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Male Doriathrin Names

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Name Suffixes Explained

When making a Father Name, you have several options. The first and easiest is replacing the masculine suffix in the father's name with -ion, but that isn't your only choice. You can simply change the name suffix into a different one. Say you have a bell-wright named Neldor - Bell Brother (nell+tôr). His son's Father Name could be Nelion, or Nelon. Note that in Neldor's son's list of possible names I didn't include the suffixes referring to males older than childhood. Since the Father Name is given when he is still a baby, suffixes like "Bridegroom" aren't appropriate.

-on
"Male." It simply makes a word a masculine noun.
iôn/-ion
"Son," "son of..." and "boy." It also can be used to explain his origin, like "of."
daer
"Bridegroom," used in names given when a man is likely to be wed.
dîr
"Man," used in names given when he is an adult.
benn
"Man, Husband," used in names given when he is a married man, or in a Lore Name given by his wife.
tôr
"Brother," best used in Lore Names given amoung close friends and siblings.
hawn
"Brother," best used in Lore Names given amoung close friends and siblings.
hanar
"Brother," best used in Lore Names given amoung close friends and siblings.

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