Thread: what is your game name and what does it mean/why did you choose it?

I'm interested in the names and their meaning to you and to the game! plus I wanted to see if i'm anywhere close to what other people have as names (not to copy just i don't want to have a stupid name) why i picked. It doesn't matter what class you are. TY<3

Elovie - Female hobbit. I don't know why I picked this name, probably because all the other more hobbit-like names I wanted were taken. :P

Haelwyn - Sounded Rohanesque enough. I wanted to RP a woman of Rohan and was messing with the random name generator. I came across a similar name and tweaked it to my liking.

Haldvin - Random in-game Dwarf name generator.

Millona - Couldn't think of a Gondor name for my captain. She's an upper-class type girl, and the name sounded upper-classy to me.

Sometimes I put a lot of thought into my names, sometimes I don't.

On Landroval I have a hunter named Nimradhir, it's a random name from the generator I think. Either that or I mashed it up from a Sindarin name site. I can't remember.

not going to list mine as there are too many across the servers.

suffice to say i never use the same first name twice though i will share surnames.

all my names fit the lore and are based on race/gender/place of origin.

i use the internet to research the names and it rarely takes me longer then 5 minutes to find a unique name that is not taken.

my names at other games always where timeraider (dont ask me why), my first char here was a loremaster, afterwards i switched to RK, so i combined loremaster and timeraider into loreraider :P

Hildewyn -- I wanted a nice name for a Rohirrim girl. Rohirrim names tend to have Germanic roots, with Hilde being a nice German name (Hildegaard, Brunhilde, Mathilde). I added the suffix -wyn. Hilde also has a Sindarin translation of "heir" and wyn translates to "maiden." So her name has a double meaning as "heiress."

Hortensia -- No deeper meaning. An hortensia is a type of carnation, Hobbits have flower names. Hortensia is also a name used IRL, but it's kind of old fashioned. I basically went down a list of flower words until I found one that worked as a name and wasn't in use. She's a burglar and I play her as being kind of mischievous and ill-behaved, so I like the juxtaposition of a sweet old fashioned floral name with a sneaky little witch who likes to stab things in the kidneys (and don't think she doesn't play that for all it's worth!)

Aenaru -- This one started as kind of a joke. Her first name is Sindarin for "red bird" and her surname translates to "head cover." I was going for a gender-bending Robin Hood thing when I made her. She's grown a bit beyond that, but the "official" reasoning for it in RP terms is that when Smaug came to Dale, her family went west and south and became something of Nomads. She grew up living partially in Elven lands, Gondor, Bree...anywhere there was a road, basically.

I have more, but those are the only ones I really play that much and so have characters established.

Derran - dwarf/hunter - is named for my char in another game, also a dwarf hunter. He was Darren, but that was already taken here.

Lamium is a flower, befitting a female hobbit.

Pelros, elf/LM, I used the random generator, got something I sorta liked, and tweaked and shortened it. When I hit on 'Pelros' I though that sounded like a good elvish name. Only until I played him several levels did it dawn on me why. If they make me change it, so be it, but I hope not - P. is likely to become my main, I'm really liking loremaster.

Originally Posted by Darmokk

You got a Jalad as well?

My hunter is called 'Calamis'. There's really no real meaning behind it (as far as I know - it just popped out).

I named my hunter like that because it's the name of a much beloved elf archer PC/NPC of mine on many Pen & Paper RPG campaigns I took part of.

Annúnion is Sindarin for "Son of the West" or "Son of the Sunset", a name I thought very appropriate for a Man of Gondor of old Númenórean lineage. In-game naming restrictions forced me to make it simply Annunion, which doesn't look half as good, but oh well. His surname, Arantir, can be translated as "King's Guard", signifying both his character class (Guardian) and his private allegiance to the line of the Kings of Men.

I had to actual go and write these down, some I forget how to spell on occasion XP

Liathron - The base 'liath' means gray in Gaelic, so named because if you ever see him, he is gray.

Linasereth - I think the base word in here means song, or singer in elvish, but I don't remember so well any more which one as I'm not as familiar with elvish as I am with Gaelic

Anzelaran - The base word here is green in Gaelic, I'm sure you can begin to see a pattern here with my elf names.

Laureasearas - Meaning golden leaves in elvish

Audrel- Is my one human, and this is a name I've used for another roguish RP character in D&D

and finaly we have...

Gress - It was the only dwarf sounding name that wasn't taken

So those are my character names, I know I have a lot of them...I might have a problem with the character generator...

