What is the reason for your nickname ? - Page 11 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elvish Hermit · 03-01-2003, 02:29 PM

I chose my nivkname because ever since I was little, I always felt like an elf. Whether it be some beautiful princess-like one (NOT arwen) or Santa Clause related I alway wanted to be one. And the hermit part was added because I rarely interact with 3D people and I like hermit crabs.

aragornreborn · 03-01-2003, 02:30 PM

Well, I admire and identify with Aragorn, in a way, and was trying to think up something Aragorn related that was clever but serious. Then, I stumbled upon aragornreborn. I liked it, so it is. I also admire/identify with Faramir, and in one of my many moments of supreme uncleverness, I entertained the name Faramir_is_here. Yes, yes, I know. Luckily, I stuck with aragornreborn which, to me anyway, is a little better.

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-01-2003, 02:35 PM

In answer to several questions, no, you cannot change your screenname. What you can do if you absolutely want it different is re-register under the new name. You will start with 0 posts again if you do so.

03-07-2003, 04:02 PM

My nickname is pretty straight foreward (although i doubt anyone will even see it buried so far in the back). My first choice was Tanis Half-elven (named after a very popular book series, Dragonlance) But i suppose not enough people would understand that (I love those books so much). So i chose a very new name of mine, Durion the Dark.......Actually Durion was the original name, Taken from a homemade RPG I made up (mostly...). Durion, a cloudy figure, obscure at times, wearing a simple robe cloak combination, And wielding a fearsom halbred/pike....... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] , the Dark on the other hand is just a signature on the end of my name when I play computer RPGs. Well, I hope you enjoy that, Rate me if YOU, have the time....Durion the Dark

Chancellen the True · 03-09-2003, 02:19 AM

I figured that all the names from Tolkien that I liked would allready be taken, since I'm #6000 something; so, I took a name from another source. The name I took is from a Planescape novel. It is one The Nameless One's aliases from a prior life that he read on a wanted poster. Obscure enough for ya.

Adamathamariel · 03-09-2003, 07:55 AM

I just changed my name from "Andephelwen", which means long wall (its the one that the BD generator spit out), to my self-fabricated name, Adamathamariel. It is a modified version of Adanethamariel, which means "Maiden Woman of the Earth".

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"Good heavens! Don't pretend that goblins can't count. They can. Twelve isn't fifteen and they know it."
Beorn

hobbit punk · 03-10-2003, 07:09 PM

My nick is supposed to be kinda funny and different. I happen to love LOTR esp. hobbits and punk rock so it seemed to fit. And it fits my persona as well. I often like to pretend I am a hobbit. Don't know why but I feel a special connection with them. Sorry if that isn't too interesting.. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

03-10-2003, 09:16 PM

Well I just love elfs, and Galadrel is my favorite one. She is bautiful and powerful...and all that [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] ,so I couldn't be Galadriel and her aliase is The White Lady, so here I am [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Hirilaelin · 03-11-2003, 05:42 PM

I am a swimmer, and love Arthurian legends, so I chose Hirilaelin, Lady of the Lake! But my translated Elvish name is Eruanne, which is kind of frustrating now that I'm registered with 300 something posts. Can't turn back now! But I do like my name, it sounds cool to say, all flowery and flowing.

Rumil · 03-11-2003, 08:14 PM

Well,

originally I tried to think of a fairly obscure name from Lord of the Rings, little did I know then that this board reaches such heroic levels of obscurity. (PS that's a compliment by the way) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Frankly after I'd haunted the downs for a while I was amazed that nobody else had this nick.

Then I got to thinking, and remembered Rumil the great sage of Kor-Tirion, yeah,a bit presumptuous, but stay with me. I grew up in a house called Coedhirion (which sounds more or less the same, honest). Now, as you linguistic types know, that's Welsh for tall trees, which brings us back to Rumil of Lothlorien, well known for hanging around in the odd mallorn or two.

Gilbo · 03-12-2003, 11:08 AM

What nickname?
Back at the dawn of the Fifth Age(circa 1969) my group was in to Tolkien, "Stranger in a Strange Land" and Pipeweed. We started adding BO to our real names, thus Tombo, Timbo, Wesbo, Larbo,Denbo, Gilbo.
Women had -Sholme added to their names, as in Mary-sholme, Janey-sholme, Jeannie-sholme. I don't know why, ask the pipe.
I've used it ever since.

