Names for Silvan elves

Hello! I hope I won't waste your time asking for help in what I suspect will be very clumsy attempts to come up with names for several of Thranduil's wood elves. I want to write a fanfiction about the misadventure of the elven guards with Gollum in 3018 TE, known to all of us. Although I want to approach this with all the respect for the worldbuilding, I lack linguistic skills... If anyone would like to look at these names and assess their correctness, I would be very grateful! I suggested Sindarin, but not only that, because I took the plunge and tried to match these names to the specific dialect of the wood elves.

Thindalmâno or Fimalmâno (thin(d) or fim + almâno (silvan word, I hope so) Conglim (cong „bow” in Silvan language? + lim) Nimplung (nimp + lung) Khillum (khil + lum) Enelion (Enel + ion)

Hello, Marheri! Welcome! I am not as versed as some of the other members. However, I believe Silvan Elves spoke Nandorin, and as Sindar Elves traveled to Silvan realms in the Second Age, the language gradually fell out of use in favor of Sindarin. By the end of the Third Age, only a few names, such as Caras Galadhon or Amroth, retained influences from Silvan Elvish. I could help with Sindarin names if you're interested, but I don't believe there is enough information to accurately create proper Nandorin names. That said, I'm not an expert on this topic and could be mistaken. Some of those words, like Almâno, Cong, and Enel, don't appear at all.

Nimlung “pale, pallid, white; small and frail +“heavy; [G.] grave, serious”?

ᴹ√KHIL root. “follow (behind)” + ᴺS. [G.] ^lum n. “shade, *a thing blocking light?

What names were you going for?

Hello, Rínor!

Thank you very much for your reply. I must admit that it really encouraged me to make the necessary corrections to these names. As for those Nandorin words, well, I found them listed individually as "Silvan words" on the TolkienGateway website, but I fully agree with you. If I don't have enough knowledge, I should approach the matter simply but properly. If you would like to help me with names for the Silvan guards, that would be wonderful, thank you! I will now give examples. In the case of Thindalmâno I tried to combine the words gray + elm (tree). I used this website to translate the second word and came up with the name ”Thindalaf”. Is it appropriate?

In the case of Nimlung (with the "p" removed as I understand it), if it's a good match, I will be happy to keep it. Yes, I wanted to combine two adjectives pale (but not necessarily small) and serious. This may not make much sense, but I'll be honest... I've come to like this name!

Khillum I meant more or less what you wrote, but I notice some inappropriateness of this name (especially the ending -lum seems not very elvish to me). The words ”Khi” (follow behind) I would like to combine it with something that would suit a good hunter... Feryn seems quite difficult to put together.

I could probably replace Conglim with Cûlim quite easily?

I have one last name left, but due to the inappropriateness of the word "enel", I'm not sure whether to come up with something completely different. Maybe glad + ion? Wood + son?

Once again, thank you very much for your answer and for any help. It's definitely worth asking in situations like this!

In the case of Thindalmâno I tried to combine the words gray + elm (tree). I used this website to translate the second word and came up with the name ”Thindalaf”. Is it appropriate? No, It Sindarin it would be Thinnalaf.

In the case of Nimlung (with the "p" removed as I understand it), if it's a good match, I will be happy to keep it. Yes, I wanted to combine two adjectives pale (but not necessarily small) and serious. This may not make much sense, but I'll be honest... I've come to like this name! Yes, this is correct. :)

Khillum I meant more or less what you wrote, but I notice some inappropriateness of this name (especially the ending -lum seems not very elvish to me). The words ”Khi” (follow behind) I would like to combine it with something that would suit a good hunter... Feryn seems quite difficult to put together. Well ᴹ√KHIL is a root word. So, we would use the word Echil “follower” in Sindarin which is derived from √KHIL. Not sure what feryn is. Eryn is “wood, forest (of trees)”.

How does Erynechil “Wood Follower” sound? -ch- is pronounced always like ch in Scottish loch. Never like ch in English chair. Alternativly you can use the attested name Tauron “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester”

I could probably replace Conglim with Cûlim quite easily? It would be Cúlim lim means “quick, swift”. This would be “Quick/Swift Bow”

I have one last name left, but due to the inappropriateness of the word "enel", I'm not sure whether to come up with something completely different. Maybe glad + ion? Wood + son? Yes, this works. :)