Talventus; Elf Lormaster; Gladden: I was listening to this epic song from which I'll impart a line: "I am the voice in wind and the pouring rain...The dance of the leaves when the Autumn winds blow". I knew I wanted an elf Loremaster and that Sindarin (elvish language) was derived some from Latin so I went to google translate that said the latin name for wind was Ventus. Since then I found a Sindarin dictionary file:///C:/Users/Stauffer/Desktop/dict-en-sd.html and found the real word was far off but it sounded worse anyway: Gwaew. My Bear partner as of now is named Braig which IS Sindarin for Fierce. Tal is just one of the suggested prefixes

I'd tell you about my other character's name but time forbids

Name generator threw out *Feathalion* for my Elf character , strong will or strong spirit i believe , was rather chuffed with that.

I'll share one of mine with you: Stendec

I won't share the whole story but I will say that the term "Stendec" is at the heart of an intriguing mystery. 64 Years ago a passenger aircraft was shuttling passengers on a routine flight over the Andes mountains. It was minutes from landing. The aircraft radio operator, expecting to land soon, closed transmissions with the ground with a cryptic message: "STENDEC". The ground operator wasn't familiar with this word and asked that the message be repeated, twice. Twice the answer came back "STENDEC". That was the last message received from the plane. The plane never arrived at the airport. Rescuers searched the aircraft's route but couldn't find a crash sight. The aircraft had simply vanished.

It wasn't till about 50 years later that the mystery began to reveal itself, opening up like a blossom in the sun. Most of the story of what happened is clear now. It is, indeed, quite tragic. But one mystery remains. We can speculate and conjecture but no one will ever truly know what the on board radio operator meant when he sent the message "STENDEC".

Hopefully I've piqued your interest and you'll follow the links below and read much more in depth and interesting description the story of Stendec and ill-fated Avro Lancastrian Star Dust.

Star Dust on Wikipedia
NOVA: Vanished!

I think Wikipedia gives the best, most concise synopsis. There's good stuff on the NOVA! site too though. And you can find plenty more if you search the internet.

For me, when I read the story I thought it would make a great D&D character name. Turns out it works pretty well for LotR:O too!

Nimpriel - Pale daughter. 'Nimp' also implies frailty or weakness. I deliberately chose it and her appearance to be ironic: she is as thin and pale as I could get her, clothed in things that accentuate this, while her personality is that of a thoroughly uncompromising warrior. She refuses other names and titles.

Narwyn - Fire, female suffix. Just cause.

calmante/elf/hunter- no RP here. Portugese for calm/soothing

Lancearon/ elf/warden - Got it off an sindrain translator translated to my RL- name... no joke got lucky

Daren/hobbit/burg - Just seemed to fit the hobbit profile. Hobbits seemed to have 2 syllable names. Diffrent forms of daren seem to be popular so i know im not the only one who thinks so.

Domonic/man/captain - Easy male name for man.

Being a semi-controlled altoholic, the Coterie contains six characters with a seventh waiting in the wings. As long-time role-player, I've come up with reasons why they all share a Bree household. Naturally, I've spent too much time working on what their names should be. Lastly, being a Tolkien geek, most of their names are Sindarin.

Bretobrand Longtoes is my main character, based on my default character for starting many games: the Snarky but Heroic Brick/ Tank & Compulsive Carouser. Hobbits lads are known for having long first names that get shortened (e.g. Meriadoc to Merry) so he's usually called Breto. What the name actually means is lost in the mists of history, The last name of Longtoes is an accurate description of a family trait that is the source of many amusing stories.

My second character is my Man Champion, Corungil Threethorns, who is a good hearted, loyal and trifle dense farmer from Dale. The first name means Cunning Star which has yet to rub off on him. The family name I took from my SCA household from what grew on our property (Holly, Roses & Blackberries).

I chose an Elven Hunter for my third using a name I'd come up with after studying the Silmarillion, Ambadil Calungil. The first name means, roughly. "Friend of the Mundane World" which is not always a good thing to say about elvenkind. He prefers the rough ways of other Free People, even the dwarves! His last name (which I just realized is misspelled) means Green Star that he saw on his wedding day, which coincided with the Change of the World (SA 3319). When he sees it again, it will be time to leave.

Next up is my Dwarven Minstrel from the Lonely Mountain, Dringil Starsong. He was born there and grew up hearing of the adventure that brought dwarves back to the mountain. His family wanted him to stay there and rebuild but he just wanted to have some fun (and get away from his sibling, see below). His friend, Corungil, had already done it so he followed him. His actual names are secret but he likes being called Hammer Spark and he does a lot of singing beneath the night sky.

