sign. Our external modem is called garthim (after the dark crystal) because of the shape and the to lights on the front. I'm thinking on naming my zip-discs something Tolkienish, but I haven't come upwith something suitable.

[bropous]

Actually, I could not print here what I normally call my computer.

[luinilwen]

lol and my toilet is belfalas! *FLUSH!*

at the moment my bedroom is a lot like mirkwood... stray from the path and you seldom return... hehe

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

My room has definitely become Mirkwood of late. . .

:)

[maelyn]

i had a beagle named frodo when i was little...

[BeardofPants]

I don't plan on having kids, but if I did, I would call it Shagrat the dumb.

[Aragollwen]

I think Samwise would make a cool middle name and my friend Willis thinks Glóin would make a nice first name :eek: . He named some one in the story we're writing together that. He was some one's kid. I let him name him because he invented the kid's dad.

Elessar would make an ausome name now that I think of it. My son would hate me though... You could name your kid TOm and not tell him you expect him to turn out like Bombadil!

Coming to it, my middle name is Rose and my brother's name is Tom, and my mum is a HUGE LotR fan... she says she named him after Tom Seleck (I know I didn't spell that right!) and me because my cheeks were all red when I was born, but I duuno know! I'll have to ask her later.

[Earniel]

Welcome to the entmoot Aragollwen!

You've got a cute avatar!

[Aragollwen]

Oh thank you!

Say, I started a thread earlier about this little contest I'm having. The thread is titled "Half Elves" if you want to take a look. You might be able to help me, I don't know.

[Earniel]

heheh, funny, I had already left a reply before you asked:)

[Elf Girl]

I think I'll name my kid something from The Silmarillion, which they won't even read if they turn out *gasp* not to be a Tolkien fan. If they are a fan, however, they'll be ecstatic.

[Finrod Felagund]

Any one who knows the Silmarillion...
I'd have seven sons and make them call me Feanor.
They would be Maehdros, Maglor, Curufin, Celegorm, Caranthir, Amrod and Amras.

Ok maybe not, how bout seven sons seven daughters named after the Valar.

[Andúril]

If I ever had a son (I'm never having kids...)
and if my surname was Black
I would name my son....
Ancalagon
His middle name would obviously be The. Obviously.

[LuthienTinuviel]

my shoe is named rana.
get it? for wanderer, a shoe??
hehe..
elanor wouldn't be bad.
knowing me, i would pick some crazier ones..
i have always wanted a black lab named frodo, and a silver lab named with some elvish name, maybe celeb? (hehehe, get it??)

[azalea]

I have 2 sons, neither of whom are named after Tolkien characters, but one is nicknamed Fatty Lumpkin (Tom Bom's horse), because he's 11 months old and very round.:)

[Shadowfax]

My math teacher named is daughter (who is now 5 or 6 years old) Esther-Ruth Galadriel. And his other daughter's name is Elanor! I think that's soo cool!:D :D

[Samwise_Gamgee]

Even though this has nothing to do with LotR, my cat's name is Stu :) His real name is actually You Stupid Cat, but come on...That's like, 4 syllables!!!:eek:

[Andúril]

Seeing as you mentioned your pet's name, heres mine: Woof.

Oooh! Ahhhh! That's not lazy at all!

[BeardofPants]

Oh, I don't have any. :( But my last pet was a black cat called Sheba (cos of her hairy legs, get it? get it?), and the one before that was a black cat called Rebel, and the one before that was a black cat called Midget.... What? You think I have an obsession with black cats? Why don't you come over here and say that?!

[Arathorn]

I had a boxer once named Casius and a Siamese cat name Vladimir.

I plan on getting a rabbit one of these days. I think I'll name him Coney.

[Elf Girl]

Someday I'll get 5 kittens and name them Estel, Aragorn, Elessar, Dunedan, and Strider.

[Durlomiel]

I've got a fern named (you guessed it) Bill.

Two cats, Pulau Tigger (after the Survivor island. Yes, I watch that show), and because I wanted their names to be alliterative, the other cat is Pixel Tinuviel.

[azalea]

No pets now, but had a cat named Thor, one named Furball, and a frog named Aristophanes.

