Fantasy names?

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

One of my regular guests at work is a little girl named Arwen. Thoughts?

I think a name like that is something you can get away with because it's not super crazy "out there" or too fantasy-ish, you know? Although I do have a friend who had to convince her friend not to name her child Frodo.

Comments

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think since Tolkien was so well-versed in the study of languages, that the creation of his languages makes sense, and the names are either inspired by, or taken directly from, languages that already exist, so they're pretty easy to get away with for the most part.