Tolkien referred to Namo as Mandos as if it was also used as a name, and to Fangorn as Treebeard in the same manner. He never did that with the Witch-king of Angmar. He used 'Witch-king' which is simple enough. Also, 'Mandos' and 'Treebeard' are no shorter than 'Namo' and 'Fangorn' as far as syllables go, and they're actually longer letter-wise. Tolkien used them because these names are what the characters were better known by to the beings of Arda from whose archives he extracted the tales.
[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: Legalos ]
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