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Help[Opinions] Re: Tirion
in reply to a message by Adenydd
Oh, I know just how you feel. :)
When I saw Tirion I assumed it was masculine, pronounced TIE-ree-in or TEER-ee-in, and Latin or Greek or something. It's black and red and was very stony and warrior-esque. So you can imagine my surprise when I read that it's feminine, Welsh, and means gentle (looked it up in the Welsh dictionary and it's along the lines of kind and tender too... awww).
I'm fascinated with names that have such a hard strength to them, yet they're feminine and can be quite sweet (Tamsin is a perfect example, although I wouldn't categorize Elspeth with them). So I'm drawn to that part about it, but wouldn't say I specifically like it.
I think I could really get behind it as a masculine name, though. I'm not a super fan of the sound, but I really love the idea of a strong looking/feeling name like that meaning gentle/tender/etc.
When I saw Tirion I assumed it was masculine, pronounced TIE-ree-in or TEER-ee-in, and Latin or Greek or something. It's black and red and was very stony and warrior-esque. So you can imagine my surprise when I read that it's feminine, Welsh, and means gentle (looked it up in the Welsh dictionary and it's along the lines of kind and tender too... awww).
I'm fascinated with names that have such a hard strength to them, yet they're feminine and can be quite sweet (Tamsin is a perfect example, although I wouldn't categorize Elspeth with them). So I'm drawn to that part about it, but wouldn't say I specifically like it.
I think I could really get behind it as a masculine name, though. I'm not a super fan of the sound, but I really love the idea of a strong looking/feeling name like that meaning gentle/tender/etc.
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