Naming your kids after LOTR characters - Page 23

Lalaith · 04-12-2003, 06:36 AM

I didn't think that he wanted to offend me, I just wanted to make clear that it doesn't matter to me what any non-tolkien-fan might think of the names of my children.
So if it seemed upset, it was not, as you are all Tolkien fans like me.

Linaewen · 04-12-2003, 06:45 AM

That's good. So we can all do what we want because we're fellow Tolkien fans?

miss_poet · 04-12-2003, 07:59 AM

Yes, I suppose that must be true. We ARE all Tolkien fans, so we do what we must and come and go as we please

Lalaith · 04-12-2003, 11:13 AM

I mean people already laugh about my obsession with Tolkien and I don't mind. So why should I mind what they are saying about the names of my children.
Okay, the names shouldn't sound to weird because then the other kids at school would make fun of my children. That would be bad. Nothing like Pumukel or Jar Jar Bings.

Anglorfin · 04-12-2003, 12:26 PM

Yeah sorry Lalaith I didn't mean you in particular. Just that a lot of names for the Rohirrim might be more easily recognized because they only a slightly varied version of early Anglo-Saxon.

Aralyn · 04-12-2003, 05:33 PM

I'd like to pick really unusual names just to make people ask me about them. I'd know who was a Tolkien fan cause they would recognize the name

But I don't think I could do that to my future kids. Not to mention what my future husband would think!

miss_poet · 04-12-2003, 07:16 PM

I MIGHT name my kids after LOTR characters! IF my husband was a HUGE Tolkien fan, as well

I might not name them something TOO weird...but if they had blonde hair I could name them Legolas..or Tom! Like Tom Bombadil!

He is cool! I was so mad when I found out he wasn't in the movie

gandalfstormcrow · 04-12-2003, 07:21 PM

If I ever did end up with kids, then I might consider it. I'd combine LOTR names other fantasy or real-world people.

For a boy, it'd probably be:

Gandalf Lindbergh

Lalaith · 04-13-2003, 05:02 AM

I think the names shouldn't be too obvious. No Legolas, Frodo or Gandalf. Something more subtile.

druss · 04-26-2003, 06:42 PM

named my daughter imogen maiar. cause shes just to cute for one!!!

Indril Anarion · 04-26-2003, 11:45 PM

probably, I would do it, but only as a middle name. I wouldn't want my kids to hate Tolkien just because they were teased about their name by other kids...Also, my husband would have to be in full consent...I mean, I still have a while before even thinking of matrimony, but it's a cool thought about naming your kids after Middle Earth characters

Lalaith · 04-27-2003, 03:50 AM

My daughters will have Tolkien names, but my son will have normal names (yes names, he will have about 5 names because I have so many favourite names).

Rosie Gamgee · 09-02-2003, 06:26 PM

I might name girls: Eowyn, Elanor, Niniel, Tinuviel, and boys: Eomer, Samwise, maybe Elessar for a middle name, and there were a few others, but I've forgotten them.

kiwi52291 · 09-02-2003, 08:38 PM

My aunt named her daughter Meredith because it sounded so much like Meridoc!

kiwi52291 · 09-02-2003, 08:41 PM

I mean Meriadoc

theonering · 09-10-2003, 11:30 AM

i really like the name Elessar, but you couldnt really call some body that? could you?

Finrod Felagund · 09-10-2003, 12:43 PM

Ian for the first name (not from Ian McKellen, I just like that name)

And Mithrandir for the middle name.

Rosie Gamgee · 09-13-2003, 09:15 AM

Simbelmyne Tinuviel for a girl.

Laurelindórenan · 09-14-2003, 06:45 PM

I think Lórien, Goldberry, or Ithilien (Lyn) would be good girls names, but I'm not sure I can think of any good guy's names.

Also I think Stybba's a good name for an animal.

nessa · 09-20-2003, 05:26 PM

I had 2 budgies once: Bilbo and Froda. Frodo fell off his perch one day, dead as a dodo. Bilbo looked remarkably self satisfied! Wonder to this day what that was about?!

04-12-2003, 06:36 AM	#441
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I didn't think that he wanted to offend me, I just wanted to make clear that it doesn't matter to me what any non-tolkien-fan might think of the names of my children. So if it seemed upset, it was not, as you are all Tolkien fans like me. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-12-2003, 07:59 AM	#443
miss_poet Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivendell :-) Posts: 68	True.... Yes, I suppose that must be true. We ARE all Tolkien fans, so we do what we must and come and go as we please __________________ As I look into the sky and sit and watch the stars I think of you. I wonder if you remember me the way I was or the way I am now. I know I will always keep a place for you in my heart. Even though the shadows fall and the darkness enters you will always be with me. I remember one thing about you. Your eyes. I used to look in them like pools of blue water. I could stare at them forever like the dark blue sky on a cloudy night. As I sit here still watching the stars I think of you, but the one thing I remember is your eyes.

