Aranel : 'Noble Elf',a title of Dior Eluch�l.
Aranwion : The surname of Voronw� in Gondolin.Aranwion is a patronymic,meaning simply 'son of Aranw�' (his father's name Aranw� means 'noble one').
Artanis : It was the custom of the Elves that a child's father should give a name to his newborn son or daughter, and so when Finarfin's youngest child was born,his only daughter,he chose the name Artanis,meaning 'noble woman'.As an adult,Artanis took a different name,a name in the Sindarin tongue meaning 'radiant garland' - Galadriel.
Blessed : A title given to E�rendil the Mariner,who by his great voyage at the end of the First Age delivered Elves and Men from the tyranny of Morgoth.
Celebrindar : The surname,meaning 'silver-foot',of Turgon's daughter Idril,who became the mother of E�rendil the Mariner.She gained the name,apparently,because she walked barefoot wherever she went.
Curufinw� : 'Skilful (son of) Finw�',a name of the Noldorin Elf who is more commonly known as F�anor.
C�thalion : The surname and title of Beleg was derived from Sindarin c� thalion,'Strongbow' and indeed often appears in its English form as well as the original Elvish.
Dark Elf : When Melian set her Girdle around the land of Doriath,Thingol's kinsman E�l left that land and dwelt instead in the forest of Nan Elmoth.Living under the dark shadows of that ancient forest and preferring the night to the day,he came to be widely known as the Dark Elf.E�l's epithet was no doubt influenced by the fact that the Sindarin Elves to whom he belonged were of the Moriquendi,the Dark Elves who had never seen the light of the Two Trees of Valinor.
Eluch�l : 'Heir of Thingol' (or,literally,'he that follows Elu');Dior,the son of Beren and L�thien and grandson of Elu Thingol of Doriath,who ruled there for a short time after the slaying of his grandfather.
Elw� Singollo : The ancient name of King Thingol;when he settled in Doriath with Melian,he took the Sindarin form of his name,Elu Thingol.
Ereinion : Gil-Galad's surname,meaning descendant of kings.
Evenstar : Title of Arwen,Queen to Aragorn II Elessar,referring not only to her radiant beauty but also to her descent: the evening star was the light of the last Silmaril,bound to the brow of her grandfather E�rendil.
Fair : The title and surname of Celegorm,the third son of F�anor.This title was also used of Sam Gamgee�s daughter,Elanor.
Felagund : 'Hewer of Caves',a surname given to Finrod by the Dwarves in their own tongue at the time of the delving of Nargothrond.
Friend-of-Men : A title given to Finrod Felagund of Nargothrond,who was the first of the Elves to discover that Men had entered Beleriand from the East and who aided them as they came to the new lands.
Galadhriel : A name occasionally and incorrectly,used of Galadriel after she became Lady of L�rien and meaning 'tree-garland'.
Greenleaf : A surname given to Legolas of Mirkwood and the literal meaning of his name.
Greycloak : A title of Elu Thingol of Doriath and the literal meaning of the name Thingol.
Half-Elven : A title of Elrond and Elros,the English translation of the Elvish peredhil.Their father E�rendil and mother Elwing had Men and Elves in their ancestry.
Heavy-handed : One of the many Elvish names for the race of Men.
Hewer of Caves : A title of Finrod of Nargothrond,more commonly seen in its Dwarvish translation,Felagund.
Hidden King : Title given to King Elu Thingol,whose realm of Doriath lay hidden behind the Girdle of Melian.
High King of the Elves : The title of Ingw� of the Vanyar,who dwelt on Taniquentil beneath Manw�'s halls and was considered the most noble of the Elves.
High King of the Noldor : The title of six Elf-lords of the Noldor.They held titular rulership over all the Noldor of Middle-earth,though in practice circumstances prevented the effective use of this power until the time of the Last Alliance.The Sons of F�anor,in particular,while they acknowledged the Kingship,paid its bearer little heed; they preferred to follow their own policies under the general leadership of Maedhros.
Keepers of the Three Rings : Those who held the Three Rings of the Elves after their making,through more than 4,000 years of the Second and Third Ages.At the end of the Third Age,when the Rings finally lost their power and were taken into the West,the Keepers were Elrond,Galadriel and Gandalf.