Next up is my grumpy Warden/ Spear Maiden from Rohan, Eryngil Oefenstarr. Her birth name is only used by her parents and her horrid little sister and will never be revealed to the Coterie. Always more fascinated with the woods than the stables, she was called Forest Star by spinster aunt, brothers, and friends. Her family name is the Saxon version of my family name, Evenstar, so I can claim her as an ancestor.

Last is my sharply dressed Dwarven Rune-Keeper, Galungil. After hearing about the fun that his sibling, Dringil, was having, he packed up his stones and headed West. So far, Lucky Star has been enjoying himself immensely, zapping evil, dispatching monsters and embarrassing his more serious sibling. Their resemblance to another set of siblings is just a coincidence, honest! At some point, he'll get a surname reflecting his adventures.

Oh yes, waiting in the wings is an Elven Lore-Master, Forgil Paferil. North Star a very young elf-maiden from the Far South, who's always preferred the moon & stars to the sun. Her surname, Book Lover, was given to her when she chose reading over dancing. She didn't see it as insult and immediately adopted it to the chagrin of the spurned elf-lad. At some point, she'll leave to search for Rivendell libraries and her long lost uncle, Ambadil.

A long time ago, There was this Norse Viking that was a well-known fighter. He was involved in many battles and killed many people. There was this one incident in particular where this Viking and his fleet were sailing towards an island far North. It was very foggy so no one on the boat could see anything or anyone on the island until they got there. As they stepped out of the boat they all got out of the ship and began walking up the beach towards the forest. The minute they got off the beach was when they realized they stepped into an ambush. These people ambushing the Vikings outnumbered them 2-1. Now, this one Viking was not surprised, nor was he nervous. He simply began defending himself. Over time, the Vikings slowly started dying to this enemy, but the Viking never let up, never lost his cool, never tried to run or hide, just continued fighting. Hours later, the Vikings numbers were reduced to a little less then a dozen, and there were still a good number of enemies still on the beaches. Soon after, it was just the Viking. He swings his mighty axe at his enemy and it goes right in between the shoulder and the neck. As he takes out his axe he looks up at the sky. He realizes the fog has cleared up, and the sun has started to shine.

At that moment this Viking's head was cut off.

Think it was a good story? I made it up as I went along. haha

I chose Syntho because it sounds cool.

Owwkaaay... not on a roleplay server, but that don't matter much for the name history thing imo. These are the mains:

Jorri Stonebreaker, Dwarf Guardian... well... truth be told, I was inspired by the Warhammer Dwarf Slayer army and its "Look Snorri- Trolls!" rule that allowed the Dwarf Slayers to take an extra move if I recall correctly. Snorri of course was not available, so I ened up with Jorri instead. Stonebreaker: Because all dwarfs need a surname, and Jorri carries a pickaxe.

Azrakhul Shieldhammer: Even worse, I had to come up with a dwarven name, thought of the Chamber of Mazarbul, and mentally generated Azrakhul. There you go. Shieldhammer because (this is his 2nd surname, the first is lost in time) he found a cloak in the 16th hall with two hammers, and he prefers hammers... and he is a Champion, so he hammers a lot. Oh, and a Metalsmith :-). If singing a song about Azrakhul, his name is pronounced "Azzie-cool".

Salmira Twoblades: Ah, infamous Salmira, treasure hunter and expert cookie-thief ( ask Azzie). Salmira, because I had come up with Salmirasse in a previous game, in a different time, but that don't sound hobbity, and Salmira does, and Twoblades because her ancestry is somewhat unclear in the names department ( her father Gorbulac still needs a last name, but my wife is happy with it) and she prefers swords above anything else, even though she is a burlgar and gets a paltry 2% damage bonus with daggers and/or clubs. Of course, she carries Gorbulac's Tool Belt. Because, you know, the tools help her to break into houses (she being a burglar).

Hallwyn Nuinloth: Hallwyn because my wife's mini is called Lyllwyn and she needed a husband, and Hallwyn sounded nice. Nuinloth, why, means "Beneath Blossoms" in Sindarin. Pointy-eared elf hunter, this one.

Brairn Thorvaeldsson: Brairn because uhm, it sounded ok, Thorvaelddson because we wanted to hit undying together (Thorvaeld, my wife's dwarven hunter, and Brairn), and Throvaeld made it, but Brairn did not, and as a consolidation was adopted by Thorvaeld.



The so-called minor mains, another seven or so, first need to prove themselves by entering Moria.