[Aragollwen]

We have one cat and two dogs. The cat is Pirate (cuz he's got this black spot aroud his eye) and the dogs are Ezri (from Star Trek) and Leto (from Dune). We had another cat named Alex, but he ran away.:(

[Menelvagor]

My cats are all named boring things, but by bird is kinda interesting. His name is Tofu, and that can get interesting sometimes, like for instance, when we have tofu for dinner. :p

[Starr Polish]

My pets names: Ameka ( a lizard), Whisteria, (a grey cat) Cupid (a german sheperd/husky/wolf that was born Feb 14), Zib, Zob, Xena and Zorn (zebra finches)

Keeping on topic: I truly want to name one of my girl children a Tolkien name, or a something in Quenya.

I've always loved odd names. Currently, some of my favorites are Bryony and Rosmarin (yeah, I know, herbs :D ). I'm 'at risk' for twins (my grandmother had twins) and I would name then Gwendolyn and Guinevere, if they were both girls.

[Durlomiel]

well, assuming that someday I have kids...

of course I'd like to give them Tolkien names, but I'm sure that won't go over well with other influential family members. Among the better names I've picked out Beren, Samwise (I've always liked the name Sam, but not Samuel), Eowyn (she frickin' rocks my world).

it would suck to be named Elrond Hubbard. Really.

[Earniel]

Since when did we go from children to pets? Wasn't there a separate thread for LOTR-petnames? Well whatever...

As for children, Emerwen, Elanor and Cirdan are still my favorites. As for pets, we have two cats a smoke and white one Smaug (often called Smaugism) and a black one Jinx (although my sister calls him Fatty but I resent that)

[azalea]

Durlomiel: LOL
Yeah, you have to have a spouse who also likes unusual names, or you're stuck w/ normal ones.
My cat had 2 kittens when I was a kid that I named Rivendell and Goldberry.

[Andúril]

You think Elrond Hubbard is messed up?

What about Ancalagon The-Black Hubbard?

Okay, okay, I'll tone it down a little with the Ancalagons...

How about Manwe Hubbard? Or Fingolfin Hubbard. Or better yet, Finarfin Hubbard. Say that last one really quick, ten times.

[azalea]

Manwe Hubbard isn't too bad -- but I think the name Fingolfin with any last name sounds a little funny. Could you imagine the other kids' reaction when the teacher called his name for the roll call on the first day of school?

[Andúril]

"John Smith" "Here"

"Grant Logan" "Present"

"Matthew Hayden" "Yes"

"Tom Bombadil - hey?" "Here"

"Balrog Hubbard - what?" "Yes ma'am"

"Fingolfin Humperdink - Jeebus!" "Present"

"Ancalagon the Black - What the hell is going on here!!??" "Yes."

[azalea]

ROFL!

"Mrs. Jones, Fingolfin keeps looking on my paper!"

[BeardofPants]

"Miss! Miss! I say, Miss! Balrog Hubbard is picking on me....."

[Earniel]

ROFLOL!

Miss teacher! Ancalagon the Black stole my lunch and he won't give it back!

[BeardofPants]

hehe!

"Miss! Miss! Fingolfin won't stop pulling my hair...."

"It's not me, miss, it's Manwe!"

[Elf Girl]

"Hey! Balrog pushed me into a hole!"

"Gandalf, quit tattling!"

[Arathorn]

"Miss Jenkins! Melkor's putting fangs on my elf drawings!"

[BeardofPants]

"Miss Brown... Melkor keeps putting Ungoliant in my desk!"

[azalea]

ROFLOL!

"Alright class, get out your Lothlorien soil. Here I have a phial filled with the light of Galadriel. Let us now do an experiment in which... Hey, you, the Nazgul in the back of the room... stop cowering and come up to the blackboard! Uh-oh"
*walks to back of room and pokes empy black cloak w/ pointer*
to self: "Not another one -- how am I going to explain this one to the principal?"

[Arathorn]

Originally posted by azalea
ROFLOL!

"Alright class, get out your Lothlorien soil. Here I have a phial filled with the light of Galadriel. Let us now do an experiment in which... Hey, you, the Nazgul in the back of the room... stop cowering and come up to the blackboard! Uh-oh"
*walks to back of room and pokes empy black cloak w/ pointer*
to self: "Not another one -- how am I going to explain this one to the principal?"

