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Arwen is a name used by Tolkien but he didn't originate it. My sister traced a lead on Ancestry.com and found an early colonial ancestor named Arwen who was married to a native American in Massachusetts. I thought that strange at first but I have read that, among the native tribes, women had more rights than among the Puritans, so maybe not so strange. I assume the ancestry is true since my lineage turned out to be one percent native American.
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Arwen is an ancient girls' Welsh name, meaning fair or fine.
Tolkien adopted this Welsh name for his character, Arwen, and adapted the name to the elvish language.
The spelling Arwyn, with a y, is a male name in Wales, and there are several prominent Welsh male politicians with this name.
My mother gave me this name in the 1960s, as an early fan of Tolkien. I also have a brother named for a Lord of the Rings character. But Tolkien certainly did not invent the name.
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Tolkien adopted this Welsh name for his character, Arwen, and adapted the name to the elvish language.
The spelling Arwyn, with a y, is a male name in Wales, and there are several prominent Welsh male politicians with this name.
My mother gave me this name in the 1960s, as an early fan of Tolkien. I also have a brother named for a Lord of the Rings character. But Tolkien certainly did not invent the name.
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Arwen is an alternate spelling of the Welsh Arwyn "muse".
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The name Arwen is NOT made up from Sindarin. JRR Tolkien did create a Sindarin meaning for the name, but he got the name from Old Welsh. In Welsh, Arwen means "fair" or "fine" and has a masculine form - Arwyn.
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This is a Welsh name, which happens to have been used in the book (Lord of the Rings). It's not a fictional name!
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It's from Quenya, not Sindarin.
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It also means "fair" in Welsh.
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First of all, Arwen Undomiel is Sindarin for 'noble maiden' 'evenstar.' Tolkien based his languages off of many 'real' languages, especially Welsh and Finnish.
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Means "noble maiden" in the fictional Quenya Elvish tongue.
Arwen wouldn't sound out of place in real-life England or Wales in the Middle Ages, however, as many Old English and Brythonic names have a similar form, for example Ædwen and Ceridwen. Interestingly, Ar = 'Mercy' and Wen = 'Hope' in OE.
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Arwen wouldn't sound out of place in real-life England or Wales in the Middle Ages, however, as many Old English and Brythonic names have a similar form, for example Ædwen and Ceridwen. Interestingly, Ar = 'Mercy' and Wen = 'Hope' in OE.
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The name is of Welsh origin, "ar" meaning noble and "wen" meaning maiden in the Welsh language. It is not, as now commonly believed, a fictonal name.
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You are mistaken in thinking that the name has an historical origin in Wales. Much like Eowyn, it is a fictional creation of Tolkien's that draws upon and bears a deliberate resemblance to real Dark Age names.
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The name means "Evening Star". It's in The Silmarillion which is the first book. Before the Hobbit.
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Contrary to the previous poster's comment, Arwen does not mean "evening star." Evenstar was the surname of Tolkien's character Arwen, not the meaning of her name. In Sindarin, the "ar" prefix means "noble, " and "-wen" means "maiden," so the BtN definition is correct.
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In the website 123babynames Arwen is said to be of English origin and means muse - which means inspiration. This meaning is perfect for a Royal Lady.
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Ar means royal and Wen means lady, so it actually means Royal Lady.
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'Noble' and 'royal' can be synonyms, depending on the specified definition of noble.
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Actually, 'wen' does mean maiden, but lady is very similar, so I guess it works.
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It's beautiful. Anyways 'noble maiden' and 'royal lady' have somewhat similar meanings, so both are right I think.
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