What does your screenname mean?

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

I've always been rather curious about Hookbill the Goomba's explanation as to the origin of his name... care to enlighten us?

[Elonve]

i dont know what mine means. i made it up... can i make up a meaning then? :cool:

El
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[Bungo Baggins]

Mine is pretty obvious: Bilbo's father was named Bungo Baggins. :D

[Kahnshefal]

I posted this in the intro thread already, but I got mine from a goblin name generator at http://www.jaqdhawkins.com/name.php

Some pretty cool names come out of that one, and they're consistent.

Kahnshefal

[Elrowen Tinúviel]

My first name is the feminine version of Elrohir. Elrohir means Elf-Horse-Master (or something similar), so therefore I am Elf-Horse-Maiden (or lady). I love horses, and Elrohir is one of my favorite characters, so there you have it. Tinúviel is pretty self explanatory. :)

[ohtatyaro]

Kahnshefal, thanks for the link :)

Elonve, I made l little search of the etymologies, can for sure say that el part of your name may mean 'star'. 'onve' is harder

Elrowen Tinúviel, nice name :)

[Elrowen Tinúviel]

Elrowen Tinúviel, nice name :)


Hannon le. :)

[solarisa]

Solaris-forgive me, not even elvish. Pish posh. I think it's Greek... :confused: :confused: ummm...anyway it stands for the sun. And I added an "a" to feminize it. So we have solarisa. (by the way-i hate being dead.)

[Turgon Philip Noldor]

My name is an inside-joke between me and some friends... I also like Turgon... that was sort of part of the inside-joke.

[brim]

mine is simple enough. here it goes, The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin. I also have a secondary character in role play named Nawalme. In Quenya I beleive it means torture.
(being dead has been rather pleasant now that the rotting process has finished for me ;) )

[Aira Niquë]

Konnichi-wa. (Even though that's the wrong language for this forum. :D )My name is Quenya for "Eternal Cold". Aira meaning eternal and Nique meaning cold. I like it... I like the meaning and I like the way that it sounds.

Sayonara (Again... :D )

-Aira Nique

[Glirdan]

Mine stands for my name (Devin) in Sindarin which means poet.

[Elianna]

I also have a secondary character in role play named Nawalme. In Quenya I beleive it means torture.


Ngwalme is torture in Quenya, also a name for one of the tengwar, hardly used in transliterating into English because it stands for "ngw."

[Márcolië Lamen]

Mine came from my obsession and not-so-alter-ego of a turtle. All of my friends and even people who don't know me well assosiate turtles with me for various reasons. I was bored and decided there should be an elvish word for turtle, there is not so I decided when trying to come up with a screenname to define turtle in elvish. So I translated "Home carrying animal", one simple to translate definition of a turtle, into Quenya-Már colië Lamen other than the fact that Lamen would technically not include reptiles. It sounded best this way though and looked better as Márcolië Lamen so I decided upon that.

[Celuien]

Celuien means something along the lines of Maiden of the Flowing Water. It's a play on my real name.

I'm also curious about the Hookbilled One. :)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

wel my name is Rune and my fathers name is Bjarne.

Rune has a meaning of its own - secret lore - of course this is the same name as the Runes witch were used for writing.

The reason i chose this name was that all of the really cool names was taken and i did not want too use hours looking for a cool name i the sil.

(and i do not know elvish so could not translate it)
(is it not Nolvo or somthing like that ?)

[Eonwe]

plainly put, enowe is the man (or elf rather). :D

as such, i thought it fitting that i take his name. just kidding. :)

[Valesse]

Ahhh...

"Valesse" is.... sound.
It doesn't mean sound, but thats what it started out as. I made a lot of goofy, jumbled noise and it all came out at once. Why? I was making up a character name for a Legend of Zelda spoof me, my twin, and my friends were working on.

I liked it instantly, but couldn't put a finger on why it fit so well with the character-part that we had given her-- but then it hit me. 'Valesse' came from 'Valiance', and in considering she was probably named after Link (who was in charge of [the triforce of] Courage) it made sense!... well at least if you're into Zelda games it does.

Turns out it is also very close to the name of some line of French luggage. You're welcome to call me either "Couragous" or just "Luggage" if you want, but Val will do just fine ; )

[Plastic_Panda]

my favorite animal is a Panda and
ever heard of Plastic Squirell? cool guy, i stole his name :0

[malkatoj]

Valesse, Legend of Zelda? You are clearly extremely cool.


As for my name...it might make less sense than anything else, because that's what I do. Malkatoj is actually Esperanto, but we can't quite figure out what it means. I can, however, explain the etymology and hope it makes *some* sense.

Mal: opposite. For example, 'hela' is light and 'malhela' is dark.
Kato: Cat. As in, meow.
j: plural, pronounced like a Y

So my name means "opposite of multiple cats" and I can't figure out what that would actually be. So, any ideas would be greatly appreciated, so I know what I'm named after.