Ma'am..I know what you mean. I had trouble describing Tom B. to my parents. They keep telling their friends he's just my imaginary friend. *Hugs yellow-booted stuffed-doll*

[BeardofPants]

Ms Jenkins! Miss, miss.... Sauron just tried to steal my ring! Miss...."

[Arathorn]

Nyenyenyenyenye..

While you were all having a paperball fight, I gave Sauron's plastic decoder ring to our new janitor, Mr Cracker Doom.

[BeardofPants]

"Aargh! It's not fair! Aragorn won't let me join his 'fellowship' club! He says he'll get girl germs... "

[Arathorn]

Probably heard on the campus speakers: "Mithrandir, Galadriel, and Elrond. It is with great pleasure that we announce that you passed your respective exams. Section Eldar has been moved to the West Wing. Please present yourselves to Mr. Cirdan for registration. Welcome folks to the new Academic School Age!"

[Menelvagor]

ROFL! :D :D :D :p :D :D :D

[Tar-Elendil]

::doesnt doubt u peeps think up material all day for the moot:p ::

[Aragollwen]

*Aragorn and Legolas are in the cafeteria eating small lunches. Gimli sits next to them with a lunchbox the size of his head.*
Aragorn: Geez Gimli! You-
*Merry and Pippin arrive with lunch boxes the size of my monitor.*
Aragorn:... Never mind.


*Eowyn looks for a lunch table. She spots the above mentioned one. She moves to sit down.*
Gimli: Hey! This is the Fellowship Only table!

[Durlomiel]

Fellowship only? That would be like a little boys' club. Could be called GROSS, Get Rid Of Slimy orcS

[Aragollwen]

Look at my sig. Then look who didn't talk!

[Andúril]

Class, please welcome your new substitute teacher.

"Good morning sir"

"My name is Mr Pharazon. But you may call me Ar" Scribbles name on blackboard.

"Goood mmorrinniing miiissstteer Ar-Pharazon!"

"Good morning class. Time for roll-call." Takes out list from greasy back pocket. "Right, Mr Nine-Finger?"

*Silence*

"Mr Frodo Nine-Finger - are you here?" Looks around class over evil and also eerie looking glasses. "Continuing, is his brother, Sauron here?"

"Yes sir."

Mr Pharazon looks at Sauron. "Jeez! What happened to your eyeball, son!!??"

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Anduril

Mr Pharazon looks at Sauron. "Jeez! What happened to your eyeball, son!!??"

"Frodo poked me in the eye, sir! When we were fighting over my ring..."

:D :D :D

[Earniel]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
"Frodo poked me in the eye, sir! When we were fighting over my ring...":D :D :D

heheheh

Teacher: Well it looks a bit inflamed. Maybe you should visit the schoolnurse miss Ioreth.

[Andúril]

"But Miss Ioreth is a troll."

"Hurin Gobsmack, please take Sauron Nine-Finger to Miss Ioreth."

"Yes ma'am."

[BeardofPants]

Saruman: Miss, miss, can I go too? My head hurts.

Teacher: Not again, Saruman! You can stay right there, and don't you even think of using the voice on me!

Saruman: This is not the child you are thinking of, he may go to the sick bay.

Teacher: You are not the child I am thinking of, you may go to the sick bay....

[Andúril]

So, Saruman Many-Coloured and Hurin Gobsmack accompanied Sauron The-Deciever to Ioreth, the nurse troll.

When Hurin entered to room, he shouted a war cry, and with his sword, lopped off her head. He did this only once.

[BeardofPants]

We have a way, of wandering away from the thread, don't we? :)

[Elf Girl]

Unfortunatly, due to the hardness of the flesh of trolls, she was only wounded. Meanwhile a kid from another class, Bilbo Bagtop, rushes to the window and opens the drapes!

[Andúril]

Then Saruman died of spontaneous combustion, because he was rightly a vampire.

[BeardofPants]

But then he came back to life, cos vampires don't die... and bit Sauron in the head.

