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Thranduil's choice of this very simple "nature" name for his son could thus be seen as semi political. But maybe I am reading far to much into this
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That's the problem,
Mithalwen, how far do you read into a name? We know about the choice of names of other tribes of elves, how they would have more than one with various deep reasons for each, but with Legolas or any Moriquendi, how do we know whether or not those names really are supposed to mean anything or just sound cool like how a lot of people name their kids today, without thought to how they relate to their bearer.
Names and their meanings or intentions by the author is a whole library of ideas that were never truly covered. But I suppose seeing as we can't ask the parents of characters nor the author that once again we are left to speculate.