[Plastic_Panda]

no cats?? 1 cat? dead cats?

[ohtatyaro]

Extremely lonely mouse... ;)

Or maybe One Mouse of Power!

[Roa_Aoife]

First, my real name, Kate, Katherine, Katie, etc, has several meanings: The more accepted one, "Pure" from the Greek katharos (this was actually started by the romans); the closest to the original name, "Each of two," from Hekaterine; it's loosely related to aikia, which means "Torture"; and it's believed to be directly related to Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon, wisdom, tombs, and keeper of the keys to the underworld. I think that last one is quite fitting for the downs. ;)

My screenname (pronounced Row-ah Ee-fah), which I use just about everywhere, is another name for Aoife Beargh, the daughter of an Irish king and one of the last warriors to die fighting the Norman invasion. Roa Aoife literally means Aoife the Red which she was called for two reasons: 1) Her flaming red hair, which she would plait into two long braids, at the end of which she would weave in sharp rocks, so that when she turned her head quickly the braids would fly out and strike her opponent, and 2) the front of her armour had long spikes coming out of the front, and she would grab her enemies and impale them, causing the front of her armour to run red with blood.

In a word, she's the historical figure I most admire. :D

malkatoj, dogs or dog, perhaps?

[Enedhilion]

Enedhil is dangerous close to Enerdhil, who was a legendary, and quite possibly mythical, smith of Gondolin.

I don't know, and I hope to find out.

[eowyntje]

My name simply means 'small eowyn' as I often wish to be like Eowyn but know thta I am way beneath her. And I'm small too :P

[JennyHallu]

My screenname has nothing Tolkienish at all about it.

Jenny is my RL name--

Jennifer Elaine, two Welsh queens whose stories end tragically (Strangely, both because of the love of the same man, which is why you will never find me cheering for Lancelot.). Mine will go better...Jennifer is from gwyn meaning fair/white and hwyfar meaning smooth, and Elaine is an old French form of Helen, which could have derived from either the Greek words meaning torch or moon...

In Sindarin, I am Pathuilos/Faenpathe Naurdi/Ithile (I can't remember the key command for the feminine -e ending) (there are infinite ways to translate it, but these are my favorite)

In Quenya, I am Lossepaste (or a host of other ways to say the first part, but Tolkien gave us only one way to say smooth...makes me sound like some sort of Italian dinner, in my opinion) Caline/Isilnis/Isilwen...

Ok that's taken a lot of time.

Hallu is an inside joke between some friends of mine; it stands for The Mass Hallucination. A title really...

EDIT: I could really render my middle name in Sindarin better...only when I went through the Quenya did it occur to me to translate 'torch' as 'a light' rather than fire. Frankly 'Narcalime' (Quenya) is even better than what I chose, 'a fiery light'...agh! must work! quit playing with words!

[Gothmog]

I guess there's no big secret what my screen name stands for? And of course it's not the ugly wart-face in the movies but the Lord of Balrogs. But why did I choose it? Well, sometimes I wonder myself. When I registered for this forum I was in desperate need for a nick, and as balrogs, and especially fights between balrogs and great warriors (Glorfindel, Echtelion, Fingon etc.), has always invoked a special interest I chose Gothmog.

Now when I look back, I sometimes regret my choice. There's so many beautiful and clever names among the Downer's that I'm a bit ashamed that I took one straight from the books, but I guess it's something I'll have to live with ;)

[Caunwaithon]

Well, I looked up "derek" in an english-to-elvish name generator, and it said-

Caunwaithon
(Caun-wye-thonn)-----------------Leader of The People.








I thought that was pretty cool, and had some foreshadowing to it.

[Elu Ancalime]

Elu Ancalime

'Star of Radiance'
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[Parmastahir]

parma = book
asta = month
hir = root for "to find"

Therefore "book of months finder" which (to me) is "calendar collector". I collect the Tolkien calendars. You can find my collection/catalog at:

www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendars

Hope you like it (or at least find it of interest!)

Best to all,

Parmastahir

[Legolas in spandex]

It means that I have got to get a life. :rolleyes: It also means that I have a lot of inside jokes. :D

[Glaurung]

I had no ideas of what should my screenname be, so I decided to call myself Glaurung. I've always liked dragons very much, and Glaurung especially. So that's it. Nothing interesting, I must say... :) But nice thread, anyway, and interesting, too..

[The Sixth Wizard]

There were five wizards in Middle Earth, Gandalf, Radagast, Saruman (grey, brown, white-ish) Pallando and Alatar (blue). I am the sixth. ;)

[scalenger]

uhm, not so lotr related...
scavanger is not so great sounding as scalenger :)

[Texadan]

On two other posting boards/forums I've used character names from works of fiction. When I decided to register here I thought I'd try to be different even though thinking up names is not something I'm good at. Then it occured to me that if "dúnadan" meant "man of the west" then I could use "Texadan" to mean "man of Texas".

