#raceofmenweek

Adanel - A wise-woman of the House of Malach (the later House of Hador) and the teacher of her niece, Andreth, herself a wise-woman, but belonging to the House of Bëor. Her name is Sindarin and means Human Woman from adan 'Man, human' + el, a feminine suffix.

Aerin - A woman of the House of Hador, a kinswoman of Húrin and Huor. She supported Morwen after the Easterling incursion into Dor-lómin and though taken to wife by Brodda against her will continued to offer help to her people. Her name may be Sindarin, meaning Sea-Mood or Holy-Mood from ae(a)r ‘sea’ or ‘holy’ and in(d), or possibly contain an adapted form of Quenya aira, ‘Red, Ruddy, Copper’, and a variant of rhin, ‘crown’, so Copper-Crowned, Redhead, as the Silmarillion Dictionary suggests. This becomes plausible considering she is kin with Húrin, whose family often took names adapted from Sindarin or Quenya, and even more so since Húrin’s hair is described as 'gold-red’ in the Unfinished Tales, so there’s a genetic occurrence of reddish hair in the family. It is also possible to speculate that in(d) is a dynastic name element common in the family similar to the Finwëans’ fin(d) that doesn’t necessarily contribute to the name’s meaning - it occurs in Indor (Aerin’s father and Húrin’s kinsman), Húrin and Túrin as well as Aerin’s name, and if read as that, her name might either mean Copper One, or Holy One.

Ailinel - A noblewoman of Númenor, the daughter of Queen Almarian. Her name Quenya, likely meaning Lady of the Pool/Lake, from Quenya ailin, and -el, a feminine suffix, or possibly Lady of the Shore from an earlier obsoleted Quenya form ailin(ë?) in the first version of Tolkien’s poem The Last Ark.

Almarian - A noblewoman and Queen of Númenor, the mother of Ailinel, Aldarion and Almiel, and wife of Tar-Meneldur. Her name appears to contain Quenya almarë 'blessedness, blessings, good fortune, bliss’ and probably ría, 'wreath’ and anna, 'gift’ so Wreathed with a Gift of Bliss or similar, or perhaps a reference to Rían of the First Age, so Blessed Crown-Gift (see Rían for the etymology of that name).

Almáriel - A young woman during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn in Númenor, a friend of Isildur’s predecessor Herendil. Her name means either Daughter of Bliss from almarë and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix, or Maiden Garlanded with Bliss from riel(lë), 'maiden crowned with a festival garland’.

Almiel - A noblewoman of Númenor, a daughter of Queen Almarian and sister of Ailinel. Her name is Quenya for Blessing’s Daughter from almë, 'a blessing, a piece of good fortune’, and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix, and likely meant to reference her mother’s name.

Ancalimë - The first Ruling Queen of Númenor and daughter of Erendis. Her name is Quenya, The Brightest, a superlative feminine form of calima 'bright’. Her moniker Emerwen Aranel is translated by Tolkien as Princess Shepherdess (though strictly speaking the meaning is reversed in the translation), given to Ancalimë due to her attempt to hide in Emerië under the guise of a shepherdess from her suitors at court.

Andreth - A wise-woman of the House of Bëor, the niece of Adanel. Her name is Sindarin, glossed as Patience (Long-Suffering) by Tolkien in Parma Eldalamberon 17, composed from and 'long’ and reth, 'remain in same place, hence be unmoved, patient’. Her other names/titles are Adaneth from adan, 'Man, Human’, and the feminine suffix -eth hence Mortal Maiden, and Saelind, Wise-Heart, a straightforward translation of Sindarin sael 'wise’ and in(d) 'inner thought, meaning, heart’ (not the physical organ), likely adapted from Quenya indo of the same meaning, a name given to her by the Elves due to her wisdom and familiarity with the lore of her and her aunt Adanel’s people.

