What does your screenname mean? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ohtatyaro · 02-03-2005, 09:54 AM

It all sums up neatly:

Elvish name plus the real name meaning ends up in 'immortal grey echo'. Sounds good, I mean, really good

Encaitare · 02-04-2005, 02:34 PM

I like how you derived your name, Lucien! It caught my eye at first because there's a character in the Sandman graphic novels named Lucien...

wilwarin538 · 02-07-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ohtatyaro

It all sums up neatly:

Elvish name plus the real name meaning ends up in 'immortal grey echo'. Sounds good, I mean, really good

Perhaps Thinlomien if/when you get offered a personal title you could use Immortal Grey Echo, it's very nice.

Celebuial · 02-08-2005, 05:12 AM

Ok I did get it wrong before Legolas didn't slay the Balrog, but neither did Echelion. It was Glorfindel. Legolas led the rest of the people away because he was 'keen sighted'.

ohtatyaro · 02-08-2005, 06:00 AM

it is nice to see passionate Legolas supporter, just like myself (I mean, booky Legolas, not drooling over Orlando Bloom, that is). But in your passion you haste a bit and miss things your certainly know, sure

. That is, in Gondolin (the town itself), Ecthelion slew Balrog. Glorfindel slew one too, but not in Gondolin per say, but on their, that is, fugitives, way out, and they both fell into some precipice. At that, both elves where also the slain - both died in battle too.

02-08-2005, 02:28 PM

I made a rough translation of my name and got Ainuosérë which means God's peace.

Thinlómien · 02-14-2005, 09:33 AM

"Immortal grey echo"...

(Never thought it like that; normally I don't consider my name meaning immortal...) I don't know does it sound like a miserable little loser, or beatiful and sad.

Milady Revenwyn · 02-16-2005, 07:41 AM

Mine doesn't really have a meaning.
I just coined Revenwyn as a character name for an RPG one day back in 2000 and it's stuck ever since.
The "Milady" part has been added somewhat recently by my adorable fiance. He has actually called me "Milady Revenwyn" to my face before, and I just giggled.

Milord Aldagrim · 02-16-2005, 03:53 PM

I got Aldagrim from the Barrowdowns hobbit name generator and the Milord because I'm engaged to the lovely Milady Revenwyn.

Andsigil · 12-28-2008, 07:07 PM

Andsigil is Sindarin for "Long Knife". Anyone who's viewed my profile will understand.

Gwathagor · 12-29-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Andsigil

Andsigil is Sindarin for "Long Knife". Anyone who's viewed my profile will understand.

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

Ruoutorin · 02-09-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Celebuial

Ok I did get it wrong before Legolas didn't slay the Balrog, but neither did Echelion. It was Glorfindel. Legolas led the rest of the people away because he was 'keen sighted'.

Both Ecthelion and Glorfindel slayed Balrogs. Ecthelion slayed Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs in the fall of Gondolin and Glorfindel slayed a Belrog allowing Turor and Idril to escape with Earendil, also during the fall of Gondolin.

Glorfindel was reimbodied and sent back to Middle Earth. So, although he didn't survive his battle with the Balrog, if you wanted to ask someone what it's like to kill a Balrog you could probably ask him (or Gandalf).

Sett · 02-09-2005, 12:08 PM

My name does not have any relevence to LOTR. *Stands in shame as rotton fruit gets thrown at me*. I use this name just about everywhere i go. I take it from Set the egyptian god. I add a 't' so that it makes it more original , Sett. I use it because my life is pretty chaotic at times so the god of chaos has relevence to my life.

02-09-2005, 03:17 PM

cool, maybe i can help you out on that chaotic stuff.

Beleg Cuthalion · 02-09-2005, 03:22 PM

My name 'Beleg Cuthalion' means 'Mighty Strongbow'.

I bet some of you knew that already.

Gil-Galad · 02-09-2005, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sett

My name does not have any relevence to LOTR. *Stands in shame as rotton fruit gets thrown at me*. I use this name just about everywhere i go. I take it from Set the egyptian god. I add a 't' so that it makes it more original , Sett. I use it because my life is pretty chaotic at times so the god of chaos has relevence to my life.

then control the creatures with care...

Encaitare · 02-09-2005, 08:18 PM

I dig the reason for your name, Sett -- that would make you our second person with an Egyptian-inspired name, as far as I know, anyway. Set was definitely a chaotic sort of guy...

Annalaliath · 03-05-2005, 08:33 PM

Mine means Gift of Laughter.... or Laughter Gift... which ever you want.... Anna=gift lalaith=laughter... but the problem is that i misspelled it.. so bleh!
Doom! doom! doom!

Halbarad · 03-05-2005, 11:11 PM

Tall tower. Makes sense. Thanks a lot.

Memory of Trees · 03-07-2005, 01:10 PM

Mine is completely in English and has no meaning. I have a meaning-less name... *sniff*

Not! It may not have meaning, but who wouldn't want to be something as ancient and beautiful as the Memory of Trees?

Or maybe all the trees are gone, and I am remembering them.

Or maybe it's from the Enya song... who can tell? I wasn't aware when I signed up that I wouldn't be able to change my user name! Ach...

That's okay. I sort of like my name anyway.

Folwren · 11-02-2006, 09:11 AM

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 · 11-02-2006, 06:37 PM

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

11-06-2006, 08:41 PM

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.