[azalea]

*smoke flowing out of bathroom. teacher walks in*
"Okay, who's smoking pipe-weed in here? Merry Brandybuck! I might have known! And Gandalf! I would never have expected this kind of behavior from you!"

****************************

In boys locker room: Everybody go ahead and dress down!
Dernhelm, I said dress down! Let's go, son!
*Dernhelm removes baseball cap to reveal flowing blonde hair*
teacher, rolling eyes: "They don't pay me enough for this job."

[Andúril]

"Dernhelm, did I say dress down, or didn't I?"

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Anduril
"Dernhelm, did I say dress down, or didn't I?"

Can't help yourself, Anduril, you're incorrigible! Now take off your er... starts with 'P' and rhymes with ants.

[Andúril]

Yes ma'am!

[BeardofPants]

*Clutches sides with laughter*

Oh, you're terrible! Can't take you anywhere without you threatening to take off your, ah... see above ....

[Andúril]

I'm not that terrible. It's just that you make me want to do naughty things...

[BeardofPants]

*clutches insides* Ah, stop! Argh.... it hurtsesss me....

[Andúril]

Does that mean I can pull up my pants now?

[Elf Girl]

"Legolas! Gimli! We don't allow weapons, you know tha- why are you killing ants?"

"I've squashed forty-two, Legolas, beat that!"

[BeardofPants]

No, 'tis seem'th as if 'tis will be forever thy doom to walk'th this planet with thy pants around thy ankles, clad only in thy silky boxer shorts, with hearts upon them. ;)

[Andúril]

I'm fine with that - if you are by my side.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Anduril
I'm fine with that - if you are by my side.

- Oh, of course, sweetums, as long as Earniel is with us...

[Menelvagor]

Dang, there they go again. :D

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Menelvagor
Dang, there they go again. :D

Young lovers :rolleyes: what can I say?

[Andúril]

We may be young, but it is as if we have been together for a blissful eternity...

[BeardofPants]

Easy to say now, we haven't had our "first fight" yet....

(I'm told, I can be a bit pig headed sometimes... :eek: )

[Andúril]

Some people think that fights are necessary (it shows the participants really care, etc). I disagree. There is only one good thing that can come from fighting - you know exactly what I'm talking about (It's Anduril talking here....)

But anyway, we are here, the Naming your kids after LOTR characters thread, so BoP, what are we going to name our kids?

[BeardofPants]

I hate to break it to you, mister, but I'm not having any kids, so you can nab that in the bud... Oh, and get your mind out of the gutter. :eek:

[Andúril]

Hence, what shall we name our theoretical kids?

[BeardofPants]

Mmmmm...? Something suitably insulting, and enough to give them an inferiority complex for life...! "Arwen" heh heh heh.... "Legolas" *insane giggle* Oh, I can just imagine the playground fights now...

[Andúril]

Shame.

"Gargantuan!! Stop beating up poor little Legolas Greenleaf"

"Yes ma'am"

"Brutis!! Stop biting Pippin!!"

"Aaarrr!!"

[BeardofPants]

"Stop picking on Arwen! She can't help it if she was named after a Gawd awful actress...."

[Andúril]

Brutis: "Aaarr!!! Gimme thine pencil!!"

Arwen: "If you want it, come and claim it."

Arwen is a boy, thus the more embarrassing.

[BeardofPants]

Ooh good one!

"Legolas! Can I borrow your eraser?"

"And you have my eraser..."

[Andúril]

Legolas : "Yes, Arwen was may name once..."

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

*glares at the evil people* Poor Legolas. *sniff*
I'm naming my non-existent, not-even-theoretical twins Telperion and Laurelin.

[Faramir]

My computer's name is Mordor.:D Sometimes I do think it's evil when it downloads slow:mad: If I had a daughter, her middle name would be Luthien. A son would be Durin. :D

[Entlover]

Sorry, but i think naming your kids after their parents' literary obsessions is unfair. I'm sure we all know people named after weird novels of decades ago . . .
Reminds me of the children I knew named Rye and Rain, and baby Eleven (cause he had eleven fingers).

[azalea]

Maybe a better way of saying it would not be that the child is named after the character, but that the name is a nice one, and so a nice one to name one's child.
My husband was named after an author with an unusual spelling of a common name, and he always disliked it.
Hmm, that Eleven is pretty tacky!

