Aethelwyne Bolger
Bree
Dec 5 2011, 9:43pm
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Please help me settle on a hobbit name
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I've loved the world of Middle Earth since I was a shy teenager of 13. Back before the LOTR movies came out, I called myself "The Lady Arwen" in emails and posts. However, after the movies came out, EVERYONE knew who Arwen was, so I didn't want to go by that name anymore. I tried to find a fitting name that would be uniqually me. Perhaps I should explain more about myself. I am very much into genealogy, love to sing and look at nature/ walk trails, I love to putter around in my garden, and love to read. I live in a cottage which was always my dream (to live in a tudor cottage or a house built into a hillside or a tiny farmhouse, white and green).
As a teen, I thought of myself as Gondorian because I was very tall with dark brown hair and grey blue eyes and loved the colors blue and grey, so I felt I fit in there even though it was looks alone, not personality.
I went on LOTR plaza around 2004 as someone from Gondor, but then I thought just because my real name is anglo saxon, perhaps I should be from Rohan even though I know nothing of horses!? Then I realized that I was really the closest to a hobbit, so I switched to that nationality.
I had already picked the anglo saxon name Aethelwyne, so I chose a surname that sounded good with it, Bracegirdle. That name served me well while I was on there for a few years until work and nieces and nephews and other activites in the real world caused my days on the plaza to end.
I'm now interested in having a hobbit name again, but am unsure I want to stay a "blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle". Bracegirdles don't really fit into my backstory, anyway: My father in real life is retired and does flea marketing, so I created my hobbit father Aethelmaer as extremelly adventurous (which Bracegirdles usually aren't!) and travelling to Dale and to the lands of elves and men. After the wars, he even travelled to the lands of the easterlings and southrons in friendship and trade for his store. Our family lived in Ithilien for awhile, helping in the renewed gardens there while dad did his trades. We then moved back to Bree because our parents missed their hobbit families and dad could retire and still do his trade routes through the roads of Bree. We had a nice little aboveground cottage and garden.
I seem to like names that mean the same as my real name Audra, which is "noble and strong".
Brianna means this, but I've grown to like Arianna better (and it means silver. I still like silver, blue and green).
Aethelthryth is the anglo saxon translation of Audra, but I like Aethelwyne "friend of the elves" better.
Bellawen is the sindarin translation of noble and strong (so is Artuewen, but I think Bellawen is prettier).
Bolgers, Greenleafs, and Greenhills sound like adventurous surnames, though Aethelwyne Bracegirdle still has a fun ring to it.
So, please help me decide or even suggest another name for me, if you'd like. I've put way to much thought on this on my own and need help deciding! Thanks!
(This post was edited by Altaira on Dec 17 2011, 7:02pm)
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