where did u get ur username from?

[Roca Wear]

i got mine from the clothing label lol ..

[Illuvatar]

I got mine from the Sil.

Although, I did misspell it and have since just kept the misspelt version! lol

[Scarpinato]

Family name :)

[Adunauriel]

I got mine frome a name generator I found on the net...

(Illu, how should your name really be spelled?)

[Dawn Noelle]

mine is my name
i've never been good about picking user names
so i figured i'd stick with my own

[Roca Wear]

Dawns a nice name

[Dawn Noelle]

thanks
i'm glad you started this thread
i've been wondering where many people got their user names

[Illuvatar]

Ahhh....well...in the Sil it's actually Iluvatar with one L.

Hehe..so I guess I'm just the mis-spelt deity! lol

And Dawn...that is so kewl of your parents to name you that!

We named our daughter Lydia Noel! But I like your spelling of Noelle better.:p

[Dawn Noelle]

i hated my name growing up
but then i met a girl named merry christmas, and another girl named holly berry
and i was suddently grateful my mom didn't do that to me
(i was due on christmas but decided to be stubborn and come 4 days later)

lydia noel is a pretty name!

[Tar-Ancalimë]

i got mine from, um, well, appendix a is the first place i saw it. but then i read the mariner's wife in UT, and i decided that Ancalime is... well, to my mind, admirable. im very headstrong as well, and i have delusions of granduer :cool:

lol

[Roca Wear]

Originally posted by Dawn Noelle
i hated my name growing up
but then i met a girl named merry christmas, and another girl named holly berry
and i was suddently grateful my mom didn't do that to me
(i was due on christmas but decided to be stubborn and come 4 days later)

lydia noel is a pretty name!

merry christmas? roflmao

but i guess u guys can thank jay -z for my name :)

[A! Elbereth]

From LOTR, of course.... was always fascinated with the character Elbereth Gilthoniel. And I get to watch over Frodo. He even calls my name out a number of times! :loveyou: roflmao

But really, I was fascinated with it so yeah. It's from LOTR.

[Sindarin]

I chose my username from a dictionary based upon Tolkien's languages.

Translated from Quenya, it means "Gray Elven" :knight:

[Lady Arien]

Illu helped me find mine, in the Sil...after the acts of Melkor and Ungoliant brought the cloud of darkness into Arda, Arien was chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun..."she was chosen because she had not feared the heats of Laurelin, and was unhurt by them, being from the beginning a spirit of fire, whom Melkor has not decieved nor drawn to his service. Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendor."

I added the "Lady" as it is considered, in certain circles, a title of respect...those who know me here know the eyes of Lady Arien are ever watchful!! (LOL)

[Roca Wear]

im changing my name to merry christmas

or

happy (middle name) new (last name) year

:)

[Dawn Noelle]

hehehe
then i can be new year's eve

lol

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Mine's my own in Sindarin...and Wil did it! Had a number of options in both Sindarin and Quenya, and this had the best sound to it. I like it very much!:)

[Gwaihir]

I took mine from LotR. Gwaihir the Windlord is very important, though he is not too famous. Without him, LotR wouldn't have turned out right. He saved Gandalf a few times and also others. I admire him very much! :) His was the first name that came up to my mind when I was registering here. :grin:

[Cuthalion]

Mine, of course, is from the Sil' . I always loved Beleg Cuthalion, that character kick some serious arses.He's so cool.
Btw, can I be called Happy? and my middle name would be Valentine (girls would love me! ):naughty: :grin:

[Bonos-Girl]

i'm one of the few that doesn't seem to have an lotr related (or jut lotr-sound alike hehe) name.....but i don't mind..i like my name!

if you see anyne on another random forum called bonos-girl its most likely me! lol

[Galadriel]

when i fist started reading the LOTR i was fascinated with the elves. So when i registered I thought what better name than Galadriel Queen of the elves. So thats how I got my name hehe.

[Bawax]

my name came out of no where, i've used bawax fora few years now, i can't recall exactly where it came from and before anyone says it no i don't wax sheep for a living.

i was going to go for my surname but i'd sound like an idiot i think. :)

[Brego]

I chose mine becos i love horses, simple but true :grin:

[Nessa the Dancer]

I got mine from the Sil

Nessa (called the Dancer) is one of the Vala, spirit and protector of the woodlands. Since I really do live in a Forest and love it so much, I thought that Nessa was the perfect name for me.