[ninja91]

"Ninja91". The Ninja part is there because I like ninjas. I'm a big fan of the Naruto manga. not the show.
91? That is the number of Sergei Fedorov, who used to be my favorite hockey player, up until the Detroit Red Wings traded him and he sucked afterwards.
ninja91 just sounds cool to me.
the coolest screename I have seen in the Barrowdowns is "Rhod the Red"
sounds cool :cool:

[Letty]

Letty stands for Dominic Toretto`s girlfriend`s name in "The Fast and the Furious". I`m hopelessly in love with Vin Diesel,that`s why i chose that nick. I`ve been Morganna and Arwen before,and I consider becoming Arwen again,but for now I`m Letty. :D

[ohtatyaro]

I've been away for quite a while, and coming back I'm mightily glad to see this thread still alive

Keep up folks :D

[Glaurung the Golden]

## I think I have been here before :)

I just happen to be rather keen on dragons - the more impressive, the better.

This one is not just Glaurung; - he's Glaurung the Golden :D

[Rockin_tha_Casbah]

Well, I could try and come up with a LOTR example, but I'm not so sure that that would fly around here, so here's the truth:

There's a song by The Clash called "Rock The Casbah" and, well, it's one of my favorite songs. I know y'all were dying to hear an deep, inside story (or weren't, as the case may be) but it really is that simple.

Besides, it's my MySpace and back when I still used Xanga, it was my Xanga too. I can only remember so many usernames...

[Luinilwen]

Lady of the Blue Star. Ok, I confess, it was really late at night and I had way too much caffeine, so I don't think I should be held accountable for it. The only logic I can think of is that I like blue, shiny objects.

[wayseer]

Wayseer - Seer of the Way - what better name for a Ranger.

[Eonwe]

Whaaa! Double take (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/member.php?userid=1733)!

Welcome to the forum, Seer! I'm sure your name will have drastic remification, if you ever take up the Barrowdowns opiate (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=11911&page=1&pp=40)! :p ;)

[OrcLeaderalpha]

I am the alpha leader of orc squadron regiment C.
I take my job very seriously, and if you challenge me, I will lop off your head.

[Ghazi]

Ghazi means Muslim soldier or warrior. I first read the term while studying the history of the Ottoman Empire. In that context they were generally light-armored horse-archers.

[ThoréandanSilverleaf]

I first heard the name Thoreandan way back in the early 1980s. I heard it while sitting drinking in a tavern. Some rowdy, inebriated adventurers beside me were singing songs of their past battles, treasures, and places they had visited. Then one of them started singing this song, and pretty soon they all joined in...

"Let me tell you about Thoreandan, the man who bit off the dragon's hand. No blows from his sword ever did land, so he bit off the dragon's hand."

There were more verses to it, but that was the line that stuck with me the most. The tavern I was in was the Green Dragon tavern, in the City of Xebec's Demise. The City was unlike any place you could imagine. We had all been kidnapped by aliens and brought to this place that they had prepared for us, kind of like a bloddsports arena. It was a kill-or-be-killed place that the aliens populated with their latest abductees to watch us battle it out, often to the death.

By now you're all probably thinking "what is this guy smoking?" Let me explain. The City was the first part of a series of Computer Role PLaying Games (CRPG's) called Alternate Reality, produced by Datasoft, and written by Phillip Price of Paradise Programming in Honolulu. It was first released in 1982 (I think) for the old 8-bit Atari computers. It was the predecessor of all CRPG games, and was around long before Castle Wolfenstein or the Ultima series was created.

When I read the Tolkien books beginning in January this year (2006), having recently watched the PJ movies, I met up with the Dúnedain Rangers, who reminded me so much of the Adventurers I had met in Alternate Reality. I decided therefore to start writing fan fiction, and specifically to write the story of this Thoreandan (to whom I added the é to make it sound more Elvish), putting him into Middle Earth. So, that is how I became Thoréandan.

The Silverleaf part was added much later, in my role-playing on the LOTR Fanatics Plaza (http://www.lotrplaza.com) website. We have "Plaza Families" there, and I was adopted into the very large and very active Silverleaf family, hence the last name.

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

because I admire Eowyn, who was a shieldmaiden. Then i like swords, and I am a Christian, so i am 4 Christ. :D

besides one of my swords is the word of God....

[Folwren]

My name is after a character of my own writing. Her personality is probably exactly opposite my own, but she's a really cool character and I'm rather proud of her, and I loved writing the story. I don't know why I used that name when I joined here. Actually, I take that back, I kind of do. I was intending on using the name Istri from C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces, but I stuck in the wrong e-mail address and so couldn't get the password. I'm glad I didn't use Istri, it wouldn't have fit me quite so well, I don't think. (Besides that, everyone would have thought I'd mis-spelled Istari, which I didn't, but still...) So, because I couldn't think of any other name, I used Folwren. I almost considered Nienor, or Morwen, but both of those are very sad characters...very sad characters...