[Faeirex]

You do realise that any kid named Legolas will have to go through life with the nickname Leg'o'Lamb, don't you?

Although while I'm on the subject, I totally plan to name my daughter Varda. Such a cool name, and most people won't realise it's from the book anyway, because most of the people I mix with haven't read the Silmarillion. Therefore should save theoretical child much embarassment. I hope, anyway.

So, who's gonna name their son Gondor?

~Fae

[Jadera]

I have a friend whose name is Theodin, and his siblings names are Galadriel, Elrond, and Arwen. He has a niece named Lorien, too I think.

I hadn't planned on naming any of my children after Tolkein characters. (I have a hard time finding girls names I like for some reason.) But strange names aren't different for me.
If I have twin boys I'm naming them Jaken and Boaz after the pillars in the temple. If I had two sets of twin boys, I'd name the second pair Aragorn and Legolas. :D That would be cute. I like the name Estel, too, but I would probably use that for a girl.

[Elf Girl]

I think I'll create an elvish name that means something cool but sounds plausible.

[Draken]

There's a kid in my youngest duaghter's playgroup called Beren, and he's a RIGHT little sod!

This is my first ever posting on here btw, hello everyone!

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Draken
There's a kid in my youngest duaghter's playgroup called Beren, and he's a RIGHT little sod!

This is my first ever posting on here btw, hello everyone!

Welcome to the moot. Happy posting :D

[Draken]

Cheers EG! Not too sure about being being a 37 year old "sapling" mind! Must get some more postings on here!

[Draken]

Cancel that, I'm now a hobbit apparently. Hmmm!

[BeardofPants]

Hey Draken! Welcome to the moot! Good to see another Tolkien aficionado. ;)

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Draken
Cancel that, I'm now a hobbit apparently. Hmmm!

Yes, but if you post a lot more you could be an elven warrior, and an elf lord :D

Glad to see yet more Tolkien fans joining here :)

[Arathorn]

Welcome Draken. Hope you get some sleep every once in a while. The first time I mooted, I almost went without a wink for a few days. :eek:

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Arathorn
Welcome Draken. Hope you get some sleep every once in a while. The first time I mooted, I almost went without a wink for a few days. :eek:

Maybe that's why I thought you were mooting 24/7 :D

[Arathorn]

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf


Maybe that's why I thought you were mooting 24/7 :D

Shush, Sindar Dwarf-lover! Look who's staying up late in the West Coast now... :rolleyes:

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Arathorn

Shush, Sindar Dwarf-lover! Look who's staying up late in the West Coast now... :rolleyes:


It's Dwarf friend, you crazy Dunadain, and I'm only staying up late because I can't sleep :rolleyes:

[Draken]

It's only 10:50 am here...and I SHOULD be working!

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Draken
It's only 10:50 am here...and I SHOULD be working!

There's always that problem, with the moot. I should be working, sleeping, etc. But I'm not. I'm mooting. :)

[Draken]

getting back to the subject, if I WERE to name my kids after LotR characters - very hypothetical cos I wouldn't remotely consider that for real:

The eldest would be Eowyn - confident, smart and quite a temper
The middle would be Arwen - very elven in her ways
The youngest would be a female manifestation of Sauron!

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Draken

The youngest would be a female manifestation of Sauron!
LOL :D

If I had kids (which I won't) I wouldn't want to give them names they would hate me for. :eek:

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Draken
manifestation of Sauron!


I'm sure MY parents would have called me that, had they known about Tolkien's characters! :eek:

Alas, they nicknamed me Oscar the Grouch. :( :D

[Arathorn]

I think it would be great to have kids with names starting with "Fin". People would say when we're coming over "Hey, the fins are here!"

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Yeah, you could have seven sons and name them all with fin names. Wait, even Feanor didn't do that!

[Faeirex]

Here's some pointless info (which I'm guessin u already knew) for you guys-
Arwen means 'lady'.

That's actually quite confusing. Arwen is called Arwen Undomiel, but also Lady Undomiel. Obviously. But does that mean Arwen is just a title? And if so, why does everyone call her by it?
And if Arwen is actually her name- huh? Was Elrond just feeling really, really unimaginative that day.
"Hmm, I have a daughter. What shall I call her? Girl?
Nah, not sophisticated enough. Daughter? That way everyone will know she's related to me..."