[Galadhrim]

I got mine from a list of suggestions Catz sent to me. I just liked the sound of it. :blush:

[TheRingBearer]

O.k here's the story about mine:

I have the ring... therefore i am a bearer...therefore = TheRingBearer :grin:

It had a good ring to it (pun not intended lol )

[Little Devil]

Mine as my friends always say I'm evil so with a d on the front Devil, then I just added Little, I've been using Little Devil for almost everything I'm doing. ;)

[Rumil]

In The Sil Rumil is the Noldorin elf who first invents writing (that copy cat Feanor later came up with letters of his own) - kinda literary - it is also Haldir's brother's name from LOTR. I liked the idea of the guy who invented reading and writing (both things i love) and thus picked the name.

[Ithielnor]

Ok, suprise suprise! (not) mine is not lotr related though I would call it lotr inspired.

It actually comes frome Proverbs 30:2 were the name is Ithiel (yes, it is a man). But since 'iel' is a feminine ending in elvish I added 'nor' because I liked the sound of that.

If you come across an Ithielnor on another forum it is probably me.

[Moraneah]

I use my middle name here (in this realm) my full name is actually Filiandriel Moraneah Reyna....not in real life that is.

[Adunauriel]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Ahhh....well...in the Sil it's actually Iluvatar with one L.

Hehe..so I guess I'm just the mis-spelt deity! lol I thought it was only one L, but was unsure... And it's ok that your misspelled, it makes you unique...:thumbs:

[Roca Wear]

I'm da unique one. ;)

[Adunauriel]

Well, I think everyone here is unique...:thumbs:

[Lady Melody]

Well... I actually started out as ChibiMelody, then the mod spaced it to Chibi Melody. It looked pretty weird, and someone mentioned that they have certain misgivings about it, and so it is Lady Melody....

I've always facied the name Melody, never mind my name is in truth Arabic and would never come close to it. I love music, mad about classical music specifically, and I play the flute and piccolo in my school ochestra.

It's in my nature, I guess.

[Lintefaniel]

OK So actually I got mine from a name generator online also but I do use my name in elvish on other websites. Melimë Vanyanis means Beloved Beautiful Woman...translated directly from my name! ;) I felt special...weeenk weeenk ;) :blush:

[HobbitFriend]

Well it's pretty obvious that i like Hobbits - Hence the name "HobbitFriend". I knew i wanted something to do with Hobbits in it, but i'm so bad at thinking up names. I was actually surprised when i just happened to come up with "HobbitFriend"! I like my name though :) it's my kind o' name ;)

[Cuthalion]

I think it's pretty cool :thumbs:

[HobbitFriend]

thanks :) I think everyone chose good usernames... makes them unique ;)

[Eowyn]

Originally posted by Bawax
my name came out of no where, i've used bawax fora few years now, i can't recall exactly where it came from and before anyone says it no i don't wax sheep for a living.

i was going to go for my surname but i'd sound like an idiot i think. :)

huh you know I never thought of that lol

well I got mine because I had done a lotr character test and it told me I was likr Eowyn.....at the time I hadn't read the books but people kept telling me it was a good thing. (I'm not evil - for a change :wicked: ) so I used the name. :huh: kinda obvious I guess. lol

[TheRingBearer]

Cool choice by your friend. Eowyn's great ;)

[SindarinGirl]

I read that the elves of Mirkwood were Sindarin, so I chose that. The "Girl" part you can probably guess, and if you can't I'm not explaining it! lol

Now that I've started reading the Silmarillion, though, I wonder if I should have picked "Nandorin Girl", as they're the elves who loved rivers and I'm really fascinated by moving water - streams, falls, rivers, etc. :p Oh well!

[legolastheawesome]

My friend. It's a long story, but it was inspired by him.