03-28-2003, 03:14 AM

intially, i was going to choose something... elvish. since the eldars were the beautiful and the fair. but then, i thought... maybe not. i thought, o.k. a lot of people will choose something elvish. so, why don't i take something that is the opposite? & i ended up with 'grishgrash the burner'.

'i'll hunt you down and burn you if i have to' --grishgrash the burner

Mordor_Queen · 03-28-2003, 07:17 AM

I chose Mordor Queen because i love the Shire [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Elotareth · 03-28-2003, 05:00 PM

I actually had a lot of fun choosing my name! I'm kind of obsessed with Elvish and I really identify with the warrior princess archetype (sorry all you Arwen-dissers!), so I compiled several words (I can't remember whether its in Sindarin or Quenya) to make Elotareth. It basically means "Star Warrior" with the feminine ending "-eth". Anyway, g2g

Lathriel · 03-29-2003, 12:34 AM

I made up the name Lathriel it is a character from my first fan fiction.
She is a beautiful maiden and somehow the name Lathriel stuck. Anyway I would post my story on this website if they had room! I will have to check if they made any space sometime soon. I check weekly. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

GlingleglingleglingleFairy · 03-29-2003, 03:45 AM

Well, long story behind my name. It comes from a Terry Pratchett book, Hogfather. Basically in the book the Hogfather (kind of like Santa) is killed and there's lots of spare belief in the world. Because of this lots of random gnomes/fairies start existing to explain things (the verruca gnome brings verrucas, there's a creature that eats odd socks) and each time someone says, hey, I bet there's a gnome that brings verrucas there is a glingleglingleglingle noise and that creature comes into existance. Finally, some smart person who's wondering where the noise comes from says, I bet there's a fairy with bells making the glingleglingleglingle noise and hey presto, there is. That is me, the Glingleglingleglingle Fairy. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Annalaliath · 04-04-2003, 01:08 AM

this is my character name. I would have used Myrddin but that is not Tolkien at all, and there is alot of other reasons. Annalaliath means the gift of laghter , anna meaning gift of and laliath is laughter.

04-04-2003, 02:24 AM

Well, Sigrid is my real name. As I happen to live in Northern Europe, my parents just chose an ancient scandinavian (viking) name for me. Sigrid means Shining Victory in english as I recall. I´m quite pealsed with my name, actually, no need for aliases. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] On the other hand, its not very tolkien-related I quess...

Sillabub · 05-17-2003, 11:40 AM

Sillabub actually isn'y from middle earth... she's not even from any of the races mentioned in any of the books. In fact, Sillabub is the name of a Jellicle. Now everyone knows what a jellicle is right?...(who am I kidding?)oh, fine. Jellicles are cats from the musical CATS, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Sillabub is (at least in terms of my name) another name for the kitten Jemima. My current avatar is a picture of Jemima from the movie.

Ophelia · 06-05-2003, 03:35 PM

Well if you know who Ophelia was tahn you are not far from knowing the legend of me nickname .

Tarien Ithil · 06-11-2003, 11:39 AM

My nick means "Moon Princess" in quite incorrect Elvish but anyway.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Corwyn Celesil · 06-11-2003, 11:49 AM

The story behind my name is rather long and complicated. Had I been male rather than female, my father wanted to name me Corwin after a character in one of his favorite books, Nine Princes in Amber. Corwin wore black and silver, including a silver rose. I made Corwin into a female name, Corwyn, which actually has a meaning (Ring Maiden), and translated Silver Rose to Celesil.

Idunn · 06-11-2003, 12:17 PM

I'm fond of mythology in general. That's why I chose the name of the Vikings' godess of spring. I simply like how it sounds...I don't especially like the character. In fact, I haven't found much about her in sources available for me.

MYyyPreciousSS · 06-14-2003, 12:48 AM

I've always been interested in Gollum, and really Gollum is the reason I became interested in LOTR. I started with just reading the riddles in The Hobbit; which then lead me to read the whole chapter, since I enjoyed the riddles. I liked that chapter so much I read the book, and then it went on from there. So really my LOTR obsession really started with Gollum, and one of the reasons I like Gollum so much was because of him always saying "my preciouss". And so thats where the nickname comes from, the saying that started my interest (plus a couple more Y's.)