-- Folwren

[Rikae]

Merely a (very slightly) scrambled version of my first name that I happened to find pleasing. Nothing more.

[Erunámo Séreturion]

It's The closest thing to a true translation of my name that I could find. I am short one English letter when I translate it back to English from Quenya.

[Erue]

I've used Eruemaeve for several years.

From the Irish:
Eriu of the Fomorians
Maeve of the Tain Bo Cuillaigne.

[zeen]

My name, zeen, actually doesn't mean anything special. It's simply the first name which came into my mind when I was trying to find a name for the Barrow-Downs chat back then - and which I still use there whenever I happen to get into that chat, which could be much more often...

[Laleena]

Well, I have no idea why my name is what it is, I just thought it sounded pretty. I knew in the back of my mind that I had heard it before, and I had. At 12:00 mass, the Priest had used a name like it.

I have short term memory loss, L.F1 used to say, until she caught it too! :D

My name probably means Moonblossom

[Aeglos]

Aeglos. Means "Snow-Point", it was the spear of Gil-Galad.

[Gil-Galad]

Aeglos. Means "Snow-Point", it was the spear of Gil-Galad.

Ha Ha! wow, so i have a talking weapon now... awesomeness

[the.landlord]

i got my screen name from one of my favourite folk songs "the bastard landlord". actually the bastard landlord is the bad guy in this song... otherwise he would not be called BASTARD landlord... but nowadays everybody is calls oneself after the good guy. so i call myself after the bad guy.

here one can listen to the song: http://www.pogues.com/Releases/Lyrics/Singles/MiscSingles/Bastard.html

[The Might]

Well...it comes from the time I was a big fan of Melkor...LOL
Because he is the one who arises in Might, I got the idea for my name...
and as time passed I kept the name, cause it has kind of a royal sound to it...not that I am royalty or anything :D

[ArathorofBarahir]

Arathorn was the name of Aragorns father and since I wanted to create something a little more unique, I chopped the n at the end off. Barahir was the father of Beren and of course his ring was an heirloom to the throne of Gondor and I guess I wanted to make myself of his house so to speak.

[Amras Oronar]

I got my name from this site: http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/
You fill in you're name and it give you yer "Elf Name" it can also do it with a Hobbit name (my hobbit name according to that site is Berilac Chubb-Baggins)

I don't have a clue how this site works, I have found a FAQ saying that it didn't include ALL rules for elf names, for instance, a Elf doesn't have 2 names :rolleyes:

[Boromir_bg]

Boromir = Boromir
bg = Bulgaria

I'd rather use "kelebsil",but I wanted to bring some memories with my old nickname in the barrowdowns chat.

[Liriodendron]

Hmmm....I have no memory of this thread.... ;)

My name is the scientific name of the Tulip Tree (state tree of Indiana)....whose very tall, straight trunk, symetrical branching style, beautiful leaves and silvery smooth bark has always reminded me of a poor man's mallorn.

[Elmo]

Melkor - True King of Arda :smokin:

[Texadan]

I thought I was being clever. I just did a Google search on "Texadan" and found someone else using it in other forums.

[Morgoth's Apprentice]

My nickname, Morgoth's Apprentice, means almost what it says. I am Morgoth's apprentice, and I am here to take over the world!!!!!!!! Iactually chose it as my screen name because that's what all of my friends call me, the LOTR obsessed ones anyways.

[MatthewM]

Mine is really not too original. My first name is Matthew, and my last name starts with M. Hence, MatthewM.

[kementari]

:eek: Gwyndevan...A play off of Gwyn and evan I suppose...
Since Kementari was taken, my previous profile name.

femme:rolleyes:

[Riewë]

What does my name mean?
Well just look at my sig.
All my names have the same meaning.

Wyrðhelm is in Rohirric, Ríeth is in Sindarin, and Riewë is in Quenya.
It's either "Crown, Victorious" or sometimes "Crown of Victories." :cool:

[Gwathagor]

Gwath=Shadow
Vagor=Blade
Gwath + Vagor = Gwathagor = Shadowblade

I left out the 'v' because it is unnatural following the 'th', and that is what happens in RL linguistic development. Hard-to-pronounce letters get dropped.

I created the idea of Gwathagor Shadowblade the Warrior-Elf, I think, about 6 years ago while working on an RPG that never got off the ground. Fortunately it wasn't a total waste of time, as I hung onto the notion of Gwathagor, using the name now and then as a joke. Eventually he developed into my alter-ego in Middle-earth and now he's rather a fact of life. We got along, though. We're awfully similar.
:cool:
I use it as my screen-name just about wherever I go on the internet, because it's invented, and therefore always available.

[kementari]

Kementari=Earth Queen

Quenya.