I mainly use the random generator and just go with what sounds good, but lately I've been turning toward lore-appropriate names, searching Realelvish and other sites for names that carry a proper meaning.

Baralur (Champion of Gondor): My very first character and my main (even if he competes for this status with my other character on Imladris, Denenthera). I basically used the random generator until the name came up and thought it sounded cool. As with a lot of names gotten on the random generator, trying to translate the character's name into Sindarin or whatever other language it's supposed to be in is kind of a nightmare. "Bara" means "fiery" in Sindarin, and definitely fits the hot-blooded personality that I sometimes display with him. But there is no "lur" in Sindarin, and the only name that has it as the end is Gandelur, a second-age Exilic-Sindarin name meaning Heart of the Lyre, and the translation from Quenya makes it plain that the L is part of "quendel."

Then I checked out the thread for Pumyra's RP Prompts in the Landroval server forum, in particular the prompt "What's in a Name?" where her character Talaesyn explained that her name came from elements of both of her parents' names. I decided to name Baralur's father Baranir (meaning "fiery man"), and have his mother lend the other part of their son's name from the great Elven ancestor of her family, Gandelur, who fell in love with a Nûmenorian woman named Narûphel a thousand or so years ago, had a number of kids by her, and eventually outlived her (as is the way with Elven romances with Men, even the longer-lived ones from Nûmenor) and withdrew to the refuge of Edhelion with that famous grief that Elves who lose their loves are known for before going out in a blaze of glory when Skorgrím Dourhand and his dwarves made their assault on the place.

Now thanks to this, I've got a Second Age love story in the works, an in-story explanation for Baralur's preference for dual-wielding (even if he also uses two-handed weapons a lot) and interest in weaponsmithing, and two legendary Second Age swords that belonged to both lovers that he plans to recover and reforge when he gets high enough in level.

Denenthera (Guardian and Shield-maiden of Rohan): My other main character, this was another case of mucking around with the random generator until I got a name that satisfied me. I couldn't even tell you what that name means in Old English or Anglo-Saxon -- the closest translation that I could come up with after looking through this site for Anglo-Saxon/Rohirric names and name-parts was "servant of the valley" or some such, though it's also worth noting that the second half of her name also means "untamed" in Greek, which also describes her quite well. It's definitely a non-standard name for a Rohir woman, and one that I will definitely need to go through some hoops in order to fit into the lore like I have with Baralur. Especially since she's also going to be Baralur's partner and love interest in the ongoing storyline that I'm working on for them.

Estelriel - Female Elven Warden - Means "Maiden crowned/adorned with a wreath/garland of hope"

Heledir - Male Elven Hunter - Means Kingfisher (literally, the bird), and as the kingfisher is a hunting bird, I thought it was appropriate.

Hundvir - Male Dwarven RK - I liked the name. Not sure if it means anything.

Periadoc - Male Hobbit Burglar - I liked the name.

Caerathon - Male Elven Champion - Base word Caeraes, which means wall of thorns. Thought it worked well for a champ.

Arhum - I'm human (Rohan). It's the name of a character in my Lord of the Ring - Fan Fiction. Arhum Tharagth in full.

He's Haradrim and a traitor to his people. His clan wanted to join the battle on the side of Sauron, but he refused to follow.
He was punished for it and inprisoned. They wanted to excecute him as a loyality trade to Sauron, but he got free and fled the south. He stole a horse from one of his kin and crossed the borders to the north and further to the east. He went over the mountains, fighting orks and trolls on his way. Arhum went all the way to Rohan, were he was captured and thrown in prison. After Saruman took control over Theoden and he refused to follow him as well, Eomer released him and disguised himas one of his own. (that's how far I got right now)

Arhum has a big scar over his left eye and his mouth from the tortures he had to endure in Harad. He's a skilled fighter with spear, swords and bow. One of his own weapons is a chain-sickle-blade (like I call it). It's a long chain made of steel that has a sickle on one end and a dagger on the other half. The chains got two staffs between that gives him hold.

Looks like this in some way http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/v...f/assassin.jpg

mine have been updated.

While I've borrowed both of my characters names from TES lore, they still happen to be fairly lore appropriate.

Namirae; borne from "Namira", the daedric goddess of darkness, and is often associated with spiders, insects, slugs, etc.
That's why she's my thief.

Kynareth, the goddess of the heavens, the winds, the elements, and the unseen spirits of the air.
That, however, has no impact on the actual character. The character herself is a heavily armored ex-guard from Gondor who is stoic and sometimes outright mean.