Beldis - A woman of the House of Bëor who was the mother of Brandir the Lame. Her name is Sindarin for Strong Woman, composed from a root BEL (e.g. in Sindarin belt) 'strong in body’ and (n)dîs 'bride’ and by extension, 'woman, adult female’ (the female form of dîr, 'man, adult male’, also extended to mean 'hero’ in an early gloss of names in Haldir, translated as Hidden Hero).

Beleth - A woman of the House of Bëor, the sister of Baragund and Belegund, and aunt of Morwen and Rían. She is an ancestor of Erendis of Númenor. Her name is Sindarin for Strong Woman, composed from a root BEL (e.g. in Sindarin belt) 'strong in body’ and the feminine suffix -eth.

Beril - The sister of Andreth. Her name is Sindarin and may mean Valiant Woman from a root BER (e.g. in beren, 'bold, valiant’ and a feminine suffix -il. It may also be derived from or related to bereth, 'spouse (of a king), queen’.

Berúthiel - A Black Númenorean from an Umbarrim inland city, married Tarannon Falastur of Gondor, famed for the cats she used to spy on people. Her name may mean Wrathful Queen from bereth, 'spouse (of a king), queen’ and rûth, 'wrath’ (e.g. in the name of Thingol’s sword Aranrúth, 'King’s Wrath’), and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix. This likely was not her original name; Tolkien entertained and discarded two other names in early drafts: Margoliantë, likely containing Quenya liantë, 'spider’ but otherwise hard to translate, and Tamar, possibly inspired by a Biblical name of Hebrew origin for Date Palm, or a Georgian sky goddess of the same name, but it might also be a metathesized form of Quenya tarma, 'pillar’ potentially via Adûnaic (the Meneltarma was the central mountain of Númenor), or Adûnaic tamar, Smith, although this is a male form and less likely to become a woman’s name.

Bregil - A woman of the House of Bëor, the niece of Andreth. Her name is Sindarin and appears to mean Fierce Woman composed from bregol, 'violent, sudden, fierce’, and a feminine suffix -il replacing the adjectival ending. It also likely references her father Bregor’s name (perhaps -il is here taken as an alternate form of -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix), so Daughter of Bregor. Bregor itself likely means Fierce Heart from bregol and or, the same element as in Huor, Heart-Vigour, derived from a Common Eldarin form.

Eilinel - A woman of the House of Bëor and the wife of Gorlim the Unhappy; she was slain in the Dagor Bragollach and her phantom used by Sauron to lure Gorlim into betraying his companions. Her name is hard to translate since it first appears in the 1920s and Tolkien’s languages underwent significant changes over time; Tolkien never gave a gloss for it. The Silmarillion Dictionary suggests her name is derived from Sindarin geil, 'star, bright spark’ (perhaps under Noldorin influence dropping the g) and lin(d) 'sweet, beautiful’ with a feminine suffix -el, so Beautiful Star. This may fit with her monikers 'the Fair, the White’ as she is often called in the texts. Her name may also be derived from obsolete early Sindarin eil(in?) 'sky’ (isolated from eilian(t), 'lit. sky-bridge: rainbow’), itself a form derived from Quenya helyanwë of the same meaning. A tentative translation in this case may then be Sky-Maiden.

Elfhild - The wife of Théoden and Queen of Rohan, but died in childbirth of her son Théodred. Her name is composed from Old English, used by Tolkien to transcribe the language of the Rohirrim; a composite containing ælf, 'Elf’ and hild a poetic term for battle, so Elf and Battle.  

Emeldir - A woman of the House of Bëor, the wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren (and, in some versions, a daughter called Hiril). She is given the epithet the Manhearted in the texts, and it may in fact be an approximation of her name, likely composed of Sindarin e(m)mel, 'mother’ and -dîr, 'man’, so Manly Mother, or even more strengthened, Heroic Mother, going by an early interpretation given by Tolkien of Haldir as Hidden Hero.