[Groin Redbeard]

The last part of my name, Redbeard, is referring to my Irish heritage and how I am really an Irishman at heart. The first part of my name was a miss-hap on the keyboard (I was too hasty); it was originally suppose to be Gorin which means "thin tall man" in Comanche. So my name was originally supposed to mean: “thin tall man from Ireland” a good dwarf sounding name, but instead I got a name meaning: “dwarf from Ireland”. Still, that’s not too bad. :D

[Morthoron]

Mor-thoron (Sindarin) = Black/Dark Eagle. An Eldar character created in the mid 1990's for a long-running roleplaying tale. Has some of the sardonically nasty characteristics of Eol, but is a far wittier conversationalist. And humble. Did I mention humble?

P.S. Groin -- I could not find that specific definition for your name in any Gaelic/Irish dictionary; however, I did find the word 'groin' in a Scots dictionary, and it means 'to groan or grunt'. The Irish translation for dwarf is 'abhac' I believe.

[Eönwë]

The first part of my name was a miss-hap on the keyboard (I was too hasty); it was originally suppose to be Gorin :D

Though no doubt a funny mishap;)


Eönwë is just the name if one of the Maiar (the one who led the armies againt Morgoth, and beat him!) so it's not that original.

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

It's the Valarin name for Telperion, the silver half of the Two Trees. I guess I just got tired of using handles that had nothing to do with the subject of the forum, and as I always seem to join them way too late to lay claim to any of the names that usually resonate with me, I figured this was one nobody else would have already taken. :D

[Maedhros_the_Tall]

Mine is only reference to Feanors eldest son I fear, nothing special :(

[mais m.]

My nickname is my favourite teddy's name. Lol!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

My screen name is well.... not that creative, I was stumped on a name for myself and the quote that is always on the top of the page was about Sam going into Cirith Ungol and the orc was talking about how there was probably an elf or a Gondorian somewhere near, so I thought up the name TheGreatElvenWarrior for myself, which refers to Samwise and is one of my most favourite characters! So I went with it... man that was almost a year ago!

[Olórin the White]

my screen name actually has a two fold meaning... Olórin is the Maian name of Gandalf, who of course came to be known as Gandalf the White. However, Olórin the White is also a play on the fact that he was considered one of the wisest of the Maia...so Olórin the White-Olórin the Wise...I know they don't really relate in a linguistic sense but it works on my head! maybe think of it like a cross between Gandalf the White and Olórin the Wise. ;)

[Hot, crispy nice hobbit]

Howdy! Aloha!

Been a reeaallll looonnng time since my last update.

But Hot&Crispy(TM) is still hot in the market, serving the palate of hungry trolls Arda-wide for ISD$666.66. (No, we don't take Mordor Red Eyes here, only real Isengard dollars). So get'em while they're juicy!

[Nerwen]

I guess my screenname means that I have serious delusions of grandeur.:o

...Well, I do think Galadriel's pretty cool, don't you?

I also chose it because my handle elsewhere on the net is Topazlily, or "Topaz" for short and to me the name "Nerwen" sounds yellow.

*everyone stares at Nerwen and backs away slowly*

[Rikae]

to me the name "Nerwen" sounds yellow.
Well, actually, it's sort of golden-yellow...

My name means that I am an ancient north european Goddess of Death. See my profile for more info. Somehow I have combined this with the whole rising out of lakes and throwing swords at people idea, although, being a Goddess of Death, I drag people into lakes instead. (Mathematicians especially, but only if they are superstitious ones, because those are the tastiest.) This is also why my avatar is blue - because I am underwater.

Really, that's what it means.

[Nerwen]

*backs away slowly*

[Andsigil]

Andsigil is Sindarin for "Long Knife". Anyone who's viewed my profile (http://thepanday.blogspot.com/) will understand. :)

[Pitchwife]

Mine is from Stephen R. Donaldson, "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever".

(I know many fantasy readers dislike these books as 'too depressing' or something of the like. Actually, my namesake is one of the least depressing, or rather most positively un-depressing characters I've ever met in fiction. And by the way, both of us are male, whatever the name may suggest.)

[Gwathagor]

Andsigil is Sindarin for "Long Knife". Anyone who's viewed my profile (http://thepanday.blogspot.com/) will understand. :)

:)indeed. I was checking out your knives a couple of weeks ago, and they all look terrific!

[Andsigil]

Thank you, Gwathagor. :)

[Elmo]

Well I'm guessing what my name means. El means star. Ulmo means 'he who pours' so my means 'star pourer'? 'Star water'? Or maybe it means 'red annoying character on American children's television' ;)

[Inziladun]

Well I'm guessing what my name means. El means star. Ulmo means 'he who pours' so my means 'star pourer'? 'Star water'? Or maybe it means 'red annoying character on American children's television' ;)

Heh. Since I have a four year old child, I'd never considered your name could refer to anything but the latter.

[Formendacil]

Heh. Since I have a four year old child, I'd never considered your name could refer to anything but the latter.

And as a hardened Silmarillion veteran, I'm shocked it doesn't mean the younger brother of Thingol to you.

