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Originally Posted by Olórin the White/Feanathiel
Yay Finnish! it's my native tongue and I always hold pride in the fact that the creation of Quenya was greatly influenced by it
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We're soon taking over the forum.
Morm, I, too, think Rian is lovely. Keep trying.
As for Este and Vana, I have always been aware of their meanings in Finnish but I never thought about them that way, if you understand what I mean. Their names never made me laugh or anything (as a matter of fact, the only name that had me laughing was Kalavénë which, without the accents, means
fishing boat) - Este never was an obstacle Vana a wake to me. Though if the child ever met a Finn who's not familiar with Tolkien's works, I don't know what they would think.
Two nice names that I can think of are Eonwe and Fionwe (or Finwe), but I'm not sure if they sound too feminine? What about Curufin and Daeron?
Haleth is a nice name which also works for both genders. Lalaith would make a good one, too - unless the parents don't want to name their child after a girl who died at the age of three.
Nice as it is, I guess Lobelia is not one of the most popular M-E names?
I
must suggest also Maglor.
