There are probably more boys than we realise going by Link, with Lincoln on their birth certificates. Link - The first children who played The Legend of Zelda are having children of their own now, and some of them have taken inspiration from the game’s elfin hero. It’s easy to see the appeal: so close to Gareth and Jared, but with a fantasy twist. Jareth - David Bowie’s glam Goblin King has appeared on the name charts ever since Labyrinth was released in 1986. If you like Xanthe but wonder if there’s more in the same vein, this could be for you. Iolanthe - The title fairy of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedy opera, who draws the fairies into a tangle with the British government. There’s also Holly Short, the badass elf in the Artemis Fowl books and soon-to-be-released movie. Parents of young children may know it best from Ben and Holly ’s Magical Kingdom.
Holly - Holly has double fairy credentials, but the fairies couldn’t be more different. (The other two, Fauna and Merryweather, are rather more niche.) Vintage Nora and Cora are firmly back in style, and Flora is a lighter-sounding variation with just as much history behind it. The name means “star” in the dialect of the time, and would be a romantic (and unique) elaboration of Estelle.įlora - Our favorite fairy godmother name from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. Could it ever be the next Liam?Įsterelle - In a medieval legend from the south of France, Esterelle was a fairy who granted fertility and guarded pregnant women. The spelling Kian is better known in the US, but Cian (or Cían) is more enduring in its homeland: it’s been in Ireland’s Top 50 since 1990. It’s surprising that this flowery word name isn’t more popular, especially as there’s a growing interest in similar Blossom.Ĭian - A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann - the supernatural folk of ancient Ireland - and the father of the god Lugh.
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Tauriel is another elf name, created for the Hobbit movies, that has seen a little use.īloom - Now for something completely different: Bloom is the heroine of the TV series Winx Club, who gets whisked off to fairy college.
Plus, it’s a bona fide Welsh name which even has a (traditionally) male form, Arwyn. For one thing, it’s short, simple and sounds like names that are popular right now, like Aria. The mermaid association and alternative Hebrew roots don’t hurt it, either.Īrwen - The most usable elf name in The Lord of the Rings. Ariel - Shakespeare’s ethereal spirit in The Tempest makes a gentle gender-neutral name.
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