And Sauron I'm guessin comes from 'Saura', which means foul or putrid. Sure your hypothetical daughter will love you for that one!

Please don't do any sarky posts telling me all this stuff is in the Silmarillion or something, cos I haven't read it. And I don't care in any case. I find this fascinating.

Well, maybe I wouldn't go that far, but it's mildly interesting at least. What else could you name a child?

Melyanna looks quite nice, actually. It means 'dear gift'. Unfortunately, by the time I'm old enough 2 have kids, I don't think I'll be thinking of them in that way. Maybe 'burden' would be more appropriate.
D*mn, stupid online dictionary doesn't have that. Oh well. My
imaginary child is safe for now.

~Fae

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

How about Feanor? :D

[Faeirex]

Yeah, I'd been wondering about the implications of 'Spirit of Fire'... :p

[Arathorn]

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
How about Feanor? :D

If you had triplets, maybe you could name them Feanor, Maverick, and Jesse James. :D

[Rána Eressëa]

If I have a daughter I'm naming her Rána. ;) It isn't the name of a character, though, it's a name of the Moon. Meaning "wayward" or "wanderer". I personally love it.

[Earniel]

Rána is a beautiful name. It's the latin for frog too.;)

[Rána Eressëa]

Well, then not only will she be a wayward person - she'll be slick too! :D

[cian]

Originally posted by Faeirex
Arwen means 'lady'.

I would offer "noble maiden" (Ar- "high, noble ..." + -wen "maiden")

And Sauron I'm guessin comes from 'Saura', which means foul or putrid.

Root THUS- appears in "Etymologies", under which find "foul, putrid" related words; but Tolkien decided that Sauron derives from root THAW ("detestable, abhorrent"). In any event not the best name by meaning :)

[Entlover]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
[B]
LOL :D

If I had kids (which I won't)

You're the third or 4th person to say something like that . . .what's with you anti-kids people?
If you don't have kids, who are you going to read the LotR to - - one of the great joys of life is reading the whole thing to somebody.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Entlover
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
[B]
LOL :D

If I had kids (which I won't)

You're the third or 4th person to say something like that . . .what's with you anti-kids people?
If you don't have kids, who are you going to read the LotR to - - one of the great joys of life is reading the whole thing to somebody.

My brother's children :D
I'm a horribly self-centered person, so I'd be a awful mother, and I don't want all that responsibility. Well, I'll be responsible about something else.

[Stalker in the Starlight]

Well, if we're just going on sound alone (since I can't be bothered to look up the meanings of any of these names because I am lazy and D*MN proud of it), I've always liked (for girls) Nessa, or Luthien, and I LOVE Varda (don't know why...). Though, if we're going on meaning, I like Nenwen (Roughly 'Water Maiden') and Loslom (I'm guessing, from my Sil Appendix, roughly 'Snow Echo'? Please correct me with the proper meaning if I'm wrong). But, if I ever DID have kids (which I won't, the world's overpopulated as it is), I would like a girl to name Zephyr (synonomous with 'light wind' in English; the name of the West Wind in Angient Greek Mythology). I don't know why...

[Claenoic]

I named my computer Boromir because it is good... most of the time. The other times it's just plain RUINATION!!!!!

THEORETICAL names (I've sworn off guys):

Girls: Celebrian, Undomiel, Eowyn, Ioreth, Luthien, Marigold

Boys: Anarion, Beren, Damrod, Duinhir, Elladan

Dogs: Nali, Faramir, Rumil, Frea, Targon, Theodred, Valandil, Vorondil, Grond

Cats: Beruthiel (for obvious reasons), Tinuviel, Mauhur, Telchar, Thorin, Thranduil

Horses: Arod, Hasufel, Firefoot, Roheryn, Shadowfax, Stybba (for the pony), Snowmane, Telcontar

Birds: Landroval, Gwaihir, Bregalad, Thorondor, Thengel, Turin, Windfola, Algarend, Anor

Snakes: Smaug, Nimrodel (for a particularly good looking snake), Scatha, Tharkun, Thrain, Thror, Ufthak

(Yes, I do intend to have those pets.)

