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01-23-2004, 06:10 PM
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Named after a character?
I hope this is a new subject of a thread.
In today's paper I read, that there are four Gandalfs, four Frodos and one Bilbo in Finland. Wonder how it feels for a little finnish boy to be called Gandalf..  Could you name your kid after a character in any of the books? Or would you like your own name to be taken from a Tolkien-book? I put this here, on this forum, because I thought the people naming their kids this, were inspired by the movies, not the books.
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01-23-2004, 06:34 PM
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Re: Named after a character?
I think there was a thread similar to this, but am not sure.
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Sincerely, Anthony  'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) |
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01-23-2004, 09:20 PM
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A lot of people were named after books characters when Lord of the Rings first came out. I don't think Jackson's movies will inspire anyone to name anyone after LotR characters, but we'll see.
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01-23-2004, 10:06 PM
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If it was a relatively "normal" sounding name, yes. Never something like "Frodo" "Bilbo" "Bladorthin" "Ingwe". I remember when I was reading the Book of Lost Tales V. I (or maybe Unfinished Tales, I was reading them recently), I was thinking that if I had two girls, I'd give them names from there, but I don't remember which names. Oh well, guess that's not gonna happen.
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01-24-2004, 12:33 AM
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I always thought that Arien was a relatively normal name...close enough to Erin or Ariel. I plan on naming my daughter that if I have one. I know it's a name from the Silmarillion but I don't think I would name my kids from lotr....I can't hink of any "normal" names...I knew a girl named Galadriel when I was in ballet though...she was a few years older than me. Arwen, isn't so bad either even if I don't care for her character in the book or movie much
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01-24-2004, 12:54 AM
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I know two girls with the middle name, "Lorien." I can see naming my daughter that.
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01-24-2004, 01:58 AM
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I doubt you'd want to give your child or you that stigma
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01-24-2004, 05:19 AM
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I didn't even think of it that way. Thanks a lot Dúnedain.
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01-24-2004, 07:32 AM
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Hobbit names are OK. Nothing wrong with Sam, Rosie or Elanor
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01-24-2004, 10:39 AM
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01-24-2004, 05:47 PM
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I doubt I would give my kid a name from Middle-earth, at least not a first name. A second name could be fine, but not too "different" or known (Galadriel and Elrond are both out of the Question, in other words). Wonder how anybody would react to Maitimo though...
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"I can add some more, if you'd like it. Calling your Chief Names, Wishing to Punch his Pimply Face, and Thinking you Shirriffs look a lot of Tom-fools." - Sam Gamgee, p. 340, Return of the King Quote:
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01-24-2004, 06:56 PM
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01-24-2004, 07:28 PM
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I remember seeing on some game show a family that had a daughter named Arwen, and one named Lorien. Those aren't really too bad.
And I remembered my daughter-names; Laurelin and Telperion. Or if the second's a boy, Silpion. Quote:
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01-25-2004, 11:53 AM
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My first name is Melkor i see nuffin wrong with it. But if i was to name not necasserily my kids coz thats abit weird but names i would consider would be ''Turin,Feanor,Azaghal(joking) maybe Dain good strong name like mine. MELKOR!
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01-25-2004, 06:44 PM
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But I still don't understand how someone can name their son Gandalf: the character is wonderful, but probably the boy won't love his name when he's young. Somehow Gandalf, to me, is the name of an older man. Don't ask me why.
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Perhaps because Gandalf is thousands of years old?
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01-25-2004, 07:43 PM
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If I had a little boy I might name him Sam, and I'll read him LotR and ask him if he legally wants to change his name to Samwise, or if I have a little girl I'll go through the indexes and find a relatively nice normalish (but not too normal) name. I wouldn't pick something like Galadriel or Elrond, becasue I wouldn't want my kids having to go through years of counselling!
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