Share your favourite witchy/elvish names!

[SaccaraBird]

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries! What names do you love that evoke a sense of classy magic, including elfy/witchy names? (not necessarily hipster). Like something that could be seen in a fantasy novel? I’m keen to hear both usable “I would actually name my kid this” names as well as your super duper out there “This could be the name of an [name_m]Elven[/name_m] king and people would totally side eye me” names ;). For boys and girls!

Some of my favourites (I would actually consider for an actual human):

[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
Lowenna
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylva[/name_f]
[name_u]Wynne[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
Fenris
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]

My a-bit-too-out-there favourites:

Illyria
Ismeria
Anduin
Tinuviel
Aneira
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]

[Marvolo]

Yes, what a wonderful thread! [name_u]Wynne[/name_u] is actually the name of a witch in the novel I’m writing. She’s named after [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] the Witch, the children’s book series.

• [name_f]Gladys[/name_f]

• [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]

• [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]

• [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]

• [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]

• Marjoram

• [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]

• [name_f]Elvira[/name_f]

• [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]

• [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]

• Melancholia (not great [name_m]IRL[/name_m] of course)

• Eucalypta

• [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]

• Huberdina

[Kew]

I’m glad you mentioned [name_f]Gladys[/name_f], @marvolo. It’s high time people start seeing her magic again! I would add the original W and make it [name_f]Gwladys[/name_f] for extra witchiness.

Nearly all Welsh, Irish and Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] names feel elfin to me (and did to Tolkien, too, presumably):

Aoíbhegreine
Blathnát
Damhnait / [name_f]Dymphna[/name_f]
[name_f]Eithne[/name_f]
Étaín / [name_f]Edana[/name_f]
Feidhelm / Fidelma
Fionnabhair
[name_f]Fionnuala[/name_f] / [name_f]Fenella[/name_f]
Fíadhnait / Feena
[name_f]Maebh[/name_f] / [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
Muirgel
[name_f]Muirgen[/name_f]
Níamh
[name_f]Ro[/name_f]ísín
[name_f]Sadbh[/name_f] / Sive

[name_f]Aeronwy[/name_f]
[name_f]Angharad[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
Arianrhod
[name_f]Arianwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Blodwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Branwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
Eirlys
[name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
Esyllt / [name_f]Eseld[/name_f]
[name_f]Ffion[/name_f]
Gwenafwy
[name_f]Gwenfrewi[/name_f]
Gwenhwyfar
[name_f]Gwyneira[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f]
Heulwen
Lilwen
[name_f]Morwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Myfanwy[/name_f]
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]

Aileve
[name_f]Ediva[/name_f]
Elflede
[name_f]Elgiva[/name_f]
Etheldred
Everild
[name_f]Godiva[/name_f]
Lefleda
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]

[saintdollface]

[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillith[/name_f]

[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]

[gildedfairyx]

[name_f]Orla[/name_f] / [name_f]Orlaith[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Anwen[/name_f]
Aurélie
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] / [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] / [name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] / [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
Océane
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] / [name_f]Arabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]
[name_f]Amethyst[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
Eirwen
[name_f]Lumi[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f] / Rowenna
[name_f]Elva[/name_f]
[name_f]Elysia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f] / [name_f]Callista[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
Gwenllian
[name_f]Gwyneira[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f] / Mélisande
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Calanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Evanthe[/name_f]
Laureline
[name_f]Lilias[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f] / [name_f]Morgaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerys[/name_f]
Ombeline
Onóra
Ophélie
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f] / [name_f]Oriane[/name_f]
[name_f]Parisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Pari[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
Rosamonde / [name_f]Rosamond[/name_f] / [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Swanhild[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalassa[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Endellion[/name_f]
[name_f]Emerald[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]

[name_m]Adriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Aeron[/name_u]
[name_u]Auberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
Cassander
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
Faramond
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
Oisín
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]

[missLis]

[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Myfanwy[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
Hecate
[name_f]Sigourney[/name_f]

[lou666]

[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Salome[/name_f]
Anouska
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]

[columbiacharm]

I love this style of names.

Allifair
[name_f]Eirian[/name_f]
Elewys
[name_f]Estel[/name_f]
Everild
[name_f]Fae[/name_f]
Faelyn
[name_f]Fenella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Lileas[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Luned[/name_f]
Luneve
[name_f]Musette[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f]
[name_f]Nyx[/name_f]
[name_f]Orinthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ovidia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ozma[/name_f]
Perinne
[name_f]Pomona[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybilla[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivien[/name_u]

Aero
Aneirin
[name_f]Azor[/name_f]
Emeric
[name_m]Eryx[/name_m]
[name_m]Evron[/name_m]
[name_m]Frey[/name_m]
[name_m]Gwylym[/name_m]
Lewin
[name_m]Loic[/name_m]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_u]Perrin[/name_u]
Riddick
[name_m]Selwyn[/name_m]