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<blockquote data-quote="Alomir" data-source="post: 663875" data-attributes="member: 6622">I'm Piratecat's friend (of course he has friends - he's a very charming guy!) and Alomir's wife (using his account instead of creating my own). My actual name on my birth certificate is Arwen. I love my name. My parents aren't gamers or particularly into Fantasy stuff, but they did get the name from Tolkein. My experience of 33 years with the name has been that people who aren't really involved in the whole RPG/fantasy world (i.e. most people) just think it's a pretty name and ask if it's a family name or what nationality it is. People who recognize it as being from &quot;The Lord of the Rings&quot; think it's cool. To be honest I haven't noticed any difference in that since the movies have come out. The only thing is people who don't know the name are at least more likely to have heard of &quot;The Lord of the Rings&quot; than they were before. As far as kids making fun of the name, kids will find things to tease each other about and the name Arwen doesn't lend itself to that any more than other names. As for your daughter herself not liking it, that's a risk with any name.One potential negative that hasn't been mentioned is that for some reason people who don't recognize the name tend to assume I'm going to be male. A positive thing is that I have an instant feeling of sisterhood when I encounter another woman named Arwen. I enjoy that.I'd say if you'd like to name your daughter Arwen, just do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alomir, post: 663875, member: 6622"] I'm Piratecat's friend (of course he has friends - he's a very charming guy!) and Alomir's wife (using his account instead of creating my own). My actual name on my birth certificate is Arwen. I love my name. My parents aren't gamers or particularly into Fantasy stuff, but they did get the name from Tolkein. My experience of 33 years with the name has been that people who aren't really involved in the whole RPG/fantasy world (i.e. most people) just think it's a pretty name and ask if it's a family name or what nationality it is. People who recognize it as being from "The Lord of the Rings" think it's cool. To be honest I haven't noticed any difference in that since the movies have come out. The only thing is people who don't know the name are at least more likely to have heard of "The Lord of the Rings" than they were before. As far as kids making fun of the name, kids will find things to tease each other about and the name Arwen doesn't lend itself to that any more than other names. As for your daughter herself not liking it, that's a risk with any name. One potential negative that hasn't been mentioned is that for some reason people who don't recognize the name tend to assume I'm going to be male. A positive thing is that I have an instant feeling of sisterhood when I encounter another woman named Arwen. I enjoy that. I'd say if you'd like to name your daughter Arwen, just do it. [/QUOTE]

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