Bootsy - it's the diminutive form of Bouteloua (Latin name for Bluegrass) an appropriate name for a Hobbit Minstrel. Her name gets shortened further to Boots.

Himminga - Anglo Saxon for Boots (My alt for Man events on Laurelin)

Habadhond - Sindarin for tall shoes (Boots) {My alt for Elf based events on Laurelin}

Throngol - A Sindarin mashup for Leaf-blade, appropriate for a weaponsmith.

And several others that have nickname names because the real name it already taken e.g. Popsy short for Papaver, that and poppy were already taken.

Everferth - It sounded Rohirric.

Pilbert- The D&D character name of a friend of mine. He suggested the name when I was having trouble thinking of a name.

Everhera - Continuing with the 'Ever' theme, and it also sounded Rohirric.

Pawno - Pawn + Hobbit-sounding 'o'

Lurdo - Ewokese for 'idiot'

Butterboru - Homage to a kinmate called Brianboru. (in turn named for a Irish folk hero)

Everswim - Again with the 'Ever' theme I have for humans, combined with the Evendim joke.

Regmund - Name generator

Iavasion - 'Son of Autumn' in Sindarin.

Grinningfool Idiotmoronnoob - because I was told that many times by smarter than me

Thoyrill (Champ) - that was before I found out there is no RP on Firefoot and Hobbit was the first novel I read (and the first one I read in English also; fond memories there)

Xplosion (LM) - because of Improved Sticky Gourd

My name is Aldereld, why? it's the name of my D&D bard player when i play on role play game on table, and the name are fitting well for Rhoan so for me are very simple to RP in game, i know very well my Aldereld.
But in the other side don't have a traduction or a meaning partucular .... sigh!!

Suvina Talagand- i always name my main Suvina. it sounds nice. Turns out it's a real name in India, coincidentally. Talagand is Elvish for Harper, not sure if it's Quenya or Sindariin. Harper because she's a minstrel, and i was a big fan of the Forgotten Realms line of Dungeons and Dragons lore.

I'm not on a RP server, but *some* of my toons names have meanings, either by name or to me...

Lilyannie: RK, elf...named after my daughter. Sorta. Lily wasn't usable...I blame the hobbit in Staddle. So I had to tweak it somehow.

Lythia: um...I dunno how I came up with that. Was back in the day long before the name generator. I used to live near a street cause Lydia, and always liked it, and ended up tweaking it when Lydia was taken or unusable.

Tyiarra: had to work a way to make my son's name girly for my girly hobbit. ^.^

I started a new healer a few days back. I actually googled Elf names. I have no idea if it's accurate or not, but going to go along with what the site said. I decided to name her Romdes Nestor. Rom means horn/triumphant player/ Des means young woman. And Nestor means healer. :-)

I have had many characters over the last two years, mainly because I was too indecisive as to who I wanted to play as. I am only using one character right now and I 'will' stick with him

Ardrivorn~ My man LM. I spent a lot of time sitting in front of my computer using the name generator, sounding out names I liked, and looking at other player names I liked. Finally, I settled on this over Maldivorn, because I didn't want the name to sound something close to malice. I find naming to be difficult.

Moriiel- it means Lady of Black. I was scrounging for an elvish name and added "mor" (black) and "iel" (lady of) together. I was searching around in Return of the King's appendix and I found out the meaning of mor and later on found iel. Luckily I like the color black.

Nitfiel- it was a randomized name. dunno what it means.

Aridoc- I really have no clue. I don't know much of Hobbit names. If any of you guys know, please tell me. XD

My nickname is Amaara wich means Eternal,imortal and unfading wich is my soul :P also means moonlight in arabic slang ^^ So it was natural for me to choose this name cause i do believe that souls are imortal and eternal

Another nickname i have is Dacia_Amutria
This name do tell a story about forgotten ancient people from the bronze age. They were indoEuropeans called Dacians, Dacia was located in the area in and around the Carpathian Mountains and east of there to the Black Sea. They had Similar characteristics to barbarians.
They used to call themselves "wolves" or "ones the same with wolves. Some call them the wolf people.
Dacians draw their name from a god or a legendary ancestor who came forward as a wolf.
The myth says that they used to do a ritual that provides one with the ability to turn into a wolf, their ritual was presumably a military initiation, potentially reserved to a secret brotherhood of warriors .To become formidable warriors they would magically assimilate the beast behavior of the wolf, by wearing wolf skins during the ritual. They had beliefs about werewolves and magic, maybe thats where the myth started ?

