Following up on Sharkû's notation that "Arwen" was a mother-name, there's this interesting bit from HoME X:
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Mothers often gave to their children special names of their own choosing. The most notable of these were the 'names of insight', essi tercenye, or of 'foresight', apacenyë. In the hour of birth, or on some other occasion of moment, the mother might give a name to her child, indicating some dominant feature of its nature as perceived by her, or some foresight of its special fate. These names had authority, and were regarded as true names when solemnly given, and were public not private if placed (as was sometimes done) immediately after the father-name.
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[ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]