Hmm... I think I smell a post to the "Addicted to LotR" thread.:D

[Elmo]

Heh. Since I have a four year old child, I'd never considered your name could refer to anything but the latter.
You should know, Elmo should consider it a great honour he was named after a brother of Elwe Singollo ;)

[Galin]

Well I'm guessing what my name means. El means star. Ulmo means 'he who pours' so my means 'star pourer'? 'Star water'?

Tolkien noted that (in Quenya) -mo '... often appeared in names or titles, sometimes with an agental significance': Ulmo was interpreted as 'the Pourer' < *UL 'pour out'

So here Quenya -mo does have agental significance 'pour out' > Pourer (one who does 'the meaning of the stem'), though not in all cases, noting Tolkien's 'sometimes'. If El- means 'star' in Elmo my guess would be something like 'Star-person'.

On the other hand, in The Shibboleth of Feanor (1968) Tolkien looks at Elwe, Olwe and the stems el-, ol-, and seems to cast doubt on an intended rendering of Elwe meaning 'Star-person': 'There is nothing known to connect Elwe more closely with the stars than all the other Eldar; and the name seems invented as a pair with Olwe, for which no 'meaning' was suggested'

[Elmo]

Interesting cheers. If it does mean star-person it is quite fitting who is studying Physics with Astronomy in University.

[Galin]

Also, it (-mo) might be masculine (just to add), so 'Star-(male) person' maybe :)

[fenris1011]

Fenris or "Fenrir" is Loki's son, a massive wolf, in Norse Mythology.

1011 is my birthday October 11th :)

[Elmo]

There's a starman waiting in the sky...

[Lindale]

I just found out. Lindale is a city in Texas. When I entered the BD I never thought long about my username, and the first thing that popped into my mind--Ainulindale--was where I based my name on. It remains one of the most interesting pieces I've ever read.

Only, back then I wasn't sure how to spell Ainulindale, and I thought it was too long. When I collected my wits I wanted to shift the name to Diwata, the Philippine counterpart of "elf", or something else closer to home or would make more sense, but too late. Oh well. What's in a name anyway. :o

[TheOrcWithNoName]

<------ My handle has no special, mystical meaning at all - totally mundane & boring in fact.

I think it came about after watching an old Clint Eastwood film playing a character called "A Man With No Name"; and then reading the cast-credits on the end of The Two Towers film and seeing a character called "Orc - uncredited"

Then my brain started to work (yikes, how frightening is that!) and I put the two together and I offer the world "TheOrcWithNoName". :eek:

So much for a higher-education! :rolleyes:

[Estelyn Telcontar]

And I thought it came from the song about the horse with no name...

[TheOrcWithNoName]

And I thought it came from the song about the horse with no name...

Ummm.... that too:)

[Loslote]

My username means snow flower. :)

[Thinlómien]

Haha, welcome to the 'downs, Loslote, I think I have played an elf character of that name when I was a kid. :D (Or then it was Losloth, I'm not sure...)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

My username means snow flower. :)That is so appropriate!

[Loslote]

Thanks! I came up with it while writing a fanfic that I...never...actually...finished...oops. :rolleyes:

Oh, well. I now use 'Loslote' on all the online sites I'm on.

[Galadriel55]

My first ever post sounded something like " it was Galadriel", so with that in mind I picked that as my username (the name means "Lady crowned by a radiant garland"). I added the 55 after seeing that the name was already taken, for the simple reason that I usually add this one rather than other numbers when I need/want to. Not always, but usually.

After the fact I wished I had chosen a more original name (there are what, 5 Galadriels walking around on this forum?), or at least a name that resonates more with me, like Earwen. But I'm so used to it now that if ever my account will crash, my new one will not say Earwen55, but Galadriel555.

[jallanite]

I usually use the login Jallan or jallan which is the initial of my first name followed by my last name as I just like the look and sound of it and it fits. But on some forums the names Jallan and jallan were already taken, so I usually extended it to Jallanite or jallanite on those forums.

The letters in the “-ite” suffix are supposed to stand for my book, An Introduction To Elvish.

I don’t see that there is another Jallan on the list, so I may have used jallanite just because it seemed more Tolkienish than jallan. Why I made it all lowercase I don’t remember.

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

MCRmyGirl4eva

MCR is the band My Chemical Romance. After their third CD, The Black Parade, came out, the british newspaper The Daily Mail accused them of being a suicide cult because a girl killed herself. They are opposed to suicide and self-harm, and replied with "Wr're not a cult, we're an army... the MCRmy!" Thus, MCRmy.

The part girl is self-explanitory, and 4eva means forever.

My sis wouldn't let me use MCRmyGirl4eva for her website, (which, btw, I'm never on) so I used Thranduilion, even though it implies that I'm male. Don't care, though.

[Galadriel55]

\MCR is the band My Chemical Romance. After their third CD, The Black Parade, came out, the british newspaper The Daily Mail accused them of being a suicide cult because a girl killed herself. They are opposed to suicide and self-harm, and replied with "Wr're not a cult, we're an army... the MCRmy!" Thus, MCRmy.