02-03-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
ohtatyaro Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: here, there, everywhere... Posts: 121	It all sums up neatly: Elvish name plus the real name meaning ends up in 'immortal grey echo'. Sounds good, I mean, really good __________________ Reading this sig costs three Galleons, nine Sickles, and a Knut. Pay up!

02-08-2005, 05:12 AM	#4
Celebuial Wight Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cardiff during term time/Leicester in the holl's Posts: 129	Ok I did get it wrong before Legolas didn't slay the Balrog, but neither did Echelion. It was Glorfindel. Legolas led the rest of the people away because he was 'keen sighted'. __________________ Ú cilith ‘war. Ú men ‘war. Boe min mebi. Boe min bango.

02-08-2005, 06:00 AM	#5
ohtatyaro Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: here, there, everywhere... Posts: 121	it is nice to see passionate Legolas supporter, just like myself (I mean, booky Legolas, not drooling over Orlando Bloom, that is). But in your passion you haste a bit and miss things your certainly know, sure . That is, in Gondolin (the town itself), Ecthelion slew Balrog. Glorfindel slew one too, but not in Gondolin per say, but on their, that is, fugitives, way out, and they both fell into some precipice. At that, both elves where also the slain - both died in battle too. __________________ Reading this sig costs three Galleons, nine Sickles, and a Knut. Pay up! Last edited by ohtatyaro; 02-08-2005 at 06:11 AM.

12-28-2008, 07:07 PM	#10
Andsigil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin Posts: 733	Andsigil is Sindarin for "Long Knife". Anyone who's viewed my profile will understand. __________________ Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.

02-09-2005, 03:22 PM	#15
Beleg Cuthalion Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hominum que contente mundique huius et cupido Posts: 181	My name 'Beleg Cuthalion' means 'Mighty Strongbow'. I bet some of you knew that already. __________________ War is not the answer, War is the question and the answer is yes Quis ut Deus

02-04-2005, 02:34 PM	#2
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I like how you derived your name, Lucien! It caught my eye at first because there's a character in the Sandman graphic novels named Lucien...

02-08-2005, 02:28 PM	#6
Ainuosérë Guest Posts: n/a	I made a rough translation of my name and got Ainuosérë which means God's peace.

02-14-2005, 09:33 AM	#7
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	"Immortal grey echo"... (Never thought it like that; normally I don't consider my name meaning immortal...) I don't know does it sound like a miserable little loser, or beatiful and sad.

02-16-2005, 07:41 AM	#8
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	Mine doesn't really have a meaning. I just coined Revenwyn as a character name for an RPG one day back in 2000 and it's stuck ever since. The "Milady" part has been added somewhat recently by my adorable fiance. He has actually called me "Milady Revenwyn" to my face before, and I just giggled.

02-16-2005, 03:53 PM	#9
Milord Aldagrim Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Merrimac, MA Posts: 14	I got Aldagrim from the Barrowdowns hobbit name generator and the Milord because I'm engaged to the lovely Milady Revenwyn.

02-09-2005, 12:08 PM	#13
Sett Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Baths of Hell Posts: 24	My name does not have any relevence to LOTR. Stands in shame as rotton fruit gets thrown at me. I use this name just about everywhere i go. I take it from Set the egyptian god. I add a 't' so that it makes it more original , Sett. I use it because my life is pretty chaotic at times so the god of chaos has relevence to my life.

02-09-2005, 03:17 PM	#14
Ainuosérë Guest Posts: n/a	cool, maybe i can help you out on that chaotic stuff.

02-09-2005, 08:18 PM	#17
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I dig the reason for your name, Sett -- that would make you our second person with an Egyptian-inspired name, as far as I know, anyway. Set was definitely a chaotic sort of guy...

03-05-2005, 08:33 PM	#18
Annalaliath Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 380	Mine means Gift of Laughter.... or Laughter Gift... which ever you want.... Anna=gift lalaith=laughter... but the problem is that i misspelled it.. so bleh! Doom! doom! doom! __________________ Bloody Stumps!!!

03-05-2005, 11:11 PM	#19
Halbarad Wight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cheongju, Korea Posts: 147	Thanks Tall tower. Makes sense. Thanks a lot. __________________ -Halbarad to Aragorn, 'The Passing of the Grey Company' Book V, Return of the King."A little people, but of great worth are the Shire-folk. Little do they know of our long labour for the safekeeping of their borders, and yet I grudge it not"

03-07-2005, 01:10 PM	#20
Memory of Trees Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Here! Over here!!! Behind that rock. Yes, that is I... Posts: 84	Mine is completely in English and has no meaning. I have a meaning-less name... sniff Not! It may not have meaning, but who wouldn't want to be something as ancient and beautiful as the Memory of Trees? Or maybe all the trees are gone, and I am remembering them. Or maybe it's from the Enya song... who can tell? I wasn't aware when I signed up that I wouldn't be able to change my user name! Ach... That's okay. I sort of like my name anyway.

11-02-2006, 09:11 AM	#21
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	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 __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-02-2006, 06:37 PM	#22
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Merely a (very slightly) scrambled version of my first name that I happened to find pleasing. Nothing more.

11-06-2006, 08:41 PM	#23
Erunámo Séreturion Guest Posts: n/a	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.

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