Archives: Elvish Names

Scottish; possibly ultimately derived from an Old Norse word meaning ‘sea’ or ‘marsh’ Quenya: Eäro, Eärion

Old English; 1) derived from words meaning ‘will’ and ‘fortress’ Quenya: Nírarto 2) *’wild boar’ Qenya: Carcapolco (*meaning according to submitter. There’s no known word for ‘wild boar’ in ‘modern’ Quenya, so the name is based on the word in an earlier version of the language.)

German; ‘guard of victory’ Quenya: Túretirno

1) English; ‘person living by the Trent River’, the river name possibly derived from words meaning ‘travel across’ Quenya: Artaleldo 2)* Latin; ‘torrent’ Quenya: Lúto (lit. ‘flood’) (*origin and meaning according to submitter)

Hebrew;’pine tree’ Quenya: Orno, Ornu, Aldo, Aldion, *Aiquaro * There’s no known word for ‘pine tree’ in’modern’ Quenya, so the other names are based on words for just ‘tree’. In an earlier version, Qenya, the word for ‘pine or fir’ is ‘aiquarë’

English; ultimately derived from a Latin word for ‘pure’ Quenya: Poicë

Spanish; ‘of the virgin Mary’ Quenya: Vendiel, Ainavendë (lit. ‘holy virgin’)