In the little legacy/poem that tells a story about the ring, it tells about how 9 rings of power were given to men, and how they were doomed to die. They became wraiths when they were corrupted by the rings of power, and were connected and drawn to the ONE RING when it was on the bearer's finger.
Elendil was not a ring-wraith because he was out to stop the evil of Sauron, not to spread it.
As for the names of the ring-wraiths, all I know is that they were all kings of men, including the witch-king.
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