| Quenya Names & Such |
| Quenya names & epesses (nicknames) of those in the Noldorin Royal Family |
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| Finwe- he has only 1 name, despite the fact that he's king. The sindarin form of his name is Fin Miriel Serinde- "jewel woman" "broideress" she was given that epesse due to her great skill in weaving Feanor- Q - Curufinwe Feanaro "Skilled Finwe" "Spirit of Fire" he chose to go by his mother name in honor of Miriel, his mother Maedhros- Q - Nelyafinwe Maitimo "Third Finwe (in succession)" "Well Formed One" nicknamed Russandol "Coppertop" After his rescue from Thangorodrim he stopped using his mother & father names & created a new Sindarin name for himself using parts of his mother name & epesse: Maedhros- "Well Formed Copper" Maglor- Q - Kanafinwe Makalaure "Strong Voiced or Commanding Finwe" "Forging Gold" Celegorm- Q - Turkafinwe Tyelkormo "Strong Finwe" "Hasty Riser" Caranthir- Q - Morifinwe Carnistir "Dark Finwe" "Red Face" Curufin- Q - Curufinwe Atarinke "Skilled Finwe" "Little Father" Curufin is the Sindarin form of his father name, which he shares with his own father Feanor Amrod- Q - Pityafinwe Ambarussa "Little Finwe" "Top Russet" Amras- Q - Telufinwe Ambarussa "Last Finwe" "Top Russet" he shares his mother name w/ his twin brother Fingolfin- Q - Nolofinwe Arakano "Wise Finwe" "Noble Commander" he affixed Finwe to the front of his mother name making it Finwenolofinwe, thus, Fingolfin in Sindarin Fingon- Q - Findekano "Plait of Hair Commander" Ereinion- Q - "scion of kings" nicknamed Gil-Galad "Star of Radiance" Turgon- Q - Turukano Idril- Q - Itarille, nicknamed Celebrindal "Silver Foot" Aredhel- Q - Irisse, nicknamed Ar-Feiniel Maeglin- Q - Lomion "Child of Twilight" Maeglin means "Sharp Glance" in Sindarin Finarfin- Q - Arafinwe "Noble Finwe" he did the same thing to his name that Fingolfin did "Finwearafinwe" Finrod- Q - Findarato or Artafinde Ingoldo, nicknamed Felagund "Hewer of Caves" also called Nom "Wise" by the men he befriended Orodreth- Q - Artaher Finduilas- nicknamed Faelivrin "gleam of sunlight on the pools of Ivrin" Angrod- Q - Angarato "Iron Eminent One" Aegnor- Q - Aikanaro "Fell Fire" Galadriel- Q - Artanis Nerwende "Noble Woman" "Man Maiden" she stopped using both these names & became known as Galadriel "Radiant Garland (referring to her hair)" |
| Every Noldo had 2 names-a mother name & a father name, similar to the first & last names that we have. The father would give the child a name that was announced publicly & commonly used. This was the father name. Then the mother would give the child another name, the mother name, which was private and used only among family & friends. Mothers named their children based on special insight they possessed into their childrens' personality & abilities. Sometimes, an epesse or nickname was added to this. |
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