Well, let's look at it this way, Glorfindel's name means, to put it simply, "Blondie". Ecthelion's name comes from "Ecthel" which means "point of a spear." I don't know about you, but I think "Point of a Spear" is a much manlier name than "Blondie."
Perhaps Sting could have been Glorfindel's dagger that he used to kill the Balrog. It could have been later picked up as Orcs were ransacking Gondolin and its surroundings.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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