My elvish name is Alatariel. I did this about 10+ years ago and the name stuck.. Now it's my OC's name and has been since I tried it lol.

It's also the name I go by on the internet xD

I always did wonder how elvish names came to be. Is it all made up or what?

Technically it's all made up, but Tolkien was a linguist and he put a ridiculous amount of effort into building the fictional languages used in his worlds. He developed the full grammar of each language, a substantial (but not comprehensive) vocabulary for each, and orthographies (writing systems) for not only each language but even for regional variations -- not rigidly consistent, but realistic in how it might have evolved across separated groups of people. He even included subtle derivations that would suggest that his fantasy languages might have been able to evolve from ancient real-world languages. A LOT of this stuff was found in Tolkien's notes instead of his published material.

Since then, fan groups have expanded on the vocabulary and extrapolated on the grammar, finding rules and patterns that are consistent with the examples spoken by the characters in the books in order to document things that Tolkien hadn't necessarily explicitly spelled out.

Paula (Small) is apparently Nibenwen(Nee-ben-wehn) which I really actually love! Surprised they have my name and not my sister's, as Delilah is I believe more common than mine.

In my experience, "Paula" is way more common than "Delilah."

That said, you can look stuff up based on what the names MEAN.

I could live with the name "Cael," I suppose. :P

I've never personally met another Paula, but man I can tell you stories about people asking how to spell Delilah. I'll have to look by meaning, then.

Doredhelwen
Bit of a mouthful if you ask me....

It's not that bad, if you ask me. It's only four syllables. "door-ed-ELL-win." Possibly think of it as "Dora Delwin."

Ooh, fascinating. I can't imagine how long it must have taken even as a lover of languages. I think playing with other tongues in fiction is incredibly hard and the fact that so many follow his work to this day speaks volumes.

My legal name (which I will someday be changing) translated would be Rhavaniel (pronounced "Rah-VAH-nee-ell"), but if I were to be named in the traditional way, it'd be Estiel, Kiel, or Noriel, for my paternal grandmother, my mother, or my maternal grandmother. Personally? I'm more fond of Estiel, because I was very close to my paternal grandmother before she passed away.

What a fascinating and interesting site.

Based on the list, my name is Eruraviel (tr. Elv. "royal maiden")
(Pronounced Air-oo-rah-vee-ell).

Awesome. I like it :)

Very...regal. Hehe.

This is a pretty cool list, but I was a little disappointed because, despite how common my rl name seems to be, it wasn't on the list.

Pretty fun to see what everyone else's names would be though!

If you can look up what your real name means on a baby names website or something, you can try finding something with an equivalent meaning.

Well...apparently I'm blind. I didn't see my name the first 5 times I searched the list...but as I was searching for the next closest one, I found it. XP

My elvish name would be Lothiriel.
(Pronounced Loth-ear-ee-ell)

Their version of my name isn't spelt the same but what the hell:
Galasrinion (lit. "plant-crowned")
(Gahl-ahs-rinn-ee-on)
It means Laurel-crowned.