[Black Rider]

my LOTR nickname with all of my friends is Black Rider - even though i am not black, nor do i ride horses, nor am i a male. go figure. i guess i'm pretty evil, though ;)

[Glarawen]

I got mine from a fake name generator........ my real name in Elvish is Remeth but I never have bothered to change everything..... plus i still like it! :)

[Illuvatar]

Hey folks,

Now we do not encourage changing them all the time, but if you've discovered like SindarinGirl that you might like to change your username, that can be arranged.

We usually restrict that to one name change per user, but if your interested, then please send a PM to either Catz or myself.

[Lady Ashley]

I got mine from my one LOTR fic. My Amee character was, in several different versions of it, named "Thalionwen", "strong maiden" (or "steadfast maiden") by Legolas, for she was able to keep up with them on the hunt of the hobbits and learned how to be brave and strong during the journey, like I hope I could learn to be if I ever went to Middle-Earth. (However, I did not put that into the story...yet...heheh...just you wait till the very end next Christmas. Gee, that's a while..)

The Lady part is of course so many women in Middle-Earth held the title of "Lady". And Ashley is my name!

[Adunauriel]

That's pretty cool Lady Ashley... Getting you elvish name from Legolas, I like that....:thumbs:

[Bright Shadow]

lol.. i just figured since most shadows are dark... :)

[Ariel]

Named myself after one of my favourite Shakespeare Characters........

no not the mermaid....or the washing powder!!!lol

Ariel

[SindarinGirl]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Hey folks,

Now we do not encourage changing them all the time, but if you've discovered like SindarinGirl that you might like to change your username, that can be arranged.

We usually restrict that to one name change per user, but if your interested, then please send a PM to either Catz or myself.

Thanks for the tip, Illuvatar! I'll stick with good ol' SG, but if y'all get sick of her, let me know! :p

Ariel lol - not the mermaid! That's great! lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

Please don't let everyone start changing names...I got confuzzled enough when Adunaurielchanged hers lol

uhm, my name was just a random choice.....my rl name is Sam...so I just figured, I may as well be his daughter.

[Nessa]

Awwww.....

I got mine from the Sil, I guess I saw some sort of appeal in being the least of the greatest.... I was rather enchanted with the Valar, though my heart truly lies with hobbits. ;) I've thought about changing it to sound more hobbity, but I'm attached to it now.

[Black Rider]

nah, don't change yours Nessa, i like that name :p

[Nessa]

Thanks, and I don't think I'll change it, I've gotten to like it. ;)

[Ludibunda]

It's Latin for "playful."
My husband teaches highschool Latin and Ancient Greek.
(But don't feel bad for me, he's a studmuffin motorhead too!)

[Roca Wear]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee
Please don't let everyone start changing names...I got confuzzled enough when Adunaurielchanged hers lol

uhm, my name was just a random choice.....my rl name is Sam...so I just figured, I may as well be his daughter.

ur a guy? :o

[Nessa]

I think she meant as in "Samantha" or something like that..... lol

[Roca Wear]

i hope so lol

[Bonos-Girl]

otherwise i'm really confuzzled!

[Adunauriel]

Daisy is a girl, it says so on her profile... And for those newbies who may not know, my name used to be teddyjen25... Everyone here thought that I needed a more Tolkien like name, so :elfqueen: *Poof* I bacame Adunauriel ;)

[SindarinGirl]

Originally posted by Ludibunda
It's Latin for "playful."
My husband teaches highschool Latin and Ancient Greek.
(But don't feel bad for me, he's a studmuffin motorhead too!)

A studmuffin, a motorhead and a classical scholar all in one? JACKPOT!! :thumbs: lol

[Roca Wear]

ah thats me ... cept im a gangsta(and im smart) ;)

[Tári Celebrindal]

Originally posted by SindarinGirl
A studmuffin, a motorhead and a classical scholar all in one? JACKPOT!! :thumbs: lol

ahhh...they are a dying breed...it's good you found one before they ran out of stock. :)

[Bonos-Girl]

there are such things?! lol

[Keverzwijn]

Kever=beatle and zwijn=pig, but everzwijn also is a sort of pig (a boar I think). I was desperatley looking for a name that wasn't taken at hotmail and since then I use Keverzwijn in every forum.

