[Hathor]

Problem- need Sindarin/Silvan Elvish names for a fic. HAS to be Sindarin or Silvan due to them being Mirkwood Elves of Silvan origin.
Problem- my usual Sindarin source, the back of the Silmarillion, is lacking in Sindarin roots, and don't want to mix Quenya and Sindarin... especially since I only know a handful of Elvish vocabulary.

Help, someone? I know there's the Sindarin online dictionary, but I'm specifically looking for names. I normally know where to go, but a recent computer crash made me lose the link for Ardalambion.

Any and all advice appreciated.

[Dragon]

I always get panicky when thinking about names... sometimes I even write a whole story using 'she's and 'her's to avoid naming them!

When I have to name I often use the back of the Silm and http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/vocab.htm: A Taste of Elvish. If has a lot of Quenya and Sindarian words for colours, plants, titles, animals etc that are things you can combine with existing names to give something that sounds reasonably genuine.

http://www.ardalambion.com/: Ardalambion is here and another useful site, Elvish Baby Names is here: http://www.elvish.org/elm/names.html.

Hope that helped.

[Hathor]

*huggles* Exactly what I was looking for! Have now bookmarked them and will think of you when I use them. Thank you!

[Viv]

The nicest thing about the Aradlambion is that it has information about all of Tolkien's languages, not just Sindarin or Quenya. This helps folks who are ginormously nitpicky. For instance, if you're writing a first-age story from Sauron's point of view, there's no way he'd refer to the Queen of Doriath as Melian.

[Thuriniel]

You might want to check this site out

http://www.councilofelrond.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Semantics&file=index&volume=4

They have translations of names into Sindarin/Quenya (I believe most of it is Sindarin), they also have dictionaries under the "language" link, Sindarin lessons (you even get a mentor to correct your homework!), and a great forum ... hope this helps !

Maria