Name validity

[ourcrazynavylife]

Paging dreadpiratebuttercup bromios and anyone else who wants to weigh in

I stumbled upon two names tonight that I REALLY REALLY like but I'm having trouble verifying the origins (aka making sure they're real names and not made up nonsense)

1. Elowen - girl- Cornish for Elm Tree
2. Lowen - boy- Cornish for happy/joyful

Thoughts??

[honeylemon]

I'm no expert but from what I can tell from britishbabynames.com, Elowen is a "newly created" name derived from a Cornish word. It doesn't seem to be an actual name. I could be wrong though. It's very Tolkien-esque to me.

I don't think Lowen is a name at all.

Loren is a great boy name though.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Dec 18, 2016 11:01:37 GMT -5 honeylemon said:

I'm no expert but from what I can tell from britishbabynames.com, Elowen is a "newly created" name derived from a Cornish word. It doesn't seem to be an actual name. I could be wrong though. It's very Tolkien-esque to me.

I don't think Lowen is a name at all.

Loren is a great boy name though.

+1 to all this, except to say that I still kind of love Elowen. I've suggested it in the past, and believe bromios may have.

[helenahhandbasket]

Also not an expert, but I agree that it sounds like you are naming a hobbit.

I love Loren and Lorne for a boy

Also Ewan, Ronan and Rowan for a boy.

For a girl I will suggest Elora, Elodie and Lorna.

[ourcrazynavylife]

So I was able to find them in the Cornish dictionary. One is a singular noun and the other is an adjective.

DH didn't actually veto either of them. I may have to just stay on the unpopular hobbit train here. Haha

[ourcrazynavylife]

Well it's a moot point because DH ended up vetoing Lowen but actually "likes" Elowen.

I told him too bad I'm pretty sure this baby is a boy :-P

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I love Elowen!

[ourcrazynavylife]

Thanks ladies. 4 more days and we'll have a gender to help narrow down this search. :-D

[ourcrazynavylife]

I let my MIL look through our long list of names today. Her favorite

Rowena

I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. Haha

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Dec 23, 2016 0:01:32 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

I let my MIL look through our long list of names today. Her favorite

Rowena

I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. Haha

Looooove Rowena.

[sandandsea]

I agree it's very similar to Eowyn from LOTR but I like it for someone else's kid. We named our dog Arwen though so maybe ignore me.

[bromios]

I love Elowen. And Rowena.