163 Ethereal Elvish Baby Names

Mystical, magical, and mythical, Elvish baby names can make the perfect moniker for your little pixie!

Elves can conjure different things for different cultures ‒ sweet little pixies, powerful magicians, or ethereal supernatural beings.

They’re usually the ‘good guys’ in fantasy novels and video games, providing deep wisdom to weary travelers or weaving mystical spells to lead others to victory.

So it stands to reason that Elven names would also inspire beauty, magic, and mystery.

Let’s don our pointed ears and dive into the best Elvish baby names literature and culture have to offer!

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Where do Elvish names come from?
How to pronounce Elvish names
How do you make an Elvish name?
The Lord of the Rings elf names
Elf names for girls
Elf names for boys
Gender-neutral elf names
What is a good elven name?

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Where do Elvish names come from?

Most of the more famous Elven names come from the immersive world J. R. R. Tolkien created in his The Lord of the Rings trilogy, along with The Silmarillion and The Hobbit, both set in the same world.

But some elf names can also be found across different cultures.

Pretty much every culture around the world has legends and stories of elf-like beings ‒ the pixies of England, Christmas elves, leprechauns of Ireland, the huldufolk of Iceland, jinns of the Arabic world, orang bunian of Malaysia, and Patupaiarehe of the Māori people.

So you’ll Elvish baby names in pretty much every culture around the world!

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How to pronounce Elvish names

There is no one way to pronounce Elven names, since they can be found in almost every language in the world.

But since classic elf names usually have roots in Norse and Celtic languages, so they have similar pronunciations.

The majority of Elvish names are found in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series, based on languages made up by Tolkien himself.

Tolkien created two primary Elvish languages in The Lord of the Rings: Sindarin and Quenya (although there are around 15 that he created for his fictional setting of Middle Earth).

Quenya is seen as the language of the High Elves ‒ like a posh dialect, whereas Sindarin was more commonly used by all elves and friends to elves.

So how do you pronounce Elvish names?

There are a few common spellings with sounds that are uncommon to English-speaking ears, so we’ll run through a few basics on how to pronounce elf names.

Vowels with accents (á, é, í, ó, ú) sound like longer versions of their standard vowels.
The vowel ë is pronounced as ‘ay’.
‘Th’ sounds are softer than in traditional English ‒ like a soft ‘t’.
‘R’ sounds are also softer, with a slight roll to them ‒ similar to the Spanish ‘r’.
‘Au’ sounds are closer to ‘ow’ than ‘ore’.

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How do you make an Elvish name?

Since Tolkien’s elf names are basically mash-ups of Gaelic, Celtic, and Norse words, you can always make your own Elvish baby name by taking one Celtic or Gaelic word, and one Norse word, then combining the two.

So if you want a unique elf baby name, you could take the Celtic word for “very” (“an-”) and the Norse word for “loved” (“ástir”), and there’s your one-of-a-kind Elven baby name: Anástir.

Here are a few more that we’ve made, just for you and your little peanut:

Annarrgeal: Meaning “bright one”.
Álainndaga: Meaning “bright dawn”.
Ríkruisce: Meaning “strong waters”.
Clisteœska: Meaning “clever youth”.
Fadabiða: Meaning “long-awaited”.