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averytinylizard · 9 months

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RATING THE NAMES OF FINWË, WIVES AND CHILDREN.

i will be rating them based on aesthetic and meaning separately. i will be using the names in the silmarillion plus all the names in the shibboleth of fëanor, using the latter as the source for the meanings or tolkien gateway in case none is given. i refuse to rate names like finweg (1/10 aesthetically), or maidros (meaning pale glitter) because i don't hate myself.

disclaimer: names beginning with fin will get an automatic 1 on the sound category.

finwë: aesthetically it's fine. just fine. nothing wrong with it. 6.5/10. it literally doesn't mean anything. technically it means something like hair person, but even the text calls finwë's connection with hair doubtful. 1/10

noldoran: meh. 5/10. it means king of the noldor. also meh. 5/10.

miriel: sounds like a name you give to a grandma unfortunately. 3/10. it means jewel-daughter. it is pretty generic. 4/10.

Þerind/serinde: i like Þerinde better, but both are very good. 9/10 and 8/10 respectively. meaning wise, this is the best one so far. like. the Broideress is very specific to her. 10/10

indis: i like it! it's fine. not much to write home about. 7/10. meaning wise it slaps. great or valiant woman. god that's cool. 9/10 for coolness, while unfortunately lacking in specificity.

finwë (what finwë called all his sons before they started showing distinguishing personality traits): soundwise same as dad. points docked for beginning with fin. 1/10. meaning wise it's just lazy on finwë's part. 2/10.

Kurufinwë: i don't like the way it sounds. it trips me up when i tray to find where the emphasis goes. 3/10. meaning wise it's fine. fëanor is pretty skilled. 6/10

fëanaro: i like the sindarin version better. still pretty good. 7/10. meaning wise it rocks. spirit of fire. 10/10

fëanor: very good! 8/10. technically the correct sindarin version would be faenor, so i have to dock some points in this category. 8/10.

findis: see the fin disclaimer. also it sounds like a worse version of her mom's name. 1/10. don't name your child a combination of your wife's name and yours. 1/10.

irimë: it's fine! 6.5/10. according to tolkien gateway, it probably comes from irima meaning desirable, lovely. there are good ways to name your kid pretty, calling them desirable is not one of them. 2/10.

irien: another father-name for her given in the very same paragraph. what the hell jirt. 1/10 in both categories for being unable to choose.

lalwende: sounds fine! 6.5/1. i like the meaning of it, laughing maiden. 9/10.

lalwen: sounds a little better than above. 7/10. means the same thing, same rating: 9/10.

nolofinwë: for some reason it doesn't trip me up the same way as kurufinwë. also, the n, l and w sound so soft in comparison to the f, it makes the name an interesting sound and rythm. 8/10. wise finwë. the meaning is fine, not sure how much it applie to a guy who got in a duel with morgoth. 5/10.

finwë nolofinwë: even ignoring the fact that it's a fin name, it sounds awful and way too long. way to ruin your own name dude. 1/10. on the meaning of the name, jirt has this to say: Fingolfin had prefixed the name Finwe to Nolofinwe before the Exiles reached Middle-earth. This was in pursuance of his claim to be the chieftain of all the Noldor after the death of Finwe, and so enraged Feanor that it was no doubt one of the reasons for his treachery in abandoning Fingolfin and stealing away with all the ships. a name so bad it caused your brother to betray you. 1/10.

fingolfin: fin name gets automatic 1/10. also it literally doesn't mean anything. 2/10 because it didn't cause a schism in the noldor.

arafinwë: back to tripping me up. 3/10. noble finwë. it's fine! 6/10.

Arfin: the name finarfin was referred by in middle-earth before finrod changed his name to finarfin. it sounds like garbage. 1/10. same meaning as above, same rating. 6/10.

finarfin: what finrod started calling his father after the death of fingolfin. fin name, automatic 1/10. it's either a symbolic power grab after the death of the king (in which case, what the hell finrod) or a way to honor him by giving a name almost as awful and politically messy as the one fingolfin gave himself. either way 2/10.

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