Alot of their believes,rituals and behaviour do remind me of ancient mayans..

Amutria was an important town in Dacia that was named after a river called Motru River


Why i chose this name ? well my real life name means Wolf-woman by ancient mayan language and i have always been facinated by wolfs and if i could choose to be an animal it would be a wolf,so i thougth this was a perfect nickname for me hehe

I have way to many characters scattered across the servers so I'll just go with the names I am using on my current server.

In any game, I always use the name 'Dulcey, Dulcie' (depending on which is available, if either still is) It means sweet. I use the last name Harte.

I also tend to use the name 'Lyndilou' for a hobbit. It's a nickname that a friend of mine started calling me one night when we were... well... drinking lol. It stuck. I resist using the last name 'Who' or any variant of it, even though it's very tempting. Instead I use Applebottom, which my husband helped me come up with for my very first character here.

Lhotte. I have no idea what her last name will be. It's a variant spelling of Lotte. I first heard the name while listening to the original cast recording of Phantom of the Opera and fell in love with the little song about 'Little Lotte'.

Zenriel. Again, no last name yet. Usually I use Avenriel for my RKs but it was taken. While it was a 2nd choice, I fell in love with the name. I just like the sound of it.

Starlyn. I decided to tack my name onto Star since Star was already taken.

Piety. I have always loved this name. It's usually taken, but I got lucky recently when I chose to re-roll.

Marney. I first heard this name (I usually spell it Marni, but that was taken) when I was a kid watching Disney movies. A made for TV movie had this as the main character's name.

Shye. I had a friend that used this name for a character on one of the new servers and i always liked it. I was surprised to get it on an older server.

Jaynie. Again, I was surprised I got it. I've always liked the name Jayne, but it was taken.

In the past I always used the name Carola for my minstrels. But it's been taken on the last 2 servers. I got the name from a novel I enjoy reading and I thought it suited a minstrel rather well. Now I sometimes use Lulie Lullaby.

I play on Brandywine so not a RP server although I have moments when I roleplay – (1) with my wife (2) if talking to right person (3) always bow to NPCs like Elrond etc. However over time have chosen more appropriate names for LOTR characters having initially used ones I had in other MMORPGs. Tried using Exilic-Sindarin/Sindarin words & names for Elves and Old Norse/Anglo-Saxon for Men. Still trying to find best class hence post long!!

Skaptaran Erfaronder of Mirkwood – elf hunter: first character created and name initially brought from another game. Skapti = shaft-maker (Old Norse) so added an elvish suffix (LOTRO). Erfaron = lone hunter in Exilic-Sindarin + der is bridegroom suffix (& dis is bride).
‘Skap’ is betrothed to Chaytan Erfarondis – elf hunter played by my wife, who tends to be the lone huntress while Skap is crafting bows, spears and javelins.

Fearnwulf Starfurrow of Rohan – man captain: Fearn = 3rd letter of Celtic Ogham alphabet and is the first letter of alder tree or fearn; associations include divination, prophecy and protection + wulf for the Rohan-like suffix. Star + furrow as he is a scholar + farmer (& weaponsmith) -also some organic farmers plant by the stars.
Fearn has recently moved out of Skap’s shadow, after a brief sojourn in Rivendell to study as a scholar, when he was re-united with his son Domenic – see below. Came out of retirement to help his son train as a scholar [obtain ingredients] and so he could join Weaponsmith Guild. Has discovered his old fighting prowess with help of his swordswomen Snowlass & Chilaili [gaming names used by my wife in other worlds]. [BEST ALT]

Domenic Starfurrow of Bree – man burglar: although his father Fearnwulf was born in Rohan, Domenic was sent as a child to Bree with his mother for safety, while his father was a fighter for King Theoden & Prince Theodred. Grew up wanting to be a treasure hunter.

Raffiadoc Marchbuck of the Fallohides – hobbit burglar: Raffiadoc = a hobbit derivation of my second name Rafael. Marchbuck = variation on one of original families who settled around the Brandywine.
Raffiadoc was my original burglar but fell into hobbit ways by spending so much time drawn to food (as Master Master Cook) that he never left the Shire except to go along road to Bree prospecting. Also an artisan jeweller of repute but has an elf rune-keeper as his budding student (one of my wife’s characters Lomedir).

