Comments for the name Arwen

I love this name! It's beautiful, yet unique.

Arwen spelled with a "y" (Arwyn) instead of an "e" (Arwen) gives the name an extra hint of beauty and elegance. The simple, yet dramatic, "e" to "y" alteration allows this casual, however exotic, newcomer to explore the beauty and uniqueness it naturally bears. Beautiful name both ways!

I actually find that to me it looks more beautiful and elegant with the 'e.' Maybe this is because It is similar to the 'wyn/wen' endings of Welsh names (unrelated to this one, but it reminds me of it), and 'wyn' is always the masculine form.

I have twin daughters called Arwen and Freya (both names from this site) and everyone always comments on how pretty and unusual the names are.

I LOVE the sound of this name.

Arwen is a very medieval name. I pronounce it Awr-When. Pretty!

Beautiful, beautiful name, and beautiful meaning too--but everyone associates it with Arwen Undómiel from Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. I do not mean that an association with Tolkien's character Arwen is a bad thing--I simply mean that if you name your daughter this, everyone would think you named her after the character.

I like this name very much, it sounds so pretty, and the character Arwen is one of my favourites in LotR.

I am highly considering naming one of daughters this name just because it has this odd essence of beauty and alluring spirit about it. I don't know, maybe I watched the LOTR too much. =/ Well, Arwen was a very interesting elf. Anyway, I have no doubt that this name has great potential to be in the top 50 names one day. Most people seem to like it. Although, if I had one bad trait to pick out on this name it would be that it sounds very similar to Erwin. =[ Still an awesome name.

I absolutely love it! I love how it's the name of an Elven princess in The Lord of the Rings. I would consider using it, if I could get someone besides my sister and me to like it, and it is very uncommon. I just think overall it's a very pretty name.

I have named my only daughther Arwen, most people have no clue about the name and ask "is that a family name." I love the name and the meaning behind it.

A beautiful name. Elegant and mysterious and still very pretty. There was something mysteriously striking about the actress that played Arwen in "Lord of the Rings" and this compliments the name I feel. I think it would make a great middle name to go with an equally elegant first name like Catherine, Olivia or Amelia.

I love the name Arwen. It is just so beautiful. And I love LoTR! Coming from LoTR, I actually prefer Eowyn over Arwen. Arwen is a lovely name, but I think Eowyn is an even prettier one, and is a much stronger character (Arwen had one line in the entire book trilogy, not counting the appendix.) Arwen or Eowyn, both are beautiful! I think it would be nice to have two daughters named Arwen and Yvaine. Both have to do with Evening Star or Evenstar. Arwen, from LoTR, was the Evenstar of her people, and Yvaine, from Stardust, was actually an Evening Star (hence the name-Even, Yvaine)! Yvaine is also beautiful.

I love the name Arwen, LoTR is a great trilogy but I don't think you can judge it entirely on that. It is a beautiful name in it's own right. It rolls of the tougue nicely.

This name is so exotic-sounding yet elegant! I LOVE it!

I love this name. Probably because it's my name. Until recently I wasn't able to find it in any name books. The only meanings I know of are; Noble Maiden and Muse.

It sounds really Welsh to me. If Tolkien hadn't beat me to the punch, I'd have used it in a story. It reminds me of squirrels, but probably because of Arven (a squirrel from the Redwall books).

Don't laugh, but this name sounds masculine to me despite its strictly feminine usage. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had actually seen a LotR movie or read one of the books, but to me, the name doesn't sound feminine at all.

Arwen is a beautiful name. I prefer it in a rhotic accent (one that pronounces its 'r's); the way I say it (Ah-wen) sounds too slippery. 'Arr-wen' has a prettier and more substantial sound.

I love this name for its sound and its meaning. My mother's name is Patricia which also means "noble lady" so I feel that naming a daughter Arwen would be naming her for my mother and not necessarily for a LoTR character.

It's quite pretty, but whenever I hear it, I think of how Arwen's role was overblown in those horrible movies based on a great series of books.

I love this name. I saw this name on a nursery list at church once, and gave a mental high five to the parents. Tolkien geek or not, this is a pretty name that deserves a look at.

My daughter's name is Arwen, I wanted a short name, easy to pronounce and spell, but still unique. Of course her name is always spelled and pronounced wrong, or people think the name is Arwin and I have a son (in a pink dress)
I really love her name, It's just perfect. We named her after the LotR movies, my Husband and I are big fans of.

Sounds completely masculine. Maybe it's because I haven't seen anything involving LOTR. Huh.

I loved this name even before I was exposed to The Lord of the Rings. It's unique but not pretentious or difficult to pronounce.

The only downside I could think of is that Arwen is (arguably) one of Tolkien's least interesting lady characters.

I don't think this name is terrible, but it's not one of my favorites. When I hear this name I think of Arwin, the hotel maintenance man from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. I prefer Arden for a girl.

This is largely a guilty pleasure name to me - mainly because people hate using names from literature that had no meaning before they were used. These names are said to be meaningless, but I still like them.

It does have meaning to me, because Arwen is one of my favourite characters in both the books and films of Lord of the Rings. I'd consider this as a middle name, as long as I didn't have to write it down on forms, and middle names don't really matter, so she wouldn't get teased.