What is the reason for your nickname ?

[Saurannûn the Wood Elf]

Wells, I used the Name Generator from this site, and it turns out that I'm a Wood Elf, and my name is Saurannûniel [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ! I didn't really know WHAT I'd be, but I'm happy with what I am! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] My friend thought I'd be a cave troll, the bum-head! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

Easy enough question:

My name "Rynoah" is a name I made up for my "wereside" (for those of you who know about therianthropy, you'll know what I'm talking about). The "Overly-Happy" part was just something I made up on a last-second basis, based on how I act in the chatroom (when I'm there, which is seldom).

[BethoHOG]

Betho is my nickname. HOG comes from House Of God, which is what my name, Bethany, means. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[avarrogion]

Correct me if i am wrong but this is certainly one of the oldest threads around?

[Lyra Greenleaf]

My name is a combination of my fave book (LOTR, obviously) and one of my other runners up (his dark materials, Philip Pullman- read it people)

oh yeah, with a big dollop of Orlando love!

[Kates Frodo Temp]

My name is Kates Frodo because my friend Kate introduced me to LotR, and she calls me Frodo. That's an honor coming from someone who's read LotR since fourth grade! Oh, yeah, the "Temp" stands for temporary, because this is only my temporary registration. I can't get on my own computer to figure out what my password is for my actual name (Kates Frodo2) until next week, cuz my friend wrecked my computer. (Grrrrroooooaaannnn)

[Nuinatariel]

Lyra, you read His Dark Materials, too? Awesome! I love those books!

The reason for my nickname is simply because this is what came up for me on the name generator here. Eventually I hope to figure out what it means, but for now I'm too lazy to look it up. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Eressië Ailin]

STUPID NAME GENERATOR!!!

yeah... I don't like the name generator...

Just in case there is some one here who doesn't know, the name generator doesn't translate your name into Elvish or any other language, it just generates a name, hence the name: The Name Generator.

My screen name is my first and middle name in Quenya. Eressië Ailin~ Lonely lake, more or less.

[Rochelle]

I chose Rochelle because I wanted to combine two of my favorite races...Rohan and Elves.

Roch means horse in Sindarin...and what is Rohan most noted for? Horses.

So hence I became Rochelle. I was thinking Rochiel which is how it should be if it was completely elvish...but the 'elle' gives it more of a "human" touch [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Or so I think...

[Rina]

I chose Rina, since this is the elven translation (roughly) for my real name, which means "Crown." I actually took it from "Elerrina" which means "Crowned with Stars," another name for Taniquetil in The Silmarillion.

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

i am obsessed with LotR more than with anything else, but my runner up would most definitely be His Dark Materals(I need a new copy- mine has literally fallen apart from too much handling. My copy of Fellowship, too.) GaladrieloftheOlden came from nowhere in paricular, and I don't like it anymore, but it's not worth getting a new account and starting over. I like my nicknames on other sites better- I've got Modern_Evenstar, Mademoiselle_Greenleaf, OrlandosElf, IzzyGoneElf, and more that I can't remember right now. I like those more, but at least I didn't choose something really crummy. Keep the thread going, this is probabaly one of the longest and one of the funnest to read.

My nick came from generator site for elves name.

[Eressië Ailin]

Like I said before, I really don't like the Name Generator...

Anyways, welcome to the Downs, Aranolein!!!
Like the avatar!

[ February 25, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Beren87]

Quite easy, Beren is my favorite character while 87 is the great and grand year of my birth. (Remember that folks, it'll be famous in the future) [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[eleanor_niphredil]

I picked mine because I thought it sounded pretty [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[Arwen_Evenstar]

I chose mine because in the book I really liked Arwen. She was beautiful, an Elf, Wise and she got to marry ARAGORN(How lucky can you get?) [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] !!!!

[Imladrien]

My first name is "Dale" and I am a woman. I played around with Quenya and Sindarin words for "valley" -- but then had a tough time registering my preferred names, here or elsewhere -- translated they all meant "valley girl" -- so I ended up settling for Imladrien, but now it is growing on me.
--Imladrien

[the real findorfin]

On EZoard I was Findorfin but then when it moved somebody took my name, so i became 'the real findorfin'.

Wierd eh!

[zifnab]

Pay no attention to this post! I am only responding to be taken off the e-mail notifaction for this thread. Sorry for the interruption.

[dragoneyes]

I had a sort of fanfiction thing going on in my head, I never wrote it down so I've sort of forgotten it. Anyway, there was one character in it who's nickname was Dragoneyes, I thought it was a cool name so I used it. (I forgot to put a capital letter at the beginning though [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] )

[Airehiriel]

I tried several different versions of my name. You know, include my middle name, just middle initial, no middle name, my maiden name, my first married last name...etc. Well, I didn't care for what I was getting with the Elf names. So I started putting in different words. Finally I put in "White Elf" and I got Airehiriel. I thought it had a nice ring to it, so there you have it.

[Eressië Ailin]

Harmonica comes from that my name is Monica

Coolness! My name is Monica too!!

That was kind of random....

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

I had a sort of fanfiction thing going on in my head, I never wrote it down so I've sort of forgotten it.