Éowyn - from Old English, used by Tolkien to transcribe the language of the Rohirrim; a composite name derived from eoh, 'horse, war-horse, charger’ and wyn(n), 'joy, delight, pleasure’ so War Horse and Joy. Online sources suggest translations like Delightful Charger (on Wikipedia; linking to the Peoples of Middle-earth where only the reference to eoh, 'horse’ appears) or Horse Joy (Tolkien Gateway). Her name may have been created by a combination of her parents’ names Éomund and Théodwyn.

Erendis - A Númenorean woman descended from the House of Bëor; the mother of Ancalimë and wife of Aldarion, from the story The Mariner’s Wife explaining the estrangement between her and her husband. Her name likely is Sindarin from ereb, 'isolated, lonely, solitary’ and (n)dîs 'bride’ and by extension, 'woman, adult female’, so Lonely Woman or if taken in reference to her frequent abandonment due to Aldarion’s prolonged journeys from Númenor to Middle-earth, Lonely Bride. Her title Tar-Elestirnë, given to her due to Aldarion’s gift of a diamond that she wore on her forehead, is Quenya and Tolkien translated it as Lady of the Star-Brow, from Quenya tar- 'noble’, a royal prefix used by the rulers of Númenor, possibly in reference to her future status as queen, elen, 'star’ and stir(në) 'face’.

Finduilas of Gondor - a lady of Dol Amroth, the wife of Denethor and mother of Boromir and Faramir. She is named after Finduilas of Nargothrond, Orodreth’s daughter, making her name Sindarin rather than the Adûnaic frequently used by the Lords of Dol Amroth. Her name is hard to translate as Tolkien never gave a gloss, but taking fin(d)- as a dynastic element signifying kinship with the House of Finwë rather than a proper meaning, the remainder name may be derived from duil, 'spring’ and las 'leaf’, so Spring Leaf, or duin, 'river’ and (g)las(s), 'joy’, Joy of the River, given that Finduilas of the First Age was likely born either in Minas Tirith on Tol Sirion or in Nargothrond proper; both locations are prominently linked to rivers. The first element could also be derived from ui 'ever’, so perhaps a translation like Ever-Leaf (in the sense of Evergreen) or Ever-Joyful (this may be likely, since she is described as joyful until Túrin fails to requite her love and her mood changes) could be surmised. A phonetic connection may also be made with Uilos, ’Ever-White’, a flower that never fades.

Other names of Finduilas of Gondor in discarded versions of the text were Emmeril, perhaps containing Sindarin e(m)mel, 'mother’ and the feminine suffix -(r)il, so simply meaning Mother, or perhaps er, 'single, alone’ and meril 'rose’, so Single Rose or Lonely Rose, perhaps informing her description as “a flower of the seaward vales” who faded and eventually died in Minas Tirith. Another name was Rothinel, this time likely an Adûnaic compound featuring rôth, 'foam, spindrift, the foam-track left by a ship’, perhaps the feminine marker -in- and an untranslatable ending el, perhaps the same feminine suffix found in Sindarin (or given under Sindarin influence), so perhaps Foam-Maiden, owing to her origin in a seaside city.

Fíriel - Fíriel is a name that occurs frequently throughout the Legendarium; Fíriel of Númenor is a young woman living in Elendil’s household in The Lost Road, Fíriel of Gondor is the daughter of Ondoher and wife of Arvedui; after the death of her father and brothers she should have become Ruling Queen if Gondor had upheld the Númenorean tradition, and indeed Arvedui (the King of Arthedain in the north kingdom) claimed the throne of Gondor on this basis and his own descent from Isildur. His claim was rejected, and although Fíriel likely still remained Queen of Arthedain; her fate after Arvedui’s death is uncertain. A third Fíriel occurs in a poem in the Adventures of Tom Bombadil in which a Fíriel of Gondor (of no particular rank, so likely not the same as the Fíriel just described) is tempted by a ship of Elves passing down Anduin to the sea. (Another Fíriel is Fíriel Fairbairn, Sam Gamgee’s granddaughter). However, the name originates with Míriel, mother of Fëanor, who was re-named Fíriel after her death, glossed as She That Sighed:

