Sindarin People Names

When making an Elven Father Name, you have several options. The first and easiest is replacing the name suffix in the parent's name with -iel or -ion, but that isn't your only choice. You can simply change the name suffix into a different one. Say you have a seamstress named Lainthel - Thread Sister (lain+thêl) married to a bard named Glaerdor - Song Brother (glaer+tôr). The daughter's father name could be Lainiel, Laineth, Lainien, Laissel, or Laingwen, and their son's father name could be Glaerion, or Glaeron. Note that in the list of possible names I didn't include the suffixes referring to people older than childhood. Since the Father Name is given when they are still babies, suffixes like "young woman" or "husband" aren't appropriate.

-eth: "Female." It simply makes a word a feminine name.
-ien: "Female one of..." A feminine name suffix that indictates origin, like the word "of."
iell/-iel: "Daughter, Daughter of... or Little Girl." It also can be used to explain her origin, like "of."
sell: "Maiden, Girl, or Daughter." It's used in names given when she is still a child.
gwend: "Maiden and Virgin" used in names given when she is not yet married.
neth: "Teenage Girl," used in names given to a girl as she approaches adulthood.
dîs: "Bride," used in names given to a woman around the age she is likely to marry.
dess: "Young Woman," used in the names given to a woman when she has reached adulthood.
bess: "Wife and Married Woman," used in names given to maried women or by husbands to their wives as a Lore Name.
nîth: "Sister," best used in Lore Names given among close friends and siblings.
thêl: "Sister," best used in Lore Names given among close friends and siblings.
-on: "Male." It simply makes a word a masculine noun.
iôn/-ion: "Son, Son of... or 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.
NOTHING: The most common suffix for a genderless name.
pen: "Person, One" it can be used in anyone's name, though it is rather impersonal.

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