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[Opinions] Galadriel
Galadriel is the name of the day where I am. Thought on the name? What do you think of the meaning?_______________________________________________________
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I like it! Gal is a cute nickname.
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As a fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and especially of the elves, I consider that any elvish name is precious, especially for girls. Galadriel is a beautiful name and portrays a magnificent elf, although I would go for a less "flashy" name, such as Arwen, Idril, Aredhel, Elenwë, Eärwen or Amarië.But yeah, in general it doesn't seem like a bad idea to name a daughter after a fictional character, at least in the case of Tolkien's works.

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Probably my top guilty pleasure name, now that Persephone is inching away from my GP list and towards my main list. I am obsessed with Lord of the Rings, enough that I've read the Silmarillion multiple times, had a cat named Samwise and a dog named Baggins, and tried to teach myself Sindarin in high school. It's a very pretty name in it's own right besides being the name of an amazing character, and I might use it if I could come up with some good nicknames.
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I like the name and meaning.I like many LOTR names in general: Eowyn, Arwen, Elanor, Galadriel.But I think I wouldn't use them. I like LOTR but I don't love it. So naming a kid after something I just like okay would be weird.
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Sounds quite pretty. The meaning is high-falutin' and very complicated. Used only be real Tolkien freaks; you can tell I'm not one of them.
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Maybe Gala as a nickname?I'm building up a "Name of the Day Namebank CAF" game and have been jotting down every first and last name since July. I've actually got Gandalf under the boy names.
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Great for a character but I don’t think it’s very usable.
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It's very pretty and I love all the Elvish names Tolkien came up with. Sindarin and Quenya are beautiful languages. I'd say I don't know how the name holds up but I know four Galadriels, spanning in age from 7 or 8 to their 50s, so... It would seem odd but I guess I'm used to it. I like it.In my town, when the Lord of the Rings movies were just coming out, there was a trend in names from the movies in the BAs for years. Eowyn was the big one though. I saw so many Eowyn BAs lol
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Don't like it
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