[Bonos-Girl]

lol....thats how i got my hotmail name...i wnated crazeecat and ended up with crazeecow cos it was one of the only crazee<animal> that wasn't taken! nevermind! lol

[Glarawen]

hehehe i get it...........*i think* ;)

[Melian the Maia]

Mine is obviously from The Silmarillion.Melian the Maia and Elwë Singollo are my favourite characters from all of Tolkien's works about Middle Earth.

Having said that,I would also like to add that I haven't read all of Tolkien's books concerning Middle Earth,etc. lol roflmao lol

[Gatsby]

actually... when i was registering i had no idea what to put for a user name... and i was looking around the room for inspiration and i saw a book on the shelf... and guess what that book was? thats right boys and girls, The Great Gatsby... i thought 'that's as good a name as any' and typed it in...

actualy i'm quite sick of it... and i'm thinking of changing it... but everybody knows me by it and blah blah blah, so i don't know
out
gatsby

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Gee...and I who thought you had a thing for the oldtimer...lol lol

[Bonos-Girl]

please don't change it...its too confuzzling! i used to ch\ange my name loads on this other forum and noone knew who i was when i changed it...hehe....quite amusing though!lol

[Ringwraith]

I like the Ringwraiths.

[Evenstar]

This is my third account on war of the ring, the other two just kind of died because I forgot my password, though I only posted twice. My first name was Istari, I think someone else might have that username now, i don't know. I chose an Arwen-ish name because every time I read that story in Appendix A it always makes me cry... the way Arwen just goes to Lorien and dies. The usernames Arwen, Arwen Evenstar and Undomiel were taken so I chose Evenstar.

[Cuthalion]

Originally posted by Gatsby

actualy i'm quite sick of it... and i'm thinking of changing it... but everybody knows me by it and blah blah blah, so i don't know
out
gatsby

Don't! I would miss the "out...gatsby". I think it's cool. ;)

[Gatsby]

no... though robert redford was really hot in the film... i guess i should hang on to it...

haha! glad you like it Cuthalion!
out
gatsby

[Bonos-Girl]

robert redford was hot full stop!

[Gatsby]

definatly was... really cute in The Sting... oh robert *sigh*
out
gatsby

[Bonos-Girl]

lol...was he in butch cassidy and the sundance kid? it was so sad at the ned when they had to un into all he guns....

[Gatsby]

yeah! i keep seeing only bits of that movie... i don't know how it ends yet!
out
gatsby

[Bonos-Girl]

it really sad....i only saw it once...and it was on a channel that is really fuzzy cos they can't be bothered to give us proper reception even though the channels been going over 5 years....grrr! lol

[Gatsby]

what? good reception? why... that's unheard of!
out
gatsby

[Bonos-Girl]

lol...its a really bad channel anyway...sjhows abut 2 good programmes a week!

[Aranel]

I translated my name into Quenya, all by myself *beams proudly* :grin:

Not that it was very difficult, my name means "princess" :elfqueen: which was pretty easy to translate.

[Bonos-Girl]

lol...well done anyway!

[Ruby Yavevalar]

in FotR, tom Bombadil's wife, Goldberry, is 'the river daughter', so, I live in Lothlorien, by the Nimrodel lol , so I'm an elf and I'm a river child. :elfqueen:

[Arkenstone]

Mine is part of my Druidic name, given to me
when I reached Elder Status. (if you don't know, don't ask. that's actually more info than I'm supposed to give out) :)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

I got mine from a quenya name generator.
It means evening star. lol

[Little Devil]

Where is this name genorator? :huh:

[Khamul]

MIne is pretty obvious. Khamul, The Black Easterling, was the second highest 'ranking' Nazgul, behind the Witch King of Angmar. He lived in Dol Guldor with two others. I got that info while I was reading Unfinished Tales. I thought that there would already be a Witch King or two on here, so I decided to go for Khamul. I think the ringwraiths are great... :evilcool:
But I am neither evil, invisible, black or an 'easterling'. Which sort of spoils the illusion I guess. ;)
The one thing I do know is that it is far more interesting than the name 'Alex'. Hmmm. lol Maybe I should change my name officially by deed poll? lol

[Elvenwanderer]

well, I just have always admired elves, and "borrowed" the last part of my name from another poster on another site...

Who said that??

Oh no, not me!! Nope, definitly not!