For before the passing of Miriel the Eldar of Valinor had no word for 'dying’ in this manner, though they had words for being destroyed (in body) or being slain. But fírë meant to 'expire’, as of one sighing or releasing a deep breath; and at the passing of Miriel she had sighed a great sigh, and then lay still; and those who stood by said fírië, 'she hath breathed forth’. This word the Eldar afterwards used of the death of Men. (Morgoth’s Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion II)

With this explanation it is not surprising that the name also simply came to mean Mortal Woman, as Tolkien glosses it in the preface to the Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Inhowfar Míriel herself is referenced as  as a naming tradition is hard to say, since she seems to be called Míriel in all other extant material we have available (though this likely does not accurately reflect the historic material in-world).

Gildis - A woman of the House of Hador, the mother of Glóredhel and wife of Hador Lórindol. Her name is Sindarin, from gil, 'star, bright spark’ and (n)dîs 'bride’ and by extension, 'woman, adult female’, so Star-Woman.

Gilmith - A Half-Elf, the daughter of Mithrellas of Dol Amroth as the founder of the line of the Princes of Dol Amroth, although Tolkien leaves her fate uncertain and it is not known whether or not she had children. Her name is Sindarin, from gil, 'star, bright spark’ and mith 'fog, wet mist’ also ’(pale) grey’, so possibly translating to Mist of Stars, or Grey Star.

Gilraen - A woman of the Dúnedain, the mother of Aragorn. Her name is Sindarin and Tolkien glosses it as One Adorned with a Tressure Set with Small Gems in Its Network in Vinyar Tengwar 42, similar to the headgear Arwen is described as wearing in The Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien goes on to note that Gilraen’s name was common among high-ranking Dúnedain tracing their descent to Elros, since the tressure described was a status marker among them (while commonly worn by all Elven women). It seems likely to me that her name could then be interpreted in the sense of Noble Lady.

Tolkien also offers another gloss for her name in Parma Eldalamberon 17, deriving the Sindarin element raen from Quenya raina 'smiling, gracious, sweet-faced’, so perhaps her name might be translated as Star-like Beauty from Sindarin gil 'star, bright spark’, fitting with her moniker Gilraen the Fair.

Gilwen - A woman of the House of Bëor, the sister of Bregil, Hirwen, Bregolas and Barahir, thus the aunt of Beren. Her name means Star-Maiden, from gil 'star, bright spark’ and (g)wen(d), 'maiden’.

Glóredhel - A woman of the House of Hador, the daughter of Hador and Gildis and aunt of Húrin and Huor. Her name is Sindarin, from glaur 'golden (light or colour, not metal)’ and edhel 'elf’, so Golden Elf called this due to her golden hair and height, similar to her brother Galdor the Tall.

Haleth - The Leader of the Haladin after the death of her father and brother in an orc attack in Thargelion. Initially she was a male character and the name initially was likely derived from Old English hæleth 'warrior, hero’, the name of one of Helm Hammerhand’s sons (and the son of Háma in the LotR movies) before Tolkien developed a different conception of the Haladin language and the element hal- came to signify 'head, chief’; -eth is a Sindarin feminine suffix that may have been adopted by the Haladin in their contact with Caranthir, Finrod or Doriath, or existed in their language already, perhaps derived from previous encounters with Elves before their coming into Beleriand and ultimately from Primitive Elvish -itta. Haleth’s name may then simply be Chieftainess. At an earlier point in the Legendarium, the Haladin were conceived to have used Sindarin names; Haleth’s name may then have meant Hidden Woman, analogous to Haldir of the First Age, Hidden Hero, perhaps a reference to the Haladin custom of dwelling in separate homesteads, or their talent at forest warfare.

Hareth - A woman of the Haladin who married Galdor of the House of Hador and became the lady of Dor-lómin, the sister of Hiril and mother of Húrin and Huor. Her name seems to be Haladin in origin, and can likely be translated simply as Lady, isolated from the term Tûr Haretha, 'the Ladybarrow’, the grave mound of Haleth in Brethil. In earlier drafts of the texts she was called Hiriel, likely to mean Lordly Woman, Lord’s Daughter and hence also Lady in Sindarin, from hîr, 'lord’ and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix.

