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in reply to a message by Lily
I would associate it with the books. I like the sound and the look of it, but not the character.
It has been used as a name in Wales before the book came out in 1954, but only a tiny number of times - according to birth records, there have been a grand total of five people given the name Arwen in Wales between 1837 and 1954, and I think they were probably variants of / typos for Arwyn (boy's name meaning 'very fair') or Arwel (meaning unknown).
There's always Anwen or Awen, if you want something similar with no Tolkien associations.
It has been used as a name in Wales before the book came out in 1954, but only a tiny number of times - according to birth records, there have been a grand total of five people given the name Arwen in Wales between 1837 and 1954, and I think they were probably variants of / typos for Arwyn (boy's name meaning 'very fair') or Arwel (meaning unknown).
There's always Anwen or Awen, if you want something similar with no Tolkien associations.
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