Oh! I thought it was my as in first person possessive, which is why your name did not make any sense to me before. It sounds cool this way, when I read it properly.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Oh! I thought it was my as in first person possessive, which is why your name did not make any sense to me before. It sounds cool this way, when I read it properly.

Exactly. I was even like "MC... whatever 'MC' is... so MC are my girl? Forever? What in the world is that supposed to mean?"

[Aerandir]

My name means Sea Wanderer. I chose Aerandir because he's the most obscure and unknown character ever.

[Gilnaur]

My name means Starfire. Gil for star and naur for fire.

[Elyna of Rivendell]

Well...

Elyna is my actual name and i am firmly convinced i come from Rivendell :D

Probably very obvious...Ah well...:D

[Belegorn]

Belegorn is the 4th Steward of Gondor. I forgot why I chose it, but it means Mighty Tree in Sindarin.

[Aganzir]

Turns out I haven't replied on this thread.

Aganzir means death love in Adûnaic. I had an RPG character by that name when I was 14-ish, which is also when I started frequenting forums and chatrooms. The character was left behind long ago but the name stuck, and it's still very appropriate for me.

[Juicy-Sweet]

It's what Gollum calls fish :)

[Belegorn]

haha, maybe juicy, I doubt sweet.

[jallanite]

haha, maybe juicy, I doubt sweet.

Read Gollum’s poem “Alive without breath” which ends with the lines (with emphasis by me):
We only wish
to catch a fish
               so juicy-sweet!
For the whole poem, see http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=684955&postcount=18

Juicy-Sweet is one of the newer members on this site and does not post a great deal, but she is one whose posts are not to be doubted without reason.

[Galadriel]

Pretty much self-explanatory. Though, I'm not entirely sure why I chose Galadriel when my favourite character is Maglor. Maybe it was my attraction to Lórien. :confused:

[Belegorn]

Read Gollum’s poem “Alive without breath” which ends with the lines (with emphasis by me):
We only wish
to catch a fish
               so juicy-sweet!
For the whole poem, see http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=684955&postcount=18

Juicy-Sweet is one of the newer members on this site and does not post a great deal, but she is one whose posts are not to be doubted without reason.

You misunderstand. I was just referring to fish being juicy, not sweet, & not denying that Gollum referred to fish as juicy-sweet. I probably should have said, "they may be juicy..."

[Yregwyn]

Im pretty sure mine is Adunic for Jason.

[Aganzir]

Aganzir means death love in Adûnaic. I had an RPG character by that name when I was 14-ish, which is also when I started frequenting forums and chatrooms. The character was left behind long ago but the name stuck, and it's still very appropriate for me.
So I was googling my screenname (because is there anything better you can do on a Monday night, no? - and because a presumably Slovakian person has adopted my name for video games and I like to stalk them occasionally) and found a crackpot book about Sumerian gods and aliens. Apparently Anganzir = first night, first darkness; and Agenzer (darkness) and Ganzir (the world of the dead) were derived from it.

Not complaining. :smokin:

[Orphalesion]

Hey cool thread!

Okay, my name has nothing to do with Lotr. But with a very beautiful prose poetry/philosophy book called "The Prophet" by the Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran. I am neither Lebanese nor a follower of the Islamic faith, but I was given the book by a friend.
It is very melancholic and beautiful, the titular Prophet Almustafar has lived in the city of Orphalese for many years and prepares to return to his home. On the way to his ship, he discusses philosophy with a group of people.
To me it always seemed the "journey home" of Almustarfar was a metaphor for his death and he tried to impart his wisdom on others before passing on.

I also fell in love with the name Orphalese and want to use it as a name for a city, somewhere, somehow.
Orphalesion cam from Orphalesian (which I presumed a citizen of Orphalese would be called in modern English, though Orphalesan would have also worked) and then changed the a into an o for aesthetic reasons.
Theoretically it could be semi Quenya/Sindarin for "son of Orphalese" :Merisu:

[Tar-Jêx]

When I was young, I was playing some of those classic stock Windows games on a 98, and when I finished a game, it asked me to put in a name. I randomly hit the keyboard and Jex appeared. That stuck with me.
The circumflex e is used in Welsh (uncommon) and is a long, stressed e, like in air.

Tar, as we know, was the prefix used for kings of Númenor, and my personality matches that of a leader/dictator, so I decided that it was fitting in the context of Tolkien.

[Coppermirror]

I picked this name for no particular reason, really. No deeper meaning behind it. I probably just liked the way it sounds and was in a hurry. :smokin:

[Axbolt]

It's just my radio name. It sounds cool.
Feel a bit left out! Everyone else has some well thought out elvish name or something

[Huinesoron]

Literally, my name is the Quenya words for 'shadow' and 'eagle' smooshed together into something that's surprisingly hard to pronounce ('hui' not coming naturally to the English-speaking tongue). My usual translation is 'Eagleshade' these days. More figuratively?