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Little Devil
Where is this name genorator? :huh:

Well, I got mine from here: http://imladris.nu/claudio/quenyanames.html
There are many quenya name generators around actually. Anyway, some are said to be unreliable because the methods they give to select your name are not always correct, but heck, who cares, as long as you like the name lol

[Mirkgirl]

....... and if you dont you can always try another generator ;)

As to my nick (probably said that before but who knows where)... I needed a nick for tolkien forum (far before this one tho) and I didnt want it to be a character, but still to sound Tolkien-ish... and Mirkgirl was the first thing that poped up in my mind...

And to all you newbies who read this... Mirk doesnt necessarily mean Mirkwood (tho there's nothing wrong with that) and definitely Mirkwood doesnt mean just elves... I despise the race of elves as a rule.

[Evenstar]

You despise elves? :elfeek: How can that be possible?

[Mirkgirl]

Why shouldn't it be possible? Just because someone is immortal, beautiful and wise (give a human 1000 or even 500 years and they'd become a lot wiser than any ancient elf tho) doesnt mean that everyone should like them. And close their eyes for their numerous negative characteristics?

I like men. I like every full-blooded imperfection in them.

[Elleth]

I'm insulted! ( I am an elf after all...):archer:
Anyways, I got my username off some Sindarin website. I think it means elf maiden. :rolleyes:

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

You dislike elves to such an extent that you despise them? :elfeek: Despise is a really strong word!
Well yes, Elleth, according to my Quenya generator's Sindarin dictionary, refers to elf-maid. :thumbs:

[Mirkgirl]

Fangirls did that from my feelings towards elves, Winyaél. I used to count them as background before.

[Gatsby]

so acknowledging their existance is actually a step up isn't it L.O.L i like elves but i have to say i perfer men...
out
gatsby

[Mirkgirl]

Not really... I knew they existed well enough, I just didn't think they deserve more attention, on the contrary I thought they deserve less.

Now go back to discussing usernames... I don't want to be the reason for this thread to go off topic!

[Stone Drake]

I made my username up... is that weird? I use this name a long long time.

[Bonos-Girl]

your name is really cool....it doesn't sound like something made up if you see what i mean....

[Stone Drake]

Thx :) I like this name, yeah... but it's not just a name, it has a meaning... although I'm not going to explain it all here pfbbt
My friends on the internet call me Stone, some that know me less call me Drake... ppl that don't know me at all call me StoneDrake...
I like it this way, if it was that easy, I'd change my real name to Stone (first name) Drake (last name) ;)

[Stone Drake]

Originally posted by Mirkgirl
Why shouldn't it be possible? Just because someone is immortal, beautiful and wise (give a human 1000 or even 500 years and they'd become a lot wiser than any ancient elf tho) doesnt mean that everyone should like them. And close their eyes for their numerous negative characteristics?

I like men. I like every full-blooded imperfection in them.
I couldn't agree with you more, Mirky. Elves have grown arrogant in their immortality. Their ignorance towards other races disgust me. And look at what they have accomplished. Not much. There is no perfect race. If a race were perfect, it would be arrogant and care not for anyone.
If you look at reality (I know it's hard, just try) you can see what mortal humans have accomplished in a few thousand years, just by passing on knowledge. If we were immortal...

[Bonos-Girl]

that'd be really cool!

lol....some people (meatloaf....) change their name to really stoopid names....hehe

[Arkenstone]

I LOVE elves! Especially with some fries or a disgusting cheese suace!

Mm-mmm! That's good......ah.....er.....

sorry, I'm medicated! ;)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

OH MY!!! :o Thats... gross

[Stone Drake]

Not really... elves don't taste too bad, you know? Even better than man flesh.

[Periantari Andruil]

:shhh: my name... is actually a mistake...:p hehe... i spelled "Anduril" (Aragorn's sword) wrong...by mistake and spelled "Andruil" instead
but i don't think i'm gonna change it because i like the sound of my misspelled sword name ;)

maybe in due time, i'll make something Elvish too...
but we'll see... =)

[Bonos-Girl]

lol..i always thought it was dumb how forum software makes you repeat your password to confirm but not your username...i guess its cos you can see your username...but then some things make you confirm your email.......lol