Finwe · 06-14-2003, 12:48 PM

Initially my nickname to be Aredhel Finuchil, since it is the name of my alter-ego in Middle-earth. She is the daughter of Gil-galad, and the granddaughter of Celegorm (on her mother's side, don't ask).

But on most of the other forums that I'm on, I'm Aredhel, so I decided to change things around a bit, and be the original player, Finwë!

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie · 06-14-2003, 04:32 PM

I just realized I never posted here.

I chose MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie beccause I figured most people would choose Middle-earth names. That's just fine, but it can be repetative and stale. If you have an odd name like mine, it's sticks out in your mind, and people remember me easier. MLD represents something with me and my friends. It's pretending like we're a gang. We have a rival pretend-gang too. It's actually quite hilarious some times.

I chose Grounds-Keeper-Willie because I love the Simpsons. I believe it is the best show ever. I like so many characters on the show but I can only choose one. I don't really have a favorite, but Willie is sort of representative of myself. He's Scottish, and I'm Irish, the two nationalities are very similar. I admire Willie. He has a low paying job and he is low on the social ladder, yet he holds true to his heritage and struggles to succeed in America. He's obviously an immigrant, and one episode proves it. He sticks up for Uter, who isn't actually an immigrant, he's an exchange student. And there's much much more about him than you might think.

Anyways, that's how I ended up with the name. I shouldn't have put all the hyphens in it. It would look better as MLD-GroundskeeperWillie, but hey, I'm not complaining. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

06-15-2003, 04:49 PM

Mine isn't exactly Tolkien, and I probably couldn't remember it if I had an Elvish name, so I chose this. It's from a Tennyson poem, Maud (see signature), and I thought that phrase was too beautiful to pass up. Also the title of a favorite painting of mine inspired by the same poem.

Phoenix · 06-15-2003, 06:18 PM

Well, I picked Phoenix because I took a quiz and it came back that I was a phoenix god, so I use that on a lot of things. If I picked a lotr name though, it would be Nessa. My real name is nessa and Nessa is a goddess in The Silmarillion.

maikafanawen · 06-15-2003, 06:48 PM

My nick, Maikafanawen, is my full name (first, middle, and last) translated on the Barrow Downs Name Translater thingy. I was playing around and just liked it so ... I used it on the forum. I looked up its meaning and it translates to be:

Sharp = Maika-
Veil = -fana-
Maiden = -wen

I don't know what that means but its my name. Did anyone else use the translater for their name? Did you translate it into its english meaning? Does yours make sense??

-Maikafanawen

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 06-15-2003, 06:54 PM

I chose Horse-Maiden of the Shire. I chose it because I love horses. They are the most beautiful, noble, and athletic creatures I have ever seen. The other reason I chose it was because I am a hobbit fanatic. Hobbits are my favourite species in the LotR, and I am a hobbit. I even have an excuse. When people say, "No you're not a hobbit! You're too tall!" I say, "I'm related to Bullroarer Took, a.k.a Bandobras, and he was so tall for a hobbit that he could ride a horse." That also fits in nicely with my RPG character, who is also a Took. But she is not abnormally tall.

Dûrlossiel · 06-17-2003, 12:45 PM

I chose Dûrlossiel because that's one of the names that the name generator on BD came up with. That and it wasn't chosen by anyone else even though I'm member #7000 and something.

EDIT: #7542 (a lot of something, huh?) [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[ June 18, 2003: Message edited by: Dûrlossiel ]

06-17-2003, 07:04 PM

My nick name was given to me, well the one I go by on the forum. I actually have several nick names, but Mallorn was thought by my friend, Taxi (note Taxi is her nick name). We were chosing nicknames for this little anime thingy that has been in works for quite a while. Any ways, she is also a very big LOTR fan. She thought Mallorn would be great, so I am named after the great elven trees of LOTR. The Mallorn trees, but hey it is cool, because Mallorn means glittering gold. So I am quite happy with Mallorn

Tinuviel of Denton · 06-17-2003, 10:19 PM

Tinuviel was taken.

06-17-2003, 10:28 PM

My name is Quenya for "Tall Flame"
It fits my personality, fore I am tall and my friends say that there is a flame in my eye, I don't know ask them, they gave it to me. I also go by Narearan-Quenya"Flame-king". That is my AIM name. Hallanare is my most commonly used one.

EvennStarr8 · 06-17-2003, 11:39 PM

My favorite character is gollum but i wanted something girly so i picked this one, and the 8 is my favorite number.Since other peolpe had this name too i had to add some more letters.

