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I’ve always liked:
Arwen
Galadriel
Morgana
Gareth
Eowyn
Tywin

Girls:

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Egwene
Nynaeve
Moiraine
Nymeria
Hessa
Talyien
Arwen
Tinúviel
Yennefer
Cirilla
Fringilla
Éowyn
Galadriel
Tissaia
Renfri

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Boys:

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Geralt
Aragorn
Faramir
Samwise
Meriadoc
Théoden
Istredd

Eowyn
Elora
Arwen
Nimue

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These are just off the top of my head. I can’t think of any masculine names off the top of my head that I love but I'm sure they exist. I am probably not brave enough to use them, and I think my husband would veto them as a first name even if I was brave enough. Maybe a middle.

I like to include Anakin, Padme, Faramir, Skysong, and Galadriel in spazzy combos sometimes. I'm sure there's others, but those came to mind first.

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Anakin's not that likable of a character, but it's such a good madeup name. It reminds me of Ananke and also modern trendy names. It could be unisex. In fanfiction, it's widely accepted that the meaning is "rain bringer" (based on a madeup language used by slaves on Tatooine)...on that note, Leia doesn't mean "weary" or "cow" on Tatooine; it means "krayt dragon (and associated abstract concepts)", and Luke is derived from Lukka which means "sandstorm (and associated abstract concepts)"...yeah. And fyi, Obi-Wan Kenobi basically means "no one from nowhere". :/

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Padme is already a legit (and pretty) name, but I wouldn't use it because my main association is Star Wars.

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Galadriel kind of reminds me of how my mom had a horse named Galahad. They sound illustrious. I wouldn't use either, but both would be interesting to see used.

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Skysong is called "Kit" in a book and is a baby dragon. I don't think I'd use it? But I like it more than Sky, the same way I don't really like Lark, but Meadowlark and Larkspur and Larkin are okay.

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I would probably be willing to use Faramir, if I had an SO who wanted to; it's just so pretty, and I already like Yaromir and Faris. Same thing for Eowyn. Which seems weird because I'm not that into Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien was a good namer...or maybe it's because I'm not into it, that the character connections in this case matter less to me.

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GRR Martin has a lot of good ones also, but all I can think of right now are Oberyn and Jaehaerys.

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This message was edited 12/4/2021, 8:45 PM

This reminds me, I just read a fantasy that had a character called Allanon. I had to deliberately say in my head, "a-LAN-non" like Alanna / Shannon, because thinking of it as "Al-anon" was making me laugh. Very distracting. There was also a Keltset and a Curzad - I thought those were cool.

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From Earthsea - Tenar, Kalessin
From Pern - Feyrith, Merelan (had to look them up, it's been too long since I read)
From Middle Earth - Melilot, Tirion
From Prydain - Gwydion, Eilonwy, Melynlas, Medwyn, Gwystyl, Mathonwy - I read it as a kid, and was so intrigued by the Welsh names.
From Dune, if you call that a fantasy? - Irulan

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Use in real life - not so much.
I might use a name from fantasy as a middle name, but probably not any of these.

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Oh - I saw the name Mellisant in a book that was probably fantasy. But I can't remember what book it was. I want to say it was in Pangur Ban The White Cat by Fay Sampson, but I can't find any evidence of that online. I might consider using that one. Except there's Melisandre from icky GoT, and everyone's familiarity with that might kinda ruin it.

Allyria
Asha
Bellatrix
Buffy
Clary (nn)
Coraline
Eilonwy
Elektra
Gamora
Isabeau “Bo”
Isolde
Ithaca
Lamia
Missandei
Mithian
Morgana
Nymeria “Nym”
Romilda
Sansa

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Caspian
Castiel
Elyan
Emrys
Gawain
Gwaine
Merlin
Sirius
Theon
Tristan
Valerian
Valerion

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Morgana & Coraline would be the only ones I would actually consider using irl, at least as a first name.

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I might consider using Allyria, Clary, Eilonwy, Isolde, Romilda, Castiel, Gwaine, Theon & Valerian for middle names.

This message was edited 12/3/2021, 7:12 AM