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DD1 was right down to either her name or Arwyn when she was born and we decided to wait until she arrived before we names her

was a close call though and I have to admit I still love it

My immediate thought was LOTR sorry

What about Owen?

I love the welsh Ioan for a boy,also.

(I love Aneurin but feel you could only get away with it if Welsh)

from memory I think it means MUSE which I always thought was nice too

My name is quite LOTRISH btw It is unisex.Think Riders of and you have it

Are they not all boys names wrinklytum 'Cos she's definitely a she!

I didn't know the meaning, dizzy - that's lovely.

And wrinklytum we both like that too. I worked in a nursery with a boy called that, and his sister was Ellwyn...

My understanding is

Arwen = real name, Welsh, have known quite a few Arwens/Arwyns (female/male versions)

Eowyn = made up by Tolkien, pretty, but would be named after LOTR. Not all bad, I know a Rohan named after LOTR!

MrsY,that is exactly what people will tihnk.

Ah,yes,sorry,have had wine!!!!!

are you welsh or looking for a welsh name as there is a thread full of them

here

No probs!

how about anwen?

Anwen nice too

just make sure you pronounce it -wEn and not wYn

my DD3 is called Dylan, a tad unusual for a girl we know but she really suits it and she is a gorgeous girl (even if I'm biased!)

I like Arwen!

Don't mind Eowyn, but will be hard to pronounce for some (especially non English speakers).

screams "i have weirdo parents"

and actually means that your daughter will do her best to be anything but out of the ordinary and will only wear grey in adult life and be an accountant

Arwen is nice but Eowyn is difficult for even a native Welsh speaker to pronounce (well this one at least!). I've not read any Tolkein so don't get the LOTR connections but it does sound like a made-up name (I may be wrong though).

Wen is female!!!

I like Arwen.

I went to school with an Eowyn. I always thought it was a beautiful name. I never got further than chapter 3 in the first book of LOTR and wouldn't have known where it came from if I hadn't of known her.

Good names.

No-on will ever think they are not named after LOTR.

These books/films are just increasing in popularity, so everyone will know those names and where they come from.

And many people are snide about LOTR.

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Lovely names BUT..... they do scream LOTR to me....

Kind of reminds me of my LOTR obsessed keen ex boyf who has called his son Rohan.... Cant help thinking that's the reason!