Re: Names - a plea

>In the interests of furthering Rhêndrin's vocabulary, does anyone want a
>Rhêndrin name? If you know your name's etymology, tell me, and I can do you
>a Rhêndrin name, thus helping me create more roots. Maybe we could do a big
>name translation thing? I'm sure most of the newer members would like to
>see
>their names rendered in their languages? Please?
>
>I already have:
>
>Daniel: Teorelion (tesu "god" + eljon "judge" from hebrew "god is judge")
>John: Teoraneth (tesu "god" + anejen "generous" "from hebrew "god is
>gracious")
>Roy: Teadhon (teta "people" + jon "offspring" roy from latin rex, "king",
>"king" in English comes from OE. cyning "son of the tribe", hence Teadhon)
>
>Any more for any more?
Matthew means "Gift of God".  Eruanno is Matthew in Quenya.

Basically, Eru is God, and Anna is gift, with -o displacing -a for the
masculine name Matt ( compared to Matilda? ).

Have fun!
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