Hild - A noblewoman of Rohan, the sister of Helm Hammerhand and the founder of the Second Line of Kings of Rohan. Her name is Old English; hild is a poetic term for Battle.

Hiril - A woman of the Haladin, the sister of Hareth. Like her sister’s Haladin name, her name means Lady in Sindarin.

Hirwen - A woman of the House of Bëor, the sister of Bregil and niece of Andreth. Her name is Sindarin and means Lordly Maiden from hîr ‘lord’ and (g)wen(d), 'maiden’, or simply Lady.

Hunleth - A woman of the Haladin. Her name likely is Haladin, but not translatable. It seems to contain a possibly dynastic element hun-; her father is named Hundar and her brother Hundad. If Tolkien’s statement that all human speech has Elvish origins is considered accurate, a possible source for the name may be Primitive Elvish root KHÔ-N, yielding 'heart’ (which in its Sindarin form occurs in the names of Húrin and Huor, Hundar’s grand-nephews, and being given help by Hunthor, another distant kinsman, Túrin exclaims 'great heart’ which may or may not be a hint toward his name, perhaps from the aforementioned root and TUR, pertaining to 'power, control, mastery, victory’), however this is extremely speculative.

Idis - A noblewoman of the Rohirrim. She is the daughter of Elfhild and Théoden in a discarded version of the text. Her name is Old English, likely derived from ides, a poetic term meaning Woman or Lady. Struck-out names for her are Ælflæd and a variant Flæd from ælf, 'Elf’ and flæd, 'beauty’, so Elf and Beauty or just Beauty. The element flæd is not found independently in Old English, but it is common in female names in our primary world (e.g. in Æthelflæd, the Lady of the Mercians) and its meaning can be derived from other Germanic-language cognates.

Inzilbêth - A Númenorean woman, the daughter of Lindórië of Andúnië, secretly belonging to the Faithful; she was taken to wife by their enemy Ar-Gimilzôr. Her name is Adûnaic, containing inzil 'flower’ derived from Valarin iniðil, and bêth, 'word’ or 'speaker’, also occurring in the compound izindu-bêth, 'true-sayer, prophet’ that may have been referenced in her name, given the phonetic similarity of the terms and her textually “true” belief in Eru and the Valar and friendship with the Elves rather than their rejection by King’s Men. So perhaps Flower-Speaker in the sense of Flower-Prophet. No prophetic powers are ascribed to her in the text, but her son Ar-Inziladûn (Flower of the West, perhaps named so due to his mother’s insight and care to raise him as one of the Faithful who restored the old customs that had been abolished) took the royal name Tar-Palantir (Far-Sighted) due to his foresight, so it may have been a familial trait that was simply not recorded.

Ioreth - A Gondorian woman from Imloth Melui in Lossarnach who became a healer in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. Her name is Sindarin, from iaur, 'old’ and -eth, a feminine suffix, thus simply meaning Old Woman, fitting with her role and age in the texts, being the oldest remaining healer in the Houses of Healing at the time. In fact Tolkien states in a letter that her name was specifically chosen for that reason, thus it probably can be considered a title rather than a name proper; her real name is unknown.