The list goes ever on and on,
Down the road from where it began... :D

[Olegson]

Me comp is Grima
First everything's all right, but the most dufficult moment .................................................. ........................................... and it betrays me.
it's very hard to deal with him. But nothing can stop a wise one..................:rolleyes:

[Stalker in the Starlight]

And as for a boys name...hmmm...I like...lots of things from Rohan: Eomer, Elfhelm, Hama...
'Snow Echo'...still love that meaning.
Hmm. I named my computer Bob. How boring.
*Sticks a new name tag on Bob the Computer* Thou art now...STRIDER! Or Estel. Or Elessar. Of Wingfoot. Or Aragorn. Or whatever. And I shalt call the printer...Beren! And the monitor is now...Eowyn! And the scanner is...Luthien! And Arwen is excluded because I don't like her! :D

[Entlover]

Originally posted by Stalker in the Starlight
But, if I ever DID have kids (which I won't, the world's overpopulated as it is), I would like a girl to name Zephyr (synonomous with 'light wind' in English; the name of the West Wind in Ancient Greek Mythology).

My cat is named Zephyr; the pound named him, not me. It's a good name, [possibly wasted on a cat, but he's a good cat.)

Whether the world is overpopulated is a controversial subject, not agreed on even by the Wise -- do not believe everything you read.

You could adopt them. Don't eliminate possibilities until you get there.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Entlover

Whether the world is overpopulated is a controversial subject, not agreed on even by the Wise -- do not believe everything you read.


It is overpopulated. But I shouldn't be getting in to such a debate here, for fear of going horribly off-topic.

[Faramir]

More Names:

Girl: Eowyn, Celebrian, Arwen, Rosie, Lorien.

Boy: Faramir, Mirthrandir(:confused: ), Frodo, Dwalin, Ellesar.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf


It is overpopulated. But I shouldn't be getting in to such a debate here, for fear of going horribly off-topic.

I second that. Look at the extinctions we are causing. Look at the pollution. It's not just something we anti-kid people make up you know! And why is it that whenever we speak up about not wanting kids that we are patronised and told that we don't know what we're talking about? And why are we called selfish for not wanting kids? How is it selfish to not produce another carbon unit to add pollution to the world? Look around. Look at all the refugees and orphanages. Something is deeply wrong with our society if we're actively encouraged to ignore the parent-less kids out there, and produce our own brats. If I ever have kids - and I don't plan on it - I'm definately adopting a refugee!

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by BeardofPants


I second that. Look at the extinctions we are causing. Look at the pollution. It's not just something we anti-kid people make up you know! And why is it that whenever we speak up about not wanting kids that we are patronised and told that we don't know what we're talking about? And why are we called selfish for not wanting kids? How is it selfish to not produce another carbon unit to add pollution to the world? Look around. Look at all the refugees and orphanages. Something is deeply wrong with our society if we're actively encouraged to ignore the parent-less kids out there, and produce our own brats. If I ever have kids - and I don't plan on it - I'm definately adopting a refugee!

Well spoken! I was, as usual, too lazy to make such an argument. . .but what you say is very true. I, too, if I ever were to decide to raise a child, would adopt a kid who would needs a home. And maybe burden said child with the name of a fictional character ;)

[BeardofPants]

Thanks! :) [Puts away soap box.]

And yeah, I think I'd burden it with nice name as well. But I don't think I'd go for existing characters. My friend is fluent in Quenya, and I'd just get her to come up with some cool name which has significant meaning for me.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Thanks! :) [Puts away soap box.]

And yeah, I think I'd burden it with nice name as well. But I don't think I'd go for existing characters. My friend is fluent in Quenya, and I'd just get her to come up with some cool name which has significant meaning for me.

It was an excellent speech :)

Well, if I were to use an existing character's name, it would be one of the less well-known ones. And as much as I would like to name a hypothetical, adopted, child "Vingilot," I think they would most likely kill me for it :D

[BeardofPants]

Yeah... "Feanor" is out of the question as well... :D

[Arathorn]

I'd like to have kids too whom I'd name after orcs. They'd sell well on the market whent they turn into full grown goats.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Arathorn
I'd like to have kids too whom I'd name after orcs. They'd sell well on the market whent they turn into full grown goats.