Briktwen Kvenell of Dale – woman guardian [MAIN]: Brikt = bright (Old Norse) + Wen as in wyn suffix (LOTRO) but also in Exilic-Sindarin = maiden. Quenell as in Anglo-Saxon for woman-war changed to Kvenell as spelling more Old Norse
Briktwen was inspired by tales told of her fearsome grandmother who was nicknamed Quenell supposedly by Bard the Bowman but that may be pure fantasy. Anyway Briktwen has started forging her own tales of bravery and insists on wielding two-handed swords and the odd axe that falls into her hands. She feels that shields are for experts like her partner Braxer (my wife’s guardian) although the truth is that she keeps missing with hers. Also spends too much time trying to make leather armour and pricking her fingers – when not jealous of the sword skills of her baby sister Visswen...

Visswen Kvenell of Dale – woman champion: Viss = wise (Old Norse).
Visswen followed her two older sisters down to Archet and has to live up to her oldest sis Brikt’s reputation not least as an orc killer. Visswen is determined to prove that she can kill more swiftly the enemies of the Free Peoples but her friends worry that she sometimes thinks that she is as tough as her oldest sister. [Wannabe MAIN]
The middle sister Firthwen Kvenell is a woman captain (played by my wife). All three sisters are red-heads and almost identical.

Lometaure Iarnaith of Lorien – elf warden: Lome = dusk + taure = forest in Exilic-Sindarin. Iar = blood + naith = spearpoint (Sindarin).
Lometaure is a new recruit to the cause, attempting the difficult task of learning the elite warden class without dying. Sadly her rune-keeper friend Lomedir, who arrived with her, has surpassed her with ease – but one day....

All characters tend to wear clothes to match their looks, personalities and classes: e.g: Skap wears a raven mask and hooded wolf cloak; Fearn has smart outfit for Last Homely House plus a crafting/forging outfit; the Kvenell sisters share their glad rags...

Pelinelon means 'Fading Star' in Sindarin and i chose this name because the time of the Elves is over.. and that reflects on him. Pelinelon has travelled West, to the Sea as he felt the sea's call even stronger than before and decided that the time has come for him to leave this Middle-earth...yet he still lingers near the shores of the Sea a the fair Elven refugee of Celondim, not leaving yet... therefore the name 'Fading Star'

I named my Hobbit "Cerco Hedgerow". It sounded perfectly Hobbity. Later I found that it shares a similar root in Italian for "Seeker" or "To look for something" (Cerco does that is). I found this great as in my mind, He's looking for answers to questions he never found.

As for the rest, Just general fantasy styled names. I try not to think too hard about naming, or I'd be at the creation screen still.

Originally Posted by SilverSais

I play on Brandywine so not a RP server although I have moments when I roleplay – (1) with my wife (2) if talking to right person (3) always bow to NPCs like Elrond etc. However over time have chosen more appropriate names for LOTR characters having initially used ones I had in other MMORPGs. Tried using Exilic-Sindarin/Sindarin words & names for Elves and Old Norse/Anglo-Saxon for Men. Still trying to find best class hence post long!!

Skaptaran Erfaronder of Mirkwood – elf hunter: first character created and name initially brought from another game. Skapti = shaft-maker (Old Norse) so added an elvish suffix (LOTRO). Erfaron = lone hunter in Exilic-Sindarin + der is bridegroom suffix (& dis is bride).
‘Skap’ is betrothed to Chaytan Erfarondis – elf hunter played by my wife, who tends to be the lone huntress while Skap is crafting bows, spears and javelins.

Fearnwulf Starfurrow of Rohan – man captain: Fearn = 3rd letter of Celtic Ogham alphabet and is the first letter of alder tree or fearn; associations include divination, prophecy and protection + wulf for the Rohan-like suffix. Star + furrow as he is a scholar + farmer (& weaponsmith) -also some organic farmers plant by the stars.
Fearn has recently moved out of Skap’s shadow, after a brief sojourn in Rivendell to study as a scholar, when he was re-united with his son Domenic – see below. Came out of retirement to help his son train as a scholar [obtain ingredients] and so he could join Weaponsmith Guild. Has discovered his old fighting prowess with help of his swordswomen Snowlass & Chilaili [gaming names used by my wife in other worlds]. [BEST ALT]

Domenic Starfurrow of Bree – man burglar: although his father Fearnwulf was born in Rohan, Domenic was sent as a child to Bree with his mother for safety, while his father was a fighter for King Theoden & Prince Theodred. Grew up wanting to be a treasure hunter.