Menelhachwen · 06-18-2003, 05:57 AM

Hi everybody!

Mine came from BD name generator, but I did so many tries that I can't remember the original name it came from!! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

06-21-2003, 09:24 AM

My nickname came from the poem "All that is Gold does not glitter" because I totally love the poem.

isn't that original? [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Olorin · 06-21-2003, 09:29 AM

I took Olorin because it's Gandalf's name in Valinor, and Gandalf is my favorite character and Olorin just rolls of your tongue better.

By the way, does anyone know if it's possible for me to have it as Olórin instead of Olorin? I didn't find out there was an accent untill after I joined.

Amanaduial the archer · 06-21-2003, 09:36 AM

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I don't know what that means but its my name. Did anyone else use the translater for their name? Did you translate it into its english meaning? Does yours make sense??

There was a whole topic on this a while ago. Of course the generator isnt real- but it does come up with such pretty names. And some do make sense- mine translated roughly as Blessed Maiden of the Night. Not bad (no one say anything about ladies of the night!). There was another- who I forget- whose name translated as Fading Lady of the Weeping Willow. Beautiful. I would have had that as a PT.

Trippo The Hippo · 06-21-2003, 10:36 AM

The reason for my nick is just something my friend and I came up with one day. Trippo also has a brother named Flippo.

03-01-2003, 02:29 PM	#401
Elvish Hermit Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The city that never sleeps Posts: 25	I chose my nivkname because ever since I was little, I always felt like an elf. Whether it be some beautiful princess-like one (NOT arwen) or Santa Clause related I alway wanted to be one. And the hermit part was added because I rarely interact with 3D people and I like hermit crabs. __________________ One moment, I'll be a manic depressed, screaming at yelling at everything, crying at how much I hate my life, throwing objects at the wall. The next, I can be a happy carefree person, who seems like she doesn't have a worry and says 'peace man' all too often. Being so volatile is murder on my hair.

03-01-2003, 02:30 PM	#402
aragornreborn Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 182	Well, I admire and identify with Aragorn, in a way, and was trying to think up something Aragorn related that was clever but serious. Then, I stumbled upon aragornreborn. I liked it, so it is. I also admire/identify with Faramir, and in one of my many moments of supreme uncleverness, I entertained the name Faramir_is_here. Yes, yes, I know. Luckily, I stuck with aragornreborn which, to me anyway, is a little better. __________________ At the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. - Phil. 2:10-11

03-01-2003, 02:35 PM	#403
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	In answer to several questions, no, you cannot change your screenname. What you can do if you absolutely want it different is re-register under the new name. You will start with 0 posts again if you do so. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-09-2003, 02:19 AM	#405
Chancellen the True Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 22	I figured that all the names from Tolkien that I liked would allready be taken, since I'm #6000 something; so, I took a name from another source. The name I took is from a Planescape novel. It is one The Nameless One's aliases from a prior life that he read on a wanted poster. Obscure enough for ya. __________________ "Shall we mourn here deedless for ever, a shadow folk, mist-haunting, dropping vain tears in the thankless sea?" Feanor at Tirion upon Tuna

03-10-2003, 07:09 PM	#407
hobbit punk Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 86	My nick is supposed to be kinda funny and different. I happen to love LOTR esp. hobbits and punk rock so it seemed to fit. And it fits my persona as well. I often like to pretend I am a hobbit. Don't know why but I feel a special connection with them. Sorry if that isn't too interesting.. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ "The alphabet does not go "A B C D What? When? How? but it does go "V W X Why? Z." -Douglas Adams

03-07-2003, 04:02 PM	#404
Durion the Dark Guest Posts: n/a	My nickname is pretty straight foreward (although i doubt anyone will even see it buried so far in the back). My first choice was Tanis Half-elven (named after a very popular book series, Dragonlance) But i suppose not enough people would understand that (I love those books so much). So i chose a very new name of mine, Durion the Dark.......Actually Durion was the original name, Taken from a homemade RPG I made up (mostly...). Durion, a cloudy figure, obscure at times, wearing a simple robe cloak combination, And wielding a fearsom halbred/pike....... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] , the Dark on the other hand is just a signature on the end of my name when I play computer RPGs. Well, I hope you enjoy that, Rate me if YOU, have the time....Durion the Dark

