Eowyn?

CelticWife · May 2013

DH and I love this name.

My question is... Is it too far out there? Too fantasy? Is it useable?

I know if we use it for DD, everyone will discover that we love LOTR, but I am curious as to how others perceive it. We really love how it looks and sounds; not in honor of the character. We also love Arwen.

Dr.Loretta · May 2013

I love it. But DD has an extremely Gaelic name, so I'm partial to them

ippichic · May 2013

It looks cool, but I don't (and wouldn't in a pinch) know how to pronounce it...

nanabanana06 · May 2013

Love! I too love LOTR (named my moms dog Gimli :P ). I also love this name. So pretty.

lilpenguingurl17 · May 2013

ippichic:
It looks cool, but I don't (and wouldn't in a pinch) know how to pronounce it...

THIS!

CelticWife · May 2013

ippichic:
It looks cool, but I don't and wouldn't in a pinch know how to pronounce it...

Ay.oh.win

ippichic · May 2013

CelticWife:
ippichic:
It looks cool, but I don't and wouldn't in a pinch know how to pronounce it...
Ay.oh.win

It can be cute, I don't love it, and I think that she would be spelling it ad nauseum every time she had to give her name, and she would be correcting her teachers' pronunciation throughout her school years. On the flip side, she would probably be the only Eowyn in her class... So there's that...

Ms. Lisi · May 2013

They are both lovely, but my only concern is how kids will be treated as adults with names like that. I am a huge LOTR fan, could you use either name as a middle name?

Blondangel · May 2013

Happy_Yahoo_Personaler:
Would never name my child after a character in the book. It's way too geeky, even for me (self confessed giant geek). I also feel like the people who don't know it will never spell/say it correctly. And it borders on pushing my likes/interests onto my kid, which I would never want to do.

This.

Elsa1984 · May 2013

A friend used it as her daughters middle name. I thought it was either pronounced like Owen or it was supposed to be Elowyn and she forgot to type the "l" when writing that her daughter arrived. I asked her about it and she told me how it was pronounced and that it was from LOTR. I have never seen LOTR, so it was totally new to me. But I think it is cute as a middle name!

sunlavender · May 2013

Not my favorite.

caittozer · May 2013

Cool in theory but not in actual use. Arwen may be easier on your child but even that sounds like someone with a speech impediment trying to say Ellen or Allen.

aessary03 · May 2013

I'm a LOTR fan, too, however this seems like it'd be a nice fit in the mn spot.

CelticWife · May 2013

Joy2611:
I can never support naming children such an obvious pop culture reference.nbsp; Both Eowyn and Arwen are 100 Lord of the Rings.What about Elowen?nbsp; Legit, welsh name.

Actually, Arwen is also a legit Welsh name. It was not invented for LOTR.

Thank you for the input, Ladies!

April! · May 2013

I know adult women named both Arwen and Eowyn and it hasn't seemed to hinder them in any way. Most people won't get the reference or will just know her parents are LOTR fans and then move on with their lives.

chapstix7 · May 2013

I get the LOTR reference. I honestly hear a little kid saying Erin with a lisp with a hear this name. Sorry.

SidraJedi · May 2013

I knew a little girl (at a summer camp I once worked) named Eowyn and she was awesome and she was 8 and loved her name.

Eowyn is on my short list.

gimmietimmies · May 2013

Love Eowyn. Dd2 knows one, but she's the only one her in their birth year.

laurakaz13 · May 2013

I love it, but it's so Lord of the Rings. I can't imagine it as a normal person's name.

notkateanymore · May 2013

Don't love it.

LaineyPaney · May 2013

Yuck.

notkateanymore · May 2013

Joy2611:
CelticWife:
Joy2611:
I can never support naming children such an obvious pop culture reference.nbsp; Both Eowyn and Arwen are 100 Lord of the Rings.What about Elowen?nbsp; Legit, welsh name.
Actually, Arwen is also a legit Welsh name. It was not invented for LOTR. Thank you for the input, Ladies!

According to Behind the Name, Arwen was 100% invented by Tolkien.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/arwen
I know other places will say differently and that BTN isn't the be all and end all. But, I'd steer quite wide of pop culture names.

Yeah, no matter what LOTR owns it now and it just screams obsessed fan to me.