04-12-2003, 11:13 AM	#444
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I mean people already laugh about my obsession with Tolkien and I don't mind. So why should I mind what they are saying about the names of my children. Okay, the names shouldn't sound to weird because then the other kids at school would make fun of my children. That would be bad. Nothing like Pumukel or Jar Jar Bings. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-12-2003, 12:26 PM	#445
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	Yeah sorry Lalaith I didn't mean you in particular. Just that a lot of names for the Rohirrim might be more easily recognized because they only a slightly varied version of early Anglo-Saxon. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

04-12-2003, 05:33 PM	#446
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	I'd like to pick really unusual names just to make people ask me about them. I'd know who was a Tolkien fan cause they would recognize the name But I don't think I could do that to my future kids. Not to mention what my future husband would think! __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-12-2003, 06:45 AM	#442
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	That's good. So we can all do what we want because we're fellow Tolkien fans?

04-12-2003, 07:16 PM	#447
miss_poet Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivendell :-) Posts: 68	Naming My Kids I MIGHT name my kids after LOTR characters! IF my husband was a HUGE Tolkien fan, as well I might not name them something TOO weird...but if they had blonde hair I could name them Legolas..or Tom! Like Tom Bombadil! He is cool! I was so mad when I found out he wasn't in the movie __________________ As I look into the sky and sit and watch the stars I think of you. I wonder if you remember me the way I was or the way I am now. I know I will always keep a place for you in my heart. Even though the shadows fall and the darkness enters you will always be with me. I remember one thing about you. Your eyes. I used to look in them like pools of blue water. I could stare at them forever like the dark blue sky on a cloudy night. As I sit here still watching the stars I think of you, but the one thing I remember is your eyes.

04-12-2003, 07:21 PM	#448
gandalfstormcrow Enting Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ridding Middle Earth of Sauron before bedtime. Posts: 58	If I ever did end up with kids, then I might consider it. I'd combine LOTR names other fantasy or real-world people. For a boy, it'd probably be: Gandalf Lindbergh

04-13-2003, 05:02 AM	#449
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I think the names shouldn't be too obvious. No Legolas, Frodo or Gandalf. Something more subtile. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-26-2003, 06:42 PM	#450
druss Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: england Posts: 22	named my daughter imogen maiar. cause shes just to cute for one!!! __________________ take this ring....for your labours will be heavy; but it will support you....and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill

04-26-2003, 11:45 PM	#451
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	probably, I would do it, but only as a middle name. I wouldn't want my kids to hate Tolkien just because they were teased about their name by other kids...Also, my husband would have to be in full consent...I mean, I still have a while before even thinking of matrimony, but it's a cool thought about naming your kids after Middle Earth characters __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

04-27-2003, 03:50 AM	#452
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	My daughters will have Tolkien names, but my son will have normal names (yes names, he will have about 5 names because I have so many favourite names). __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

09-02-2003, 06:26 PM	#453
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I might name girls: Eowyn, Elanor, Niniel, Tinuviel, and boys: Eomer, Samwise, maybe Elessar for a middle name, and there were a few others, but I've forgotten them. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

09-02-2003, 08:38 PM	#454
kiwi52291 Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 43	My aunt named her daughter Meredith because it sounded so much like Meridoc!

09-02-2003, 08:41 PM	#455
kiwi52291 Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 43	I mean Meriadoc

09-10-2003, 11:30 AM	#456
theonering Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Location: in my bedroom Posts: 24	i really like the name Elessar, but you couldnt really call some body that? could you? __________________ Go here to help me.

09-10-2003, 12:43 PM	#457
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Ian for the first name (not from Ian McKellen, I just like that name) And Mithrandir for the middle name. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

09-13-2003, 09:15 AM	#458
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Simbelmyne Tinuviel for a girl. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! Last edited by Rosie Gamgee : 09-16-2003 at 07:12 PM.

09-14-2003, 06:45 PM	#459
Laurelindórenan Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nebraska (Unfortunately) Posts: 28	I think Lórien, Goldberry, or Ithilien (Lyn) would be good girls names, but I'm not sure I can think of any good guy's names. Also I think Stybba's a good name for an animal. __________________ Ringwraiths - Who decided to let the WitchKing be your leader? What makes him so special? We all took an evilness test. WiKi was in the 99.7 to 99.8 percentile range. Seven of the rest of us got in the 99.0 to 99.6 range. Our 9th member, Bob, hasn't been able to overcome his love of kittens. He only got a 88.2. We're hoping to get him replaced. - Ask the Characters, stupidring.com I'm BB's daughter.

09-20-2003, 05:26 PM	#460
nessa Enting Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In the land of the setting sun. Posts: 58	I had 2 budgies once: Bilbo and Froda. Frodo fell off his perch one day, dead as a dodo. Bilbo looked remarkably self satisfied! Wonder to this day what that was about?! __________________ "In dancing she delights, and she dances in Valimar on lawns of never-fading green."

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