ME names for girls - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 05-12-2005, 01:00 PM

Congratulations!

My wife would not allow any ME names for our children. Also, never thinking that I would have a daughter (they don't run in the family and my first was male), I'd given the dog my first choice for a girl's name. With two subsequent daughters, various attempts to change the dog's name were met with cold stares, especially from the mother-in-law.

I also suggested Xena, but no one thought that was a good choice either...sigh.

Anyway, think about (or, via ultrasound, look at) the new child, or the circumstances under which she will be born and work from there. If your first's disposition is pleasant, then you might want to work in a 'mor' as my experience has been that each successive child is the opposite of the proceeding one.

And 18 years from now, just who is going to remember that 'Eowyn' was a movie name anyway...

Cheers!

Mithalwen · 05-12-2005, 01:23 PM

I saw the girl named Eowyn in 1989........ there will still be an awful lot of people who know.. like the incident Terry Pratchett who finally coaxed the name Galadriel from a muttered request for the dedication at a booksigning. He asked the business suited woman if she had been born on a cannabis plantation in Wales and she answered that actually it had been a caravan in Cornwall but he was thinking on the right lines...

Personally I think Faramir is a great name .... so it is probably just as well I am childless.... I was so disappointed when friends declined to call their twins Elladan and Elrohir....

Mithalwen · 05-12-2005, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by alatar

Anyway, think about (or, via ultrasound, look at) the new child, or the circumstances under which she will be born and work from there. If your first's disposition is pleasant, then you might want to work in a 'mor' as my experience has been that each successive child is the opposite of the proceeding one.

Hmph - well I am sure my parents didn't look at the meanings but it so happens that my elder sister's name means "sweetness" whereas my middle name means "bitterness" ..... and I don't want to live up to my name but really .... it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo unfair!!!!

Elianna · 05-12-2005, 02:31 PM

You could give her a name that's normal, but has an alternate Elvish meaning. Like Beth is short for Elizabeth "oath of God," but means in Elvish "word."

Or Laurel could be named after the tree, or in Elvish it means "golden-star."

Or Anna is "grace" in Latin, and "gift" in Elvish.

Or Linda, means "tender, sweet" but "singer" in Elvish.

Anguirel · 05-12-2005, 02:36 PM

I always campaign for Arthurian names. And my father is called Fram! As it happens, it's not Fram of Scatha fame but short for Framroze, a Persian name...still, I remember finding it hilarious to find my father, no Tolkienite, credited with slaying a Dragon in the Appendices...

Tigerlily Gamgee · 05-12-2005, 04:10 PM

I've always thought that Lorien would make a lovely girls name.

mormegil · 05-12-2005, 04:14 PM

So far so good. I am compliling a list to submit to my wife for possible consideration. After I get past that phase I will move into campaign mode.

ps. we have given each other automatic veto power. If she doesn't like a name she can say no and it's not up for consideration and I can do likewise.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-12-2005, 07:10 PM

What about the name Estel? Or Estelle. I know it's not strictly a girl's name, but I think it's quite pretty, even if only used as a middle name. It's coming up with this stuff that makes me want to have kids in like ten billion years. Or just come up with new RP characters.

Either way.

Fea

alatar · 05-13-2005, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mormegil

So far so good. I am compliling a list to submit to my wife for possible consideration. After I get past that phase I will move into campaign mode.

ps. we have given each other automatic veto power. If she doesn't like a name she can say no and it's not up for consideration and I can do likewise.

Note that you might want to keep your choices secret. My wife was all for naming our third 'Eliza' until our mothers heard of our choice (it was for Eliza Dolittle). This threw a wrench into matters as by the time the baby arrived we had no acceptable name - my second choice again was to usurp the dog's name.

Two days after her birth I finally said "whatever" and our daughter was named by committee.

P.S. Note that two children is not like 2X the work; it's more like 1.5X as you already are parents and have been through the first cold, first earache, first bleeding wound, etc. You already have functioned for days without sleep and so have learned basic survival skills. And, with two, you still can apply man-to-man coverage. With three, we've had to move to a zone defensive strategy ("I'll cover the two in the bathroom while you get the one down off of the table...").

tar-ancalime · 05-12-2005, 02:33 PM

Congratulations to you and your family!

How about Miriel?

05-12-2005, 01:23 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	I saw the girl named Eowyn in 1989........ there will still be an awful lot of people who know.. like the incident Terry Pratchett who finally coaxed the name Galadriel from a muttered request for the dedication at a booksigning. He asked the business suited woman if she had been born on a cannabis plantation in Wales and she answered that actually it had been a caravan in Cornwall but he was thinking on the right lines... Personally I think Faramir is a great name .... so it is probably just as well I am childless.... I was so disappointed when friends declined to call their twins Elladan and Elrohir.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-12-2005, 02:31 PM	#4
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	You could give her a name that's normal, but has an alternate Elvish meaning. Like Beth is short for Elizabeth "oath of God," but means in Elvish "word." Or Laurel could be named after the tree, or in Elvish it means "golden-star." Or Anna is "grace" in Latin, and "gift" in Elvish. Or Linda, means "tender, sweet" but "singer" in Elvish. __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.

05-12-2005, 02:36 PM	#5
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I always campaign for Arthurian names. And my father is called Fram! As it happens, it's not Fram of Scatha fame but short for Framroze, a Persian name...still, I remember finding it hilarious to find my father, no Tolkienite, credited with slaying a Dragon in the Appendices... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-12-2005, 04:10 PM	#6
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	I've always thought that Lorien would make a lovely girls name. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

05-12-2005, 04:14 PM	#7
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	So far so good. I am compliling a list to submit to my wife for possible consideration. After I get past that phase I will move into campaign mode. ps. we have given each other automatic veto power. If she doesn't like a name she can say no and it's not up for consideration and I can do likewise. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

05-12-2005, 01:00 PM	#1
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Congratulations! My wife would not allow any ME names for our children. Also, never thinking that I would have a daughter (they don't run in the family and my first was male), I'd given the dog my first choice for a girl's name. With two subsequent daughters, various attempts to change the dog's name were met with cold stares, especially from the mother-in-law. I also suggested Xena, but no one thought that was a good choice either...sigh. Anyway, think about (or, via ultrasound, look at) the new child, or the circumstances under which she will be born and work from there. If your first's disposition is pleasant, then you might want to work in a 'mor' as my experience has been that each successive child is the opposite of the proceeding one. And 18 years from now, just who is going to remember that 'Eowyn' was a movie name anyway... Cheers!

05-12-2005, 07:10 PM	#8
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	many congrats What about the name Estel? Or Estelle. I know it's not strictly a girl's name, but I think it's quite pretty, even if only used as a middle name. It's coming up with this stuff that makes me want to have kids in like ten billion years. Or just come up with new RP characters. Either way. Fea __________________ peace

05-12-2005, 02:33 PM	#10
tar-ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: abaft the beam Posts: 303	Congratulations to you and your family! How about Miriel? __________________ Having fun wolfing it to the bitter end, I see, gaur-ancalime (lmp, ww13)

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