03-09-2003, 07:55 AM	#406
Adamathamariel Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 11	I just changed my name from "Andephelwen", which means long wall (its the one that the BD generator spit out), to my self-fabricated name, Adamathamariel. It is a modified version of Adanethamariel, which means "Maiden Woman of the Earth". ------------------------------------------- "Good heavens! Don't pretend that goblins can't count. They can. Twelve isn't fifteen and they know it." Beorn

03-10-2003, 09:16 PM	#408
White Lady Guest Posts: n/a	Well I just love elfs, and Galadrel is my favorite one. She is bautiful and powerful...and all that [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] ,so I couldn't be Galadriel and her aliase is The White Lady, so here I am [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

03-11-2003, 05:42 PM	#409
Hirilaelin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Immersed in a Good Book Posts: 367	I am a swimmer, and love Arthurian legends, so I chose Hirilaelin, Lady of the Lake! But my translated Elvish name is Eruanne, which is kind of frustrating now that I'm registered with 300 something posts. Can't turn back now! But I do like my name, it sounds cool to say, all flowery and flowing. __________________ ...so I fired two warning shots. Into his head. - Chicago Let Helky stay! Bree\|Imladris\|guess you'll never know...

03-11-2003, 08:14 PM	#410
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Well, originally I tried to think of a fairly obscure name from Lord of the Rings, little did I know then that this board reaches such heroic levels of obscurity. (PS that's a compliment by the way) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Frankly after I'd haunted the downs for a while I was amazed that nobody else had this nick. Then I got to thinking, and remembered Rumil the great sage of Kor-Tirion, yeah,a bit presumptuous, but stay with me. I grew up in a house called Coedhirion (which sounds more or less the same, honest). Now, as you linguistic types know, that's Welsh for tall trees, which brings us back to Rumil of Lothlorien, well known for hanging around in the odd mallorn or two. __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

03-12-2003, 11:08 AM	#411
Gilbo Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: maryland Posts: 34	What nickname? Back at the dawn of the Fifth Age(circa 1969) my group was in to Tolkien, "Stranger in a Strange Land" and Pipeweed. We started adding BO to our real names, thus Tombo, Timbo, Wesbo, Larbo,Denbo, Gilbo. Women had -Sholme added to their names, as in Mary-sholme, Janey-sholme, Jeannie-sholme. I don't know why, ask the pipe. I've used it ever since.

03-28-2003, 03:14 AM	#412
grishgrash the burner Guest Posts: n/a	intially, i was going to choose something... elvish. since the eldars were the beautiful and the fair. but then, i thought... maybe not. i thought, o.k. a lot of people will choose something elvish. so, why don't i take something that is the opposite? & i ended up with 'grishgrash the burner'. 'i'll hunt you down and burn you if i have to' --grishgrash the burner

03-28-2003, 07:17 AM	#413
Mordor_Queen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mordor Posts: 53	I chose Mordor Queen because i love the Shire [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ "In place of a Dark Lord you shall have a Queen! Not Dark but beatiful! All shall love me and despair!"-Galadriel

03-28-2003, 05:00 PM	#414
Elotareth Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 34	I actually had a lot of fun choosing my name! I'm kind of obsessed with Elvish and I really identify with the warrior princess archetype (sorry all you Arwen-dissers!), so I compiled several words (I can't remember whether its in Sindarin or Quenya) to make Elotareth. It basically means "Star Warrior" with the feminine ending "-eth". Anyway, g2g __________________ "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20 "Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king"

03-29-2003, 12:34 AM	#415
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I made up the name Lathriel it is a character from my first fan fiction. She is a beautiful maiden and somehow the name Lathriel stuck. Anyway I would post my story on this website if they had room! I will have to check if they made any space sometime soon. I check weekly. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Back again

03-29-2003, 03:45 AM	#416
GlingleglingleglingleFairy Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 35	Well, long story behind my name. It comes from a Terry Pratchett book, Hogfather. Basically in the book the Hogfather (kind of like Santa) is killed and there's lots of spare belief in the world. Because of this lots of random gnomes/fairies start existing to explain things (the verruca gnome brings verrucas, there's a creature that eats odd socks) and each time someone says, hey, I bet there's a gnome that brings verrucas there is a glingleglingleglingle noise and that creature comes into existance. Finally, some smart person who's wondering where the noise comes from says, I bet there's a fairy with bells making the glingleglingleglingle noise and hey presto, there is. That is me, the Glingleglingleglingle Fairy. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] __________________ "Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement, even the very wisest cannot forsee all ends." Some people prefer cupcakes. I for one care less for them.

