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

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.

Erue · 11-07-2006, 12:20 AM

I've used Eruemaeve for several years.

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

11-07-2006, 04:54 PM

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 · 11-07-2006, 05:05 PM

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!

My name probably means Moonblossom

11-02-2006, 09:11 AM	#1
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

11-07-2006, 05:05 PM	#6
Laleena Animated Skeleton Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in Mirkwood riding my horse Posts: 27	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! My name probably means Moonblossom __________________ Sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit, it isn't wit at all.~ Halt

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11-02-2006, 06:37 PM	#2
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	#3
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.

11-07-2006, 12:20 AM	#4
Erue Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montana Badlands Posts: 13	I've used Eruemaeve for several years. From the Irish: Eriu of the Fomorians Maeve of the Tain Bo Cuillaigne.

11-07-2006, 04:54 PM	#5
zeen Guest Posts: n/a	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...