:rolleyes:
Shall we add 'King of puns' to your title? :D

[Arathorn]

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf


:rolleyes:
Shall we add 'King of puns' to your title? :D

No, but you can imagine it. :)

It makes it easier to sell kids/goats with names you can despise.

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Arathorn


No, but you can imagine it. :)

It makes it easier to sell kids/goats with names you can despise.

Nyeh. I'll imagine it then :)

[Stalker in the Starlight]

BoP: Oh, get back on that soapbox! You deserve it! *claps* Well said. I also am just too lazy to make such a great argument. Though it is fun to watch my grandmother sputter and say 'But what about my great-grandchildren?!" (As I am the Eldest grandchild in my stereotypical white family of Boring Traditional Values, and so everyone looks at me like I've grown an extra head when I say I don't want kids and instead want to be an artist, and then they immediatly try to make me change my mind...it gets a little boring).
I'd sell my kids...err...goats...if I had to :D

[midnightflame]

i would do it most likely, Aragorn, estel, pippin, merry or, Legolas
why? you ask because i'm a complete maniac dont care if i cant spell!:D :D :D

[Claenoic]

I want to adopt too, but... WHERE I LIVE, YOU CAN'T ADOPT CHILDREN WITHOUT A SPOUSE!!!!!!! It drives me nuts!

[Celandine]

I like the names Arwen and Galadriel . I might have the middle name of my kid Galadriel if a have a girl when I grow up. Arwen might make an okay first name. :cool:

[Entlover]

Originally posted by BeardofPants


And why is it that whenever we speak up about not wanting kids that we are patronised and told that we don't know what we're talking about?
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Because you don't?

Something is deeply wrong with our society if we're actively encouraged to ignore the parent-less kids out there, and produce our own brats. If I ever have kids - and I don't plan on it - I'm definately adopting a refugee!
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I agree with you. I have 2 bio kids and 2 adopted,. and they are not named Elanor and Eomer, more's the pity, they came with their own names. I wasn't saying you should have kids instead of adopting, I was just saying it's nice to have kids. To read the LotR to them.

The world is not overpopulated. The resources are just very badly distributed due to greed, corrupt governments, and ignorance. (just a comment; we can't get off topic, I know.)

[Eruviel Greenleaf]

must. . .resist. . .urge to go off-topic. . .
can't
The world IS overpopulated.

Must stay on topic. . .

eek.

[Earniel]

You've failed, Eruviel :) But the world is indeed overpopulated and resources are badly distribuated just as well.

There's nothing wrong with not wanting kids. But there's nothing wrong with wanting kids either. Maternal instincts are hard to ignore. I don't know wether I'll end up with kids or not, but naming them with Tolkiennames would be nice, but we'll see. Too bad middle names are no tradition here. Emerwen is still my favorite, though.

[The Ringbearer]

I'd love to name one of my eventual children after Frodo, but that could possibly lead to future personality probs.....:rolleyes:

I would also like to name my kids after Sam, Merry, or maybe have Pippin, Arwen, Eowen, or Legolas perhaps.....
It could cause a few looks if my kids went around telling people that their names were Frodo, Aragorn, Smaug....etc......:D

[samwiselvr2008]

hmmmmmm...

I allways thought that i would name my first child (if it was a girl) Anna, so maybe her middle name will be Elanor!

If I had a boy, it would be Samwise or Sam, its middle name would be Aragorn, and if i had another boy it would be Mithrander, and i dont know about the middle name!

I might consider something like a series of father- sons names, like aragorns father and his father..., i have to look it up in the books!:p

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by samwiselvr2008
I allways thought that i would name my first child (if it was a girl) Anna, so maybe her middle name will be Elanor!

Yeah, that's right. Consign her to a life of being called Anna Banana! :mad: :o

[cassiopeia]

Yeah, that's right. Consign her to a life of being called Anna Banana!

And you would know all about this Bop? ;)

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by cassiopeia
And you would know all about this Bop? ;)

*mutters something about having to leave now* ;)