04-04-2003, 01:08 AM	#417
Annalaliath Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 380	this is my character name. I would have used Myrddin but that is not Tolkien at all, and there is alot of other reasons. Annalaliath means the gift of laghter , anna meaning gift of and laliath is laughter. __________________ Bloody Stumps!!!

04-04-2003, 02:24 AM	#418
sigrid Guest Posts: n/a	Well, Sigrid is my real name. As I happen to live in Northern Europe, my parents just chose an ancient scandinavian (viking) name for me. Sigrid means Shining Victory in english as I recall. I´m quite pealsed with my name, actually, no need for aliases. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] On the other hand, its not very tolkien-related I quess...

05-17-2003, 11:40 AM	#419
Sillabub Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: GONDOR!! Posts: 138	Sillabub actually isn'y from middle earth... she's not even from any of the races mentioned in any of the books. In fact, Sillabub is the name of a Jellicle. Now everyone knows what a jellicle is right?...(who am I kidding?)oh, fine. Jellicles are cats from the musical CATS, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Sillabub is (at least in terms of my name) another name for the kitten Jemima. My current avatar is a picture of Jemima from the movie. __________________ They were holding umbrellas. Not just any umbrellas- BLACK umbrellas. Not just ANY black umbrellas- these were...(knuckle-biting time) the BLACK UMBRELLAS OF DEATH!!!!! cue sinister music

06-05-2003, 03:35 PM	#420
Ophelia Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere between the sacred , silence and sweet . Posts: 169	Well if you know who Ophelia was tahn you are not far from knowing the legend of me nickname . __________________ I didn't lose my mind . It was mine to give away .

06-11-2003, 11:39 AM	#421
Tarien Ithil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the Shade of a Tree Posts: 253	My nick means "Moon Princess" in quite incorrect Elvish but anyway.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ “The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.” – Sunday Times Crickhollow

06-11-2003, 11:49 AM	#422
Corwyn Celesil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The House of the Fountain, Gondolin Posts: 57	The story behind my name is rather long and complicated. Had I been male rather than female, my father wanted to name me Corwin after a character in one of his favorite books, Nine Princes in Amber. Corwin wore black and silver, including a silver rose. I made Corwin into a female name, Corwyn, which actually has a meaning (Ring Maiden), and translated Silver Rose to Celesil. __________________ Then came there from the south of the city the people of the Fountain, and Ecthelion was their lord, and silver and diamonds were their delight; and swords very long and bright and pale did they wield . . .

06-11-2003, 12:17 PM	#423
Idunn Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 21	I'm fond of mythology in general. That's why I chose the name of the Vikings' godess of spring. I simply like how it sounds...I don't especially like the character. In fact, I haven't found much about her in sources available for me. __________________ "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" Tennyson

06-14-2003, 12:48 AM	#424
MYyyPreciousSS Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: the Here and Now Posts: 113	I've always been interested in Gollum, and really Gollum is the reason I became interested in LOTR. I started with just reading the riddles in The Hobbit; which then lead me to read the whole chapter, since I enjoyed the riddles. I liked that chapter so much I read the book, and then it went on from there. So really my LOTR obsession really started with Gollum, and one of the reasons I like Gollum so much was because of him always saying "my preciouss". And so thats where the nickname comes from, the saying that started my interest (plus a couple more Y's.) __________________ Then the heart of Éowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. And suddenly her winter passed, and the sun shone on her. "My Preciousss" - the line that started the obsession.

06-14-2003, 12:48 PM	#425
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Initially my nickname to be Aredhel Finuchil, since it is the name of my alter-ego in Middle-earth. She is the daughter of Gil-galad, and the granddaughter of Celegorm (on her mother's side, don't ask). But on most of the other forums that I'm on, I'm Aredhel, so I decided to change things around a bit, and be the original player, Finwë! __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

