Elven Names :: Super Resource

My dear Finnish forest elf friend Markus has a wondrous name on his Facebook, Markus MaxKuunsäde Rautajalka Karhunpoika = Markus MaxMoonbeam Ironfoot Bear Son. How the name came to be is a tripped out story of maximal lunacy, knee surgery and bear related talks with my sister Minna...

Here are some delightful websites for finding your inner elven name:

A massive list of both male and female first names
Tons of fairy names in alphabetical order and with meaning
More fairy names with meaning
Over 1000 English names translated to Elvish with meaning
Fairy names with meaning for men and women

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Fairy and Elven Name Generators:

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Fairy name generator

Elven name generator

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Please share the names you get in the comments! My elven name is Anarane Luinwe and my fairy name is Meadow Hailfilter, and it says I protect and comfort the lonely. Awww...

This awesome website has a collection of elven phrases, both in English and Elvish. You can learn how to greet: "A star shall shine on the hour of our meeting", say goodbye: "Fair winds" or compliment: "Your heart is that of a lion". For moody moments, there is a list of insults too, such as "Go kiss an orc", "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" and "You smell like human".

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Breath of Life

Uich gwennen na 'wanath ah na dhín.

An uich gwennen na ringyrn ambar hen.

Boe naid bain gwannathar,

Boe cuil ban firitha.

Boe naer gwannathach

Oo-eekh gwehn-nehn nah wah-nahth ah nah theen.

Ahn oo-eekh gwehn-nehn nah ring-ern ahm-bar hen.

Boh nide bine gwahn-nah-thar,

Boh koo-eel bahn fear-ee-thah.

Boh nire gwahn-nah-thakh

Translation:

You are not bound to loss and silence.

For you are not bound to the circles of this world.

All things must pass away,

All life is doomed to fade.

Sorrowing you must go, and yet you are not without hope.

That song is so beautiful. I've been singing along to it all day. Haha, one of the elven insults was also: "You are king in your imagination". Markus appears to be a very real king though:

I once expressed to him my jealousy over his glorious crown but he said I need to defeat him in a tournament for him to give it up. Oops. Alrighty, I'm off to finish a song I'm working on, may thy paths be green and the breeze on thy back.

PS. Fairy ladies, I don't know about Legolas but yes, his royal elfness Mr MaxMoonbeam is single ;)

Will I Ever Have Kids? ::and:: Bohemian Baby Names

I had this dream of me holding a baby. It was my baby and I knew that he was going to die. I didn't mind -- I knew that's just the way it was. I was ok with it. I put the baby down and talked with some friends. Occasionally I checked if the baby had died already. This dream had a very real feeling to it, like those dreams that indicate future, have omens and are important some way. When I woke up I couldn't understand what it meant.

Later that day (yesterday) I went to a doctor and it came up on the side of a regular check: I can't have kids. Or at best, it would just be way too risky to even try. So all you friends and people asking me, suggesting to me, politely hinting, straight out saying I should already, or saying for sure your hormones will kick in and you'll want some soon, and naming me women who didn't want kids at first but towards their 30s had to have them -- nope there will be no little omwoodses running around. Just this one. (I mean, to be clear, me.)

Fairy Baby by Enaid

Perhaps this is TMI (too much information) but it's my diary after all so I felt like talking about it. Honestly, I never wanted kids nor have ever handled them very well longer than 10-15 minutes. I find children a bit scary, psychologically, how they demand you to play with them all the time and it's like, there's no other way. And they're just, I don't know, dominating creatures and I can't get into their head. Cute and precious as they are! :)

So still I actually cried a couple of times when I was alone, after hearing this news. I don't know why. It was like some female reflex and some emotions came up that I never knew I had. It was weird. It's all good now. It got me thinking, what else is there. What is inside of me that I have no idea or control of (as of yet). Or outside of me for that matter. Surprising things happen in life. Unexpectedness. I think it's beautiful. You can never know. You can always adapt. You can always learn new perspectives.

Anyway. I figured I might reveal my long cherished list of baby names to the world that I kept just in case I might need it - but more just for the fun of it. Heehee! So it's all yours to take. Something tells me my choices would be a bit ahem, avant garde?

GIRLS:

Pearl Amanda

Sandhya Rain (Sandhya means evening in Sanskrit)

Dawn Matilda

Moon Autumn

Beth Cinnamon

Ruby Angel

Lucy Millicent

Sulka (feather in Finnish)

BOYS:

Nanda (son in Sanskrit)

Madhu (sweet in Sanskrit)

Thunder Theodore

Casper

Charlie Mountain

Frankie River (I'm not kidding)

Lucas Jupiter

Ludwig (yes! totally!)

Well there are more, this was 'the best of' :D Oh tomorrow will be a nice day - I'll meet Ninni who contacted me after reading my blog and we'll get together and hoop! She actually hasn't hooped before. There is something happening in Arabianranta in Helsinki with lots of music, art, buskers, street theater, etc. all day and I think we'll head there. You have a sweet day too! ♥