What’s Your Quenya Name?
Quenya, of course, was the High Elven Tolkien devised for his Middle Earth. It’s a remarkably mellifluous tongue, inspired by Finnish and, I believe, Welsh. Quenya Lapseparma has a long list of names translated into High Elven by examining what the name means (yes, Virginia, real names actually mean something). For example, my name means Bright-fame Manly Owl (utterly ridiculous—it puts those silly aboriginal names into perspective), which turns into Alcarcalimo Vëon Huon. My buddy Phil’s becomes Roccondil (or Melarocco) Olwon Ulmo; my brother Thomas becomes Onono Eruntano (or Eruantano, or Uviteru, or Alteru) Huon. Pretty slick, I think.