Írildë - A noblewoman of Númenor, the sister of Hallatan of Hyarastorni. Her nephew Hallacar would later trick Ancalimë into marriage. Her name likely is a holdover from the Book of Lost Tales II, where the Index of Names gives Írildë as an alternate Qenya name of Idril, but translates it not as Sparkling Brilliance as the later mature Quenya name Itarillë is glossed, and rather as Mortal Maiden from a Qenya root IRI, 'dwell’, and by extension ’man, earth-dweller’. The Gnomish (early Sindarin) form would then be Idhril rather than Idril; the name was given after Idril’s return to Valinor due to her marriage to Tuor. As Írildë of Númenor is descended from Elros (and thus, Idril and Tuor) herself, it would be fitting to retain the connection. Updated into mature Quenya I see no way to retain the original meaning (Qenya vocabulary became largely obsolete), but a connection to Idril may still be made, in meaning at least: The name might be interpreted to still contain the element ril(lë), perhaps with an intensifying stem-vowel prefix í- and a feminine agental suffix -ldë, so Most Sparkling Woman. Alternatively a connection could be made to írë, 'desire’, occurring in Idril’s relatives Írissë (one of Aredhel’s Quenya names) and Írimë (Lalwen).

Isilmë - A Númenorean woman, the younger daughter of Tar-Elendil and sister of Tar-Meneldur. Her name is glossed as Moonlight in Quenya, but the ending -më can also denote a feminine agental suffix, so perhaps Woman Who Shines like the Moon.

Ivorwen - A woman of the Dúnedain, the wife of Dírhael and mother of Gilraen. Her name is Sindarin from ivor, 'crystal’ and (g)wen(d), maiden, so Crystal Maiden.

Ivriniel - A noblewoman of Dol Amroth, the older sister of Finduilas. Her name is Sindarin, meaning Daughter of Ivrin, likely referencing the pools or wells of Ivrin in Beleriand during the First Age, and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix. It is likely that her and Finduilas’ names are thematically chosen, since the Finduilas of the First Age was also called Faelivrin, 'Glitter of the Sun on the Pools of Ivrin’. The name Ivrin itself translates to 'crystalline, glassy’, named so due to its clear, pure waters.

Lalaith - A girl of Dor-lómin, the daughter of Morwen and Húrin, and younger sister of Túrin. She died young of a plague that came into the land. Her name probably is a Quenya form adapted to Sindarin, glossed as Laughter (the purely Sindarin form would contain the element gladh) from Quenya lala- 'to laugh’ and ith/eth as a Sindarin feminine or nominal suffix (perhaps adapted from Quenya agental -issë as in Írissë > Írith or Íreth); it was a nickname given to her after the brook Nen Lalaith behind Morwen’s house where she used to play. Her proper name was Urwen, from Sindarin ûr, 'fire, heat’ and (g)wen(d), 'maiden’, so Fire-Maiden, but also a discarded name of the Maia Arien who steered the sun-ship, so probably more literally Sun-Maiden. Since Urwen has been extant since early versions of the texts, it may also serve as a reference to Húrin’s earlier name Úrin containing the same element.

Lindissë - A Númenorean noblewoman, the aunt of Írildë and Hallatan. Her name is Quenya, and likely derived from linda, 'fair, melodious, beautiful (of sound), soft, gentle light’ or lindë 'air, tune, singing, song’ and the female agental suffix -issë, so may simply mean Singer, or Maker of Light if the secondary meaning is the preferred one.

Lindórië - A Númenorean woman, a lady of Andúnië and mother of Inzilbêth. Her name is Quenya, probably composed of linda, 'fair, melodious, beautiful (of sound), soft, gentle light’ or lindë 'air, tune, singing, song’ and órë, 'rising, dawn, sunrise, East’ and a feminine or abstract suffix -ië. It’s possible to compose a great many meanings from this, e.g. Song of Dawn, Rising Song, Light of Dawn, perhaps even She Who Arises in Beauty if a similar construct to Melkor (He Who Arises in Might) would be considered appropriate. What Tolkien ultimately intended for her name cannot be said.

Lothíriel - A woman of Dol Amroth, the daughter of Imrahil, and later as the wife of Éomer the Queen of Rohan. Her name is Sindarin and may mean Noble Maiden Garlanded with Flowers from loth, 'flower’, and riel, 'maiden crowned with a festival garland’, including perhaps a central haplologized element hiril, 'lady’.