I hate when this happens to me. I hate it worse than screaming children and that's saying a lot.

My first name is "Monyca", but I go by Lynn or Lynne (the latter of which is the true spelling for my middle name) now, due to some problems in middle school. Only close friends and family call me by my first name.

[Eressië Ailin]

That's really freaky... becuase my middle name is Lynn... I'm not kidding!!!

So you're Monyca Lynne
And I'm Monica Lynn

[img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] I'm officially freaked out now [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

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[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

*blinks* Amazing. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

[Faenaduial]

I love reading how everyone picked their nicknames. I wanted an elf name as I have always loved stories about elves and fairies. My name is Sindarin for "Radiant Evening".

[balrogman]

I just think Balrogs are cool [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

[The Saucepan Man]

Since there were already so many great names from or inspired by the books, I decided to go for something non-Tolkien, but still fantasy-related.

The Faraway Tree books by Enid Blyton had been my favourite books as a child pre-The Hobbit and, at the time I registered, I was reading them to my daughter, So, I chose the name of the character in them that appealed to me the most, the inimitable Saucepan Man.

It has since dawned on me that there is a vague LotR connection, with Sam and his pots and pans.

[Nuinatariel]

If you change your displayed name, do you go back to being Newly Deceased? I figured I could ask here, since this is about names. I just looked up what my name means, and it makes no sense. Nuinatariel- "Under of the father maiden". Evil name generator.

I did choose "Troll" cause my favourtie characters are trolls!!
They are so brutal and good warriors!

[Andephelien]

If you change your displayed name, do you go back to being Newly Deceased?

I wonder that also. Is there any way you can change it? My name, Andephelien means "Maiden of the Gate" or so. I want to chande it to something else. Andephelien is just what the name generator spit out. (Dumb thing) [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]

[Dilettante]

Dilettante is the name, the e at the end is pronounced. I have the worst time spelling Dilettante, so I have to look at it every time I type it.


I have several reasons for choosing this name 1. I wanted something that wasn't the norm, and everything Elvish I liked was already taken. 2. To call someone a dilettante is to say they dabble in something merely for the fun of it. I.e. they aren't professional, they are an amateur. I have about a dozen hobbies and want to know everything about everything. Everything I do (besides my 8-5 job) is for the fun of it, so yes I could classify as a dilettante. 3. In addition to being a huge LOTR fan, I am also a huge Dr. Who fan (Gah! Yes I admit it!) and the Doctor is referred to as 'dilettante' on a couple of occasions. Which is why I initially wanted my name to be Intergalactic Dilettante BUT it would not fit in the box when I was filling out my new member profile. (Don't know why, it just quit filling in letters as I typed.)

[Elvish Hermit]

I chose my nivkname because ever since I was little, I always felt like an elf. Whether it be some beautiful princess-like one (NOT arwen) or Santa Clause related I alway wanted to be one. And the hermit part was added because I rarely interact with 3D people and I like hermit crabs.

[aragornreborn]

Well, I admire and identify with Aragorn, in a way, and was trying to think up something Aragorn related that was clever but serious. Then, I stumbled upon aragornreborn. I liked it, so it is. I also admire/identify with Faramir, and in one of my many moments of supreme uncleverness, I entertained the name Faramir_is_here. Yes, yes, I know. Luckily, I stuck with aragornreborn which, to me anyway, is a little better.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

In answer to several questions, no, you cannot change your screenname. What you can do if you absolutely want it different is re-register under the new name. You will start with 0 posts again if you do so.

My nickname is pretty straight foreward (although i doubt anyone will even see it buried so far in the back). My first choice was Tanis Half-elven (named after a very popular book series, Dragonlance) But i suppose not enough people would understand that (I love those books so much). So i chose a very new name of mine, Durion the Dark.......Actually Durion was the original name, Taken from a homemade RPG I made up (mostly...). Durion, a cloudy figure, obscure at times, wearing a simple robe cloak combination, And wielding a fearsom halbred/pike....... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] , the Dark on the other hand is just a signature on the end of my name when I play computer RPGs. Well, I hope you enjoy that, Rate me if YOU, have the time....Durion the Dark

[Chancellen the True]

I figured that all the names from Tolkien that I liked would allready be taken, since I'm #6000 something; so, I took a name from another source. The name I took is from a Planescape novel. It is one The Nameless One's aliases from a prior life that he read on a wanted poster. Obscure enough for ya.

[Adamathamariel]

I just changed my name from "Andephelwen", which means long wall (its the one that the BD generator spit out), to my self-fabricated name, Adamathamariel. It is a modified version of Adanethamariel, which means "Maiden Woman of the Earth".

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"Good heavens! Don't pretend that goblins can't count. They can. Twelve isn't fifteen and they know it."
Beorn

[hobbit punk]

My nick is supposed to be kinda funny and different. I happen to love LOTR esp. hobbits and punk rock so it seemed to fit. And it fits my persona as well. I often like to pretend I am a hobbit. Don't know why but I feel a special connection with them. Sorry if that isn't too interesting.. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Well I just love elfs, and Galadrel is my favorite one. She is bautiful and powerful...and all that [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] ,so I couldn't be Galadriel and her aliase is The White Lady, so here I am [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]