King of Doriath : The title of two Elf-lords of the Sindar,who ruled the kingdom of Doriath for many centuries from its foundation long before the beginning of the First Age to its destruction at the hands of the Sons of F�anor.
King of Gondolin : The title of Turgon son of Fingolfin,who founded Gondolin in the early First Age and ruled it until its Fall.
King of L�rien : An ancient title for the rulers of the land of L�rien,of which Amroth was the last.
King of the Noldor : An equivalent title to 'High King of the Noldor' but somewhat less common.It was originally borne by Finw� and passed down through his descendants to Gil-galad.
Lady of L�rien : A title given to Galadriel after she took up the rule of L�rien with her spouse Celeborn.
Lady of the Galadhrim : After the loss of Amroth,the rulership of L�rien was taken up by Celeborn and Galadriel;the Silvan people of that land were known as Galadhrim,the tree people,hence this title of Galadriel.
Lady of the Golden Wood : A title of Galadriel,Lady of the land of L�rien,whose woods were filled with golden Mallorn trees.
Lord and Lady : A dual title for Celeborn and Galadriel,Lord and Lady of L�rien during the later Third Age.
Lord of Eregion : Celebrimbor was the son of Curufin,who was in turn the son of F�anor himself.He became the greatest of the M�rdain,the Jewel-smiths of Eregion and was acknowledged as their leader and lord.It is not certain whether Celebrimbor was the Lord of Eregion throughout its history.The references to him in The Lord of the Rings seem to suggest this but other materials in Unfinished Tales hint that Eregion might in fact have been founded by Galadriel and Celeborn,with Celebrimbor only becoming its lord later in its history.This seems to be a point on which Tolkien changed his mind:the title 'Lord of Eregion' only appeared with the revised edition of The Lord of the Rings.
Lord of L�rien : A title given to Celeborn after he took the lordship of the woodland realm of L�rien in the Third Age with his spouse,Galadriel.
Lord of Nargothrond : A title of Finrod,who founded and ruled the citadel and realm of Nargothrond in West Beleriand.
Lord of Rivendell : A title of Elrond,who founded Rivendell as a refuge for the enemies of Sauron in the Second Age and remained its Lord until the end of the Third Age.
Mariner : Title given to E�rendil,greatest of voyagers on the sea,in honour of his feat of reaching the Undying Lands and summoning the aid of the Valar at the end of the First Age.
Peredhil : A name given to Elrond,Lord of Rivendell and his brother Elros.It means 'Half-elven',in reference to their shared ancestry among Elves and Men.
Serind� : The surname of M�riel the mother of F�anor.Serind� means 'needlewoman'.
Shipwright : The title of C�rdan and the literal translation of his name.
Singollo : An ancient surname,meaning 'Greycloak' of Elw�,brother of Olw� and lord of the Sindar.It is better known in its later Sindarin form,Thingol.
Sons of F�anor : The seven Noldorin Elves who took the Oath of F�anor with their father and pursued it after his death in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath.Maedhros,Maglor,Celegorm,Caranthir,Curufin,Amrod and Amras.
Strongbow : The title and surname of Beleg,the captain of Doriath,who became a companion of T�rin Turambar and whose fate it was to be slain in error by his friend.
Tall : A title used of Maedhros the son of F�anor,Galdor of Dor-l�min and Elendil of N�menor.
Thingol's Heir : Eluch�l,a title given to Dior son of Beren,who succeeded his grandfather Elu Thingol for a time as lord of Doriath.
Three Keepers : The Keepers of the Three Rings of the Elves,a term used particularly to refer to the those who held the Rings at the end of the Third Age and departed over the Sea with them.The Three Keepers were Elrond (who kept Vilya,the Ring of Air),Galadriel (the keeper of Nenya,the Ring of Water) and Gandalf (who kept Narya,the Ring of Fire).
Tin�viel : 'Nightingale',the name given to L�thien of Doriath by Beren when he first saw her dancing in the forest.
Und�miel : Title and surname of Arwen,Queen to Aragorn II Elessar.It usually given in its translated form, Evenstar.
Valiant : A title of Fingon,son of Fingolfin and High King of the Noldor.
