Eowyn

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Thoughts? Anything similar? I like Arwen too. I know, very lord of the rings 🙈

I'm English and wouldn't know how to say Eowyn (Owen?) just in case that was a consideration, obviously if you're no where near England feel free to ignore me. I love Arwen, it's timeless.

Ay-oh-wyn

Thank you, I'll try to remember that :-)

I like it, but I would think LOTR. I'm not sure that's a bad thing though.

The first Lord of the Rings film was released December 2001, I was staggered to read earlier this week. Seems like 5 minutes ago to me!
Both lovely names and I'd go for either.

It’s ok, prefer Elowen (Cornish)

I wouldn't have had a clue how to pronounce it tbh I fear your child is going to go through its entire life telling people how to pronounce and spell it.

I am Welsh and have never seen it spelt like that.

It’s not Welsh it was invented by Tolkien for lord of the rings. It’s a beautiful name though. I’d go for it.

I love them both but am a massive LOTR fan. Both beautiful names

A member of a LOTR fan page I’m a member of just named their baby Eowyn. I think it’s a great name. I wouldn’t go for Arwen though

I also would not know how to pronounce Eowyn. Having suffered all my life with people not knowing how to pronounce mine I would avoid doing that for my child. So I would prefer Arwen.

I think it's a lovely name, OP, but I love LOTR anyway

I think it’s beautiful but it did make me immediately think of LOTR, but I love LOTR so not necessarily a bad thing...

In Wales names ending 'wen' are feminine and names ending 'wyn' are masculine. So Arwyn is for a boy and Arwen is for a girl. Eowyn would be masculine.

I love Arwen. Used to have a friend called that.
Eowyn- I would have pronounced E-ow-en

It’s Éowyn though. You’ve got to have the accent on the E to get the “ay” sound. Sorry to be so pedantic!

You'll definitely be pegged as a Rings fan, so it depends if that bothers you. If not, perfectly fine.

I think it's nice, but the pronunciation isn't immediately obvious. Also, as pp mentioned, 'wyn' names in Welsh are masculine - I know it's not a Welsh name, but I believe that Tolkien was influenced by the Welsh language. So, when I see the name, it looks male, at least to me. I prefer Arwen - beautiful and easier to pronounce. There's also Anwen, which is Welsh, though not as pretty. I also like Morwenna - Cornish.

Lovely. I do love Tolkien's books and I love the names.

Looks like a noise a donkey would make

How about Anwyn? Similar feel but easier to pronounce?

Arwen is nice enough - although I think it was invented by Tolkien, it's similarity to Anwen makes it seem like a "real" name, and everyone should be able to spell and pronounce it.

Eowyn is going to cause spelling and pronunciation difficulties, so I don't think I'd use it personally.

You might like the lovely Eirwen though - it's usually pronounced "Ayr -wen" in Wales and means fair/white as snow or Snow White! Or if you want 3 syllables like Eowyn, there is the equally pretty Eirian (usually pronounced "Ayr -ee -an" , meaning Silver/Bright).

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Arwen is nice enough - although I think it was invented by Tolkien, it's similarity to Anwen makes it seem like a "real" name, and everyone should be able to spell and pronounce it.

Eowyn is going to cause spelling and pronunciation difficulties, so I don't think I'd use it personally.

You might like the lovely Eirwen though - it's usually pronounced "Ayr -wen" in Wales and means fair/white as snow or Snow White! Or if you want 3 syllables like Eowyn, there is the equally pretty Eirian (usually pronounced "Ayr -ee -an" , meaning Silver/Bright).

I LOVE both Eirwen and Eirian! Beautiful.

It's pretty but screams LOTR fan which may or may not bother you.

The Cornish Elowen is lovely. The Welsh Eirwen and Eirian are nice too - the Ei sound in Welsh is pronounced like the Ey in Hey. You can hear Eirwen and Eirian spoken here: www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/index.shtml?e

Eirlys (snowdrop, pron. EYR-liss) is a stunner of a Welsh name but isn't easy to say if you're not familiar with the language, it sounds incredible when my native Welsh speaking relatives say it. In my English Welsh learner accent it's not as pretty! (Alas, I love it, although DH says it looks and sounds like a disease).

Tolkien made Arwen up for LOTR but it is very similar to the Welsh names Alwen and Anwen. Arwen is easier to spell and pronounce than Éowyn. It doesn't look as pretty but the similarity to Anwen and Alwen gives it the feel of an existing name used by Tolkien rather than one he created himself. Overall I prefer Arwen.