Meleth - A woman of the Haladin, the mother of Hunthor who was slain by a falling rock trying to help Túrin kill Glaurung, and Manthor, who acted as a defendant of Húrin during his coming to Brethil. At this point the Haladin had adopted Sindarin, so her name can be assumed to be given in that language, meaning Love. It cannot be said whether it would have had a double meaning in Haladin as there is no extensive corpus of Haladin words.

Míriel - A Númenorean woman of the Faithful, the last Queen of Númenor who should have been Ruling Queen, but had her throne usurped by Ar-Pharazôn. Her name is Quenya, meaning Jewel-Daughter and she is likely named after Míriel, the mother of Fëanor, from Quenya mírë, 'jewel’ and -iel(lë), a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix. Her Adûnaic name Ar-Zimraphel presumably means the same thing; zimra 'jewel’ is attested in two names.

Morwen - A popular name throughout the Legendarium, given to at least three women: The original Morwen Eledhwen of Dor-lómin, a woman of the House of Bëor and the mother of Túrin, Lalaith and Niënor. Morwen of Gondor was the daughter of Steward Belecthor I and founded a new line of the Stewards after her nephew Ecthelion I remained childless; her grandson succeeded him. Morwen Steelsheen of Lossarnach came from a side-branch of the line of Dol Amroth, the mother of Théoden, Théodwyn and their three unnamed sisters, the wife of Thengel or Rohan, making her Queen of Rohan when Thengel was recalled to Rohan after his father’s death. The name is Sindarin and means Dark(-Haired) Maiden, from mor, 'dark’ and (g)wen(d) 'maiden’. Eledhwen, the by-name of Morwen of the First Age is translated as Elfsheen, later properly Elf-Maiden, from eledh 'elf’ and (g)wen(d) 'maiden’, 'for her beauty was like unto the daughters of the Eldalië’ (Quenta Silmarillion Chapter 10, §129, The Lost Road).

Nessanië - a noblewoman of Númenor, the older sister of Hallacar of Hyarastorni and later the sister-in-law of Ancalimë. Her name is Quenya and may mean Gift of Nessa, from the name of Nessa the Dancer, one of the Valier, anna, 'gift’ and -ië, a feminine suffix. Her name seems to be in tradition with several other Númenorean names referencing the Valar, e.g. Vardilmë, Manwendil or Aulendil, but if translated fully may also mean Gift of Youth, the meaning of Nessa’s name in Quenya.

Niënor - A woman of Dor-lómin from the Houses of Bëor and Hador, the daughter of Morwen Eledhwen and Húrin, the sister of Túrin. Her name is translated as Mourning throughout the text, in opposition to her older sister Lalaith’s name Laughter, since she was only born after Húrin was captured in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad and Dor-lómin was invaded by the Easterlings. Her by-name Níniel, Tear-Maiden, was given to her by Túrin in ignorance of her true identity after she had lost her memory and ability to communicate due to Glaurung’s spell, and only wept when she was found, composed from nîn, 'tear’ and -iel, a patronymic 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix.

Núneth - A woman of Númenor, the mother of Erendis. Her name is Sindarin from (n)dûn, 'west’ and -eth, a feminine suffix, so Woman of the West, fittingly since she lived in the west of Númenor, and Númenor itself was the westernmost of mortal lands.

Rían - Used for two women in the Legendarium; a woman of the House of Bëor in the First Age, a gentle-hearted singer and song-maker, the cousin of Morwen and mother of Tuor, and Rían of Gondor, the daughter of Steward Barahir and founder of a new line of Stewards after her brother Dior remained childless; her son Denethor I succeeded him. The name is Sindarin, derived from an older form ríg-anna, given the meaning Crown-Gift in the Etymologies.

Silmarien - A Númenorean woman, the firstborn child of Tar-Elendil and later founding the line of the Lords of Andúnië; she was given the Ring of Barahir and a mithril fillet that would later hold the Elendilmir as heirlooms. Her name is Quenya, from sil(i)ma 'silver, shining white, crystal white’ and rien(në?), a variant of riel(lë), 'maiden crowned with a festival garland’, so Maiden Crowned with Silver/Shining White or similar, perhaps referencing the mithril fillet mentioned above.