It means the moment when you feel a shadow pass over you, and look up to see the great wings of a Messenger flying on some grand errand.

It means the servant of the West who keeps to the shadows, dark-feathered and secret-hearted, but still ever faithful.

It means the black murk where even the Eagles dare not go, the darkness that you can taste on every breath as it oozes into you.

(It means I was at least bright enough to pick two words from the same language, even if they don't exactly sit together that well...)

Ultimately, pretty much exclusively on the internet as far as I know, Huinesoron means... me. Hi. ^_^

hS

[Rhun charioteer]

Always been a fan of the easterlings especially the whole Balchoth and wainriders. The image is the one from Peter Jackson's two towers(which was a pretty awesome depiction of the most elite of the easterlings).

[Saurondil]

Saurondil = “friend of Sauron”. I wanted something simple, that I could remember, and a bit unusual.

[Pervinca Took]

I am hobbitlike, but also a lover of elves with a strong dash of Took. And I like the name Pervinca.

I'm sure I'm not the only Downer with a hobbit name, but I seem to be the only one who's a regular poster.

[Snowdog]

I have seen this thread appear on top over the years since 2004, and for some reason thought I had replied to it somewhere. But I scrolled through 10 pages and nothing. Anyway... Snowdog. It was a moniker I started using when I first got online and in to ye olde BBS. My email has been Snowdog something since 1994. The reason I used it was I wrote a novel back in the 1970's based on the tale told on the band Rush's 2nd album, By-Tor & The Snowdog. When I first got onto message boards (EZ board?) in '99, I used the name. I think I registered on Barrow Downs in its EZ board days but didn't particapate much. Anyway, it's still my email, and its still my user name here, Entmoot, and Minas Tirith. Snowdog has been banned from The One Ring.Com for 15 years now. :smokin:

[Pervinca Took]

I remember the Entmoot bulletin board, from long ago, but thought it had disappeared. Just googled and found it again. Glad it's back/still around.

[Nerwen]

I have seen this thread appear on top over the years since 2004, and for some reason thought I had replied to it somewhere. But I scrolled through 10 pages and nothing. Anyway... Snowdog. It was a moniker I started using when I first got online and in to ye olde BBS. My email has been Snowdog something since 1994. The reason I used it was I wrote a novel back in the 1970's based on the tale told on the band Rush's 2nd album, By-Tor & The Snowdog. When I first got onto message boards (EZ board?) in '99, I used the name. I think I registered on Barrow Downs in its EZ board days but didn't particapate much. Anyway, it's still my email, and its still my user name here, Entmoot, and Minas Tirith. Snowdog has been banned from The One Ring.Com for 15 years now. :smokin:
I suppose you'd like someone to ask what you *did*?:Merisu:

[Inziladun]

I suppose you'd like someone to ask what you *did*?:Merisu:

Hear, hear. You can't throw that out and not deliver. ;)

[Eldy]

"Son of the star-land" in Sindarin. It was the name of a role-playing character I briefly played on the LOTR Plaza many years ago. I remember the RPing with some embarrassment but the name stuck, though typically abbreviated to Eldo.

[Rhun charioteer]

Two parts-the charioteer part is in reference to the wainriders and Rhun is of course a reference to Rhun.

My screen avatar is a depiction of a Rhunish soldier from Jackson's two towers-I always liked Jackson's interpretation of easterling forces-good if somewhat fancy looking armor, discipline, devotion to Sauron(you can hear them chanting), with halberds and poleaxes.

Out of all the unexplored areas of middle earth Rhun has always struck me as fascinating.

Edit: Already posted on this thread and forgot-well this is just a more detailed explanation.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Two parts-the charioteer part is in reference to the wainriders and Rhun is of course a reference to Rhun.

My screen avatar is a depiction of a Rhunish soldier from Jackson's two towers-I always liked Jackson's interpretation of easterling forces-good if somewhat fancy looking armor, discipline, devotion to Sauron(you can hear them chanting), with halberds and poleaxes.

Out of all the unexplored areas of middle earth Rhun has always struck me as fascinating.

Edit: Already posted on this thread and forgot-well this is just a more detailed explanation.

At least you didn't contradict yourself...

There is always room for elaboration and afterthoughts.

[Aganzir]

Hear, hear. You can't throw that out and not deliver. ;)
Come on, Snowdog, you've kept everyone in suspense for over eight months!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Come on, Snowdog, you've kept everyone in suspense for over eight months!

It is exhilarating...

[Inziladun]

It is exhilarating...

If he ever does come out with it, it'd better be spectacular. :D

[Merrymatt]

My name is rather obivious choice; it’s the same name as my old Edain mod account before i deleted it. Although originally I had plans on using a name in Black Speech to match my beautiful icon...

As you can tell by my icon, I’m more of an orc than hobbit, despite what my name implies :p