06-14-2003, 04:32 PM	#426
MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 573	I just realized I never posted here. I chose MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie beccause I figured most people would choose Middle-earth names. That's just fine, but it can be repetative and stale. If you have an odd name like mine, it's sticks out in your mind, and people remember me easier. MLD represents something with me and my friends. It's pretending like we're a gang. We have a rival pretend-gang too. It's actually quite hilarious some times. I chose Grounds-Keeper-Willie because I love the Simpsons. I believe it is the best show ever. I like so many characters on the show but I can only choose one. I don't really have a favorite, but Willie is sort of representative of myself. He's Scottish, and I'm Irish, the two nationalities are very similar. I admire Willie. He has a low paying job and he is low on the social ladder, yet he holds true to his heritage and struggles to succeed in America. He's obviously an immigrant, and one episode proves it. He sticks up for Uter, who isn't actually an immigrant, he's an exchange student. And there's much much more about him than you might think. Anyways, that's how I ended up with the name. I shouldn't have put all the hyphens in it. It would look better as MLD-GroundskeeperWillie, but hey, I'm not complaining. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Do Not Touch -Willie

06-15-2003, 04:49 PM	#427
soul_of_the_rose Guest Posts: n/a	Mine isn't exactly Tolkien, and I probably couldn't remember it if I had an Elvish name, so I chose this. It's from a Tennyson poem, Maud (see signature), and I thought that phrase was too beautiful to pass up. Also the title of a favorite painting of mine inspired by the same poem.

06-15-2003, 06:18 PM	#428
Phoenix Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 15	Well, I picked Phoenix because I took a quiz and it came back that I was a phoenix god, so I use that on a lot of things. If I picked a lotr name though, it would be Nessa. My real name is nessa and Nessa is a goddess in The Silmarillion.

06-15-2003, 06:48 PM	#429
maikafanawen Tears of Simbelmynë Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Beast's Castle Posts: 705	My nick, Maikafanawen, is my full name (first, middle, and last) translated on the Barrow Downs Name Translater thingy. I was playing around and just liked it so ... I used it on the forum. I looked up its meaning and it translates to be: Sharp = Maika- Veil = -fana- Maiden = -wen I don't know what that means but its my name. Did anyone else use the translater for their name? Did you translate it into its english meaning? Does yours make sense?? -Maikafanawen __________________ "They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say, 'Sht, it's raining!'" -- Ruby, Cold Mountain*

06-15-2003, 06:54 PM	#430
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,197	I chose Horse-Maiden of the Shire. I chose it because I love horses. They are the most beautiful, noble, and athletic creatures I have ever seen. The other reason I chose it was because I am a hobbit fanatic. Hobbits are my favourite species in the LotR, and I am a hobbit. I even have an excuse. When people say, "No you're not a hobbit! You're too tall!" I say, "I'm related to Bullroarer Took, a.k.a Bandobras, and he was so tall for a hobbit that he could ride a horse." That also fits in nicely with my RPG character, who is also a Took. But she is not abnormally tall. __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."

06-17-2003, 12:45 PM	#431
Dûrlossiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: USA; WTR 458 miles Yay! I made it! Posts: 48	I chose Dûrlossiel because that's one of the names that the name generator on BD came up with. That and it wasn't chosen by anyone else even though I'm member #7000 and something. EDIT: #7542 (a lot of something, huh?) [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [ June 18, 2003: Message edited by: Dûrlossiel ] __________________ The Road goes ever on and on; And I took the one less traveled by; And that has made all the difference. Outside a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside a dog, it's too dark to read.

06-17-2003, 07:04 PM	#432
mallorn Guest Posts: n/a	My nick name was given to me, well the one I go by on the forum. I actually have several nick names, but Mallorn was thought by my friend, Taxi (note Taxi is her nick name). We were chosing nicknames for this little anime thingy that has been in works for quite a while. Any ways, she is also a very big LOTR fan. She thought Mallorn would be great, so I am named after the great elven trees of LOTR. The Mallorn trees, but hey it is cool, because Mallorn means glittering gold. So I am quite happy with Mallorn

06-17-2003, 10:19 PM	#433
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	Tinuviel was taken.

06-17-2003, 10:28 PM	#434
-Hallanárë- Guest Posts: n/a	My name is Quenya for "Tall Flame" It fits my personality, fore I am tall and my friends say that there is a flame in my eye, I don't know ask them, they gave it to me. I also go by Narearan-Quenya"Flame-king". That is my AIM name. Hallanare is my most commonly used one.

06-17-2003, 11:39 PM	#435
EvennStarr8 Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2003 Location: that seedy spot Posts: 13	My favorite character is gollum but i wanted something girly so i picked this one, and the 8 is my favorite number.Since other peolpe had this name too i had to add some more letters. __________________ "Stupid fat hobbit......"