Seeking Quenya names connected to forests: any ideas?

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

Hi there, I'm new here.
I'm trying to find a good name for a character I've created. It's supposed to be a female name that's got to do with forests.
I would rather use Quenya than Sindarin.
I know the basic rules (I think), but I'm confused. I think I saw "Tawariell" as in the daughter of forests, but tawar is of Sindarin origin. The Quenyan word is taurë, I'm pretty sure. Yet a quick google search tells me that Tauriel is in fact a Sindarin name.
Help would be appreciated! If you have any other examples of names I could use, you're welcome to do so.

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Alatulie! (Welcome!)

Here are a few potential ones:

Aldanil meaning "Lover of Trees"

Tavar (Fay of the forests)

Kemna (Of the Earth)

Taunadil (Friend of Great Forest)

Orendil (Lover and Keeper of the Forest)

Here are 5 starts! I can change any, and add more if you like! Hope it helps!

 

[Atwe]

As taure is "forest" in Quenya and taur means the same in Sindarin, as a matter of fact Tauriel indeed looks and means the same in both languages.

 

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

Alatulie! (Welcome!)

Here are a few potential ones:

Aldanil meaning "Lover of Trees"

Tavar (Fay of the forests)

Kemna (Of the Earth)

Taunadil (Friend of Great Forest)

Orendil (Lover and Keeper of the Forest)

Here are 5 starts! I can change any, and add more if you like! Hope it helps!

Hi, thanks for the welcome! Are you sure the names are not masculine or of Sindarin origin though?

As taure is "forest" in Quenya and taur means the same in Sindarin, as a matter of fact Tauriel indeed looks and means the same in both languages.

Thanks for clarifying! I really appreciate that

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Hi, thanks for the welcome! Are you sure the names are not masculine or of Sindarin origin though?

Sindarin has a lot of similarities to Quenya. All the Elvish languages vaguely resemble each other, so although nothing in Quenya has Sindarin origins, a lot of Sindarin has Quenyan origins.

Masculine? I mean, maybe. These aren't really terms like that. I combined words to make those for you.

 

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

Sindarin has a lot of similarities to Quenya. All the Elvish languages vaguely resemble each other, so although nothing in Quenya has Sindarin origins, a lot of Sindarin has Quenyan origins.

Masculine? I mean, maybe. These aren't really terms like that. I combined words to make those for you.

Well yeah I just wanted specifically a Quenyan name. And the -ndil suffix is masculine

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Yes -ndil is usually. I get it.

 

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

Yes -ndil is usually. I get it.

I can probably add -më after the ndil so it's feminine. Also, are you sure Tavar is a name in and of itself with no suffixes?

 

[Gilruin]

@Elbereth Vala Varda

• Tavar (Fay of the forests): ᴱQ. tavar n. “dale-sprite, fay of the woods; forest” was replaced by ᴹQ. tavar n. “wood (material)”, which can’t serve as a name
• Kemna (Of the Earth): This would also need more derivations to serve as a name
• Taunadil (Friend of Great Forest). I guess this is a typo for Taunondil (d can’t occur on its own between vowels), but tauno was replaced by taure.
• Orendil (Lover and Keeper of the Forest) >> Ornendil (and the sense of ‘Keeper’ would rather be Ornendur)

@learn_quenya_for_oc_names
‘Daughter of the forest’ can be Tauriel in Quenya as much as in Sindarin (or even more so, in Sindarin there is some evidence for Tóriel instead). **Tawariell indeed doesn’t work for various reasons.
There is some indication that -ndil has a feminie counterpart ndilme/-ndilye, so things like Taurendilme/Taurendilye ‘friend of the forest’, Onendilme/Ornendilye ‘tree-fiend’ could work as well, though I find it a bit long (but cp. Tyelperinquar).

 

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

@Elbereth Vala Varda

• Tavar (Fay of the forests): ᴱQ. tavar n. “dale-sprite, fay of the woods; forest” was replaced by ᴹQ. tavar n. “wood (material)”, which can’t serve as a name
• Kemna (Of the Earth): This would also need more derivations to serve as a name
• Taunadil (Friend of Great Forest). I guess this is a typo for Taunondil (d can’t occur on its own between vowels), but tauno was replaced by taure.
• Orendil (Lover and Keeper of the Forest) >> Ornendil (and the sense of ‘Keeper’ would rather be Ornendur)

@learn_quenya_for_oc_names
‘Daughter of the forest’ can be Tauriel in Quenya as much as in Sindarin (or even more so, in Sindarin there is some evidence for Tóriel instead). **Tawariell indeed doesn’t work for various reasons.
There is some indication that -ndil has a feminie counterpart ndilme/-ndilye, so things like Taurendilme/Taurendilye ‘friend of the forest’, Onendilme/Ornendilye ‘tree-fiend’ could work as well, though I find it a bit long (but cp. Tyelperinquar).

Yeah that's what I thought about the names.
Also thanks for clarifying Tauriel is fine! Why doesn't Tawariell work though? Is it because of the double L?

 

[Gilruin]

(1) awa regularly becomes oa in Quenya (e. g. in toa ‘wood’), (2) -ll can’t end a word in Quenya (cp. Altariel ‘Galadriel’ vs Altariello ‘of G.’)

 

[learn_quenya_for_oc_names]

(1) awa regularly becomes oa in Quenya (e. g. in toa ‘wood’), (2) -ll can’t end a word in Quenya (cp. Altariel ‘Galadriel’ vs Altariello ‘of G.’)

Oh yeah, makes sense