Uses of LOTR Names......

[DaughterofVana]

Of all the seriousness I can summon of my eighteen years (my opinions might change when I'm older or BE changed by the man in question... though I want to marry a Tolkien fan, you never know really--my mom wanted to marry a cowboy and she ended up with my dad) I was seriously thinking of naming my children after characters in LOTR. I don't think there's anything wrong with that--some may quote the teasing part of it ("Ooh, look, here comes 'Gay-lad-re-el!' Hahahahha!!) but I got teased, and my name is Rebecca. Kids'll find a way to get around anything--that's their nature, and I think that original names give people a sense of individuality. I love my middle name (it's Irene). For some reason all the combos I came up with were female, though--for the boys they usually consisted of James Taylor ____ and Robert Dylan ____ , but that's just me. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. I had them all figured out at one time, I wish I could remember them now. Avallone was one that I just had as the first name--female, Ava for short, like Ava Gardner--but I was always afraid that it would be confused with the fish. "Abaloney? Your name is Abaloney?" I think middle names would work out better, though, but that's just my opinion. Ava Elanor, or something.

Well, there's my two cents. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Do with it what you will.

-Vana