Raffiadoc Marchbuck of the Fallohides – hobbit burglar: Raffiadoc = a hobbit derivation of my second name Rafael. Marchbuck = variation on one of original families who settled around the Brandywine.
Raffiadoc was my original burglar but fell into hobbit ways by spending so much time drawn to food (as Master Master Cook) that he never left the Shire except to go along road to Bree prospecting. Also an artisan jeweller of repute but has an elf rune-keeper as his budding student (one of my wife’s characters Lomedir).

Briktwen Kvenell of Dale – woman guardian [MAIN]: Brikt = bright (Old Norse) + Wen as in wyn suffix (LOTRO) but also in Exilic-Sindarin = maiden. Quenell as in Anglo-Saxon for woman-war changed to Kvenell as spelling more Old Norse
Briktwen was inspired by tales told of her fearsome grandmother who was nicknamed Quenell supposedly by Bard the Bowman but that may be pure fantasy. Anyway Briktwen has started forging her own tales of bravery and insists on wielding two-handed swords and the odd axe that falls into her hands. She feels that shields are for experts like her partner Braxer (my wife’s guardian) although the truth is that she keeps missing with hers. Also spends too much time trying to make leather armour and pricking her fingers – when not jealous of the sword skills of her baby sister Visswen...

Visswen Kvenell of Dale – woman champion: Viss = wise (Old Norse).
Visswen followed her two older sisters down to Archet and has to live up to her oldest sis Brikt’s reputation not least as an orc killer. Visswen is determined to prove that she can kill more swiftly the enemies of the Free Peoples but her friends worry that she sometimes thinks that she is as tough as her oldest sister. [Wannabe MAIN]
The middle sister Firthwen Kvenell is a woman captain (played by my wife). All three sisters are red-heads and almost identical.

Lometaure Iarnaith of Lorien – elf warden: Lome = dusk + taure = forest in Exilic-Sindarin. Iar = blood + naith = spearpoint (Sindarin).
Lometaure is a new recruit to the cause, attempting the difficult task of learning the elite warden class without dying. Sadly her rune-keeper friend Lomedir, who arrived with her, has surpassed her with ease – but one day....

All characters tend to wear clothes to match their looks, personalities and classes: e.g: Skap wears a raven mask and hooded wolf cloak; Fearn has smart outfit for Last Homely House plus a crafting/forging outfit; the Kvenell sisters share their glad rags...

Very cool. Would be cool to see images of the characters with the names and meanings.

(That goes for everyone in this thread. I love learning about what goes into creating your characters.)

MY CHARACTERS


Wyndelleu Farothomir



meaning: Blue wind. Hunter of the gem.
Language: Nandorin
Alternate names: Hwestelu Farothomir (Sindarin), Hwestaluinë Farothomîrë (Quenyan)
As a Nandor from Lothlorien, I wanted to make sure all three elven cultures that are influential in that land were represented.



Rindalagan Tinnufal



Meaning: Crowned Harper of the Twilight Shores
Language: Sindarin
Alternate names: Rinandaro Falundómë (Quenyan)
As an ancient Sindar minstrel from Linden, Rindaligan has been known by many names, but most men of this age know him simply as Taligan or Taligand (The Harper).



Bradimac Hornblower



Meaning: Unknown
Language: Westron
Alternate names: None
As a hobbit from the Southfarthing, I wanted Brady to be a member of the famous Hornblower pipeweed growing family from Hornblower Hall. Also, both Brady and Mack are names in my family and I grew up on a tobacco plantation (that's right, we grew pipeweed lol). Bradimac is the character I relate with most.



Tallyrand Ironroot



Meaning: Unknown
Language: Westron (probably)
Alternate names: Zazûzigil Khuzundush (Khuzdul for Silversister of the Ironroot)
Dwarves are typically known by their common Westron names, even to each other. But I thought her Khuzdul name appropriate for a female dwarf form Erebor. Few, if any will ever hear that name, however.

Last but not least:

Camrahil Alfain



Meaning: Unsure on the first name, it sounded Adûnaic with the "rahil" ending common among the line of Princes of Dol Amroth. The last name is Sindarin for "White Swan."
Language: Adûnaic
Alternate names: Lathlamdir Alfain (Sindarin for "Voice of Hope" and "White Swan")
As a swan knight of Dol Amroth, Lathlamdir has both the blood of Númenor and the blood of elves (through the kin of Nimrodel who was lost to the sea). He is tall, lithe, with dark hair and grey blue eyes. I struggle with his names, trying to decide whether he'd be more likely to be known by his Sindarin name (more common in most of Gondor) or his Adûnaic name (common in Dol Amroth). I like the sound of his Sindarin name better, and tend to go by that, even though the in game character name is Camrahil