[DarkElfChilde]

Is there a particular site where I can find good elvish names?

you know, the ones that actually make sense or something because some sites I come across either mix words around to make a name or some other silly thing like those generators.


- DEC

[SpaceWeavil]

The way I do it is to use Ardalambion. They have info on the elven languages and from that you can construct your own names. That's generally what I use.

I can never remember the URL for that site, though, as I downloaded it all and printed it out so I could use it more easily. If you Google for 'Ardalambion' though it comes up straight away.

[DarkElfChilde]

Thanks SW.

[SpaceWeavil]

[ghettoelleth]

http://move.to/ardalambion

http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/

Ardalambion and Hisweloke links

[DarkElfChilde]

Thanks.

Hmm, another question, what would be a good name for two male elf characters? They aren't main ones, but they're mentioned in my story, and they're both Thranduil's oldest sons (if that helps).

I'm looking for anything basically.

I'll to whoever is really good at creating elf names better than me.


- DEC

[SpaceWeavil]

Well, since he called his other son 'Green leaf', then maybe something horticultural?

Couple of plant names I have here that you might be able to construct names from;

Salab - herb
Ereg - thorn or holly
Orn - tree (archaic and poetical)
Lalorn - elm
Tathar - willow
Thaun or Thôn - pine
Tulus - Poplar

You could use something along those lines. Maybe add a colour or something?

Couple of colours;

baran - swart / dark brown
calen - green
laeg / leg - green
Caran - red
crann - ruddy
fein or fain - white
luin - blue
malen - yellow
mith / mithren - grey
morn - dark
nim - white / pale
rhosc - brown

Hopefully that helps. If you get any ideas about the sort of thing you want their names to mean when translated, i.e. what you want the English version of their name to be, PM me or whatever and I can see what I can find.

[Thuriniel]

Council of Elrond has a nice Elvish names database. You can pick from Quenya or Sindarin:

http://www.councilofelrond.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Semantics&file=index