Telperien - A Númenorean woman, the second Ruling Queen of Númenor. Her name is Telerin-influenced Quenya, and likely a female form of Telperion, the White Tree of Valinor, containing the element telpë, 'silver’, so Silver One. Considering the importance of Telperion’s descendant Nimloth, the white tree of Númenor growing in the Court of Armenelos, to the line of the Númenorean rulers, it seems a fitting name for a ruler especially noted for her pride.

Tindómiel - A noblewoman of Númenor, the daughter of Elros. Her name is Quenya, from tindómë, 'starry dusk/twilight (of the morning)’, and patronymic -iel, 'daughter (of)’ or a more generic feminine suffix, making her name Daughter of Twilight, likely a deliberate reference to Lúthien’s epithet Tinúviel meaning the same thing in Sindarin (though here referencing evening twilight), Nightingale. The reference to the morning twilight may be because she was born in the early years of Númenor. Her name may also be Morning Star if the stem of the word is understood as tindómi- with the affix -el, 'star’. This is supported by her coursin Arwen’s name Undómiel being translated as Evenstar with reference to the evening because the time of the Elves on Middle-earth is drawing to a close when she takes a prominent role. It seems unlikely here that the similarity in naming is not deliberate. Both names may then also reference their grandfather Eärendil sailing the sky bearing one of the Silmarils as the star of morning and evening and the Legendarium equivalent of the planet Venus.

Théodwyn - A noblewoman of Rohan, the youngest daughter of Morwen of Lossarnach and Thengel of Rohan and sister of Théoden and three unnamed sisters. Her name is a composite from Old English from þéod, 'a nation, a people’, also: 'a body of warriors in service to a King’ and wyn(n), 'joy’ so People and Joy.

Vanimeldë - A noblewoman of Númenor, the Third Ruling Queen who preferred to spend her time on music and dancing while her husband saw to the political aspect of ruling. Her name is Quenya derived from vanimelda, which Tolkien describes in Parma Eldalamberon 17 as the “highest word of praise for beauty”, meaning both Beautiful and Beloved also translated as Movingly Lovely in a haplology of Quenya vanima, 'beautiful’ and melda 'beloved’, and Elven-Fair of vanima and elda 'Elf’. Vanimelda also was a name of Arwen used while Aragorn reminisces about her in Lothlórien.

Vardilmë - A noblewoman of Númenor, the daughter of Vardamir Nolimón. Her name is Quenya and likely means Devoted to Varda, from Varda, and -ndilmë, a feminine form of -(n)dil, 'friend of, devoted to’.

Vidumavi - A Princess of the Northmen of Rhovanion living between the Greenwood and river Celduin; she married Valacar of Gondor when he spent time among her people. She was courageous and became renowned for her wisdom and her quick adoption of the language and customs of Gondor when travelling to her husband’s homeland. Christopher Tolkien notes in the Unfinished Tales that Widumawi is a Gothic name (the language Tolkien chose to transcribe the language of the Northmen, the ancestors of the Rohirrim; he chose a latinized spelling) composed of widu, 'wood’ and mawi, 'maiden’, so Wood-Maiden. Her Sindarin name Galadwen has the same meaning.

Yávien - A noblewoman of Númenor, the niece of Vardilmë. Her name is Quenya and either means Autumn Woman from yávië, 'autumn’ and a feminine suffix -ien (likely the feminine form of -ion, 'son of’) found in names like Arien and Telperien, perhaps also in Silmarien. Her name may also derive from yávë, 'fruit’, perhaps in extension (in keeping with the references to the Valar in her and her parents’ generation) referring to Yavanna.

Zamîn - an old country-woman of Emerië on Númenor in service on Erendis’ homestead, also called Mother Zamîn. Unfortunately her name has not been translated, and with the scant Adûnaic corpus in existence, there is no way to determine the meaning. It may end in -in, a feminine marker.