Meaning: Noble maiden in Sindarin
The story
Tolkien created Arwen within his fictional Elvish language Sindarin for The Lord of the Rings. Its meaning belongs to that invented language, not to historical Welsh.
On screen
Arwen in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
- Modern
- Literary
Origins
Arwen comes from English and Sindarin.
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