Entry № 942 · Sindarin origin

Arwen Arwen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AR-wen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sindarin
Meaning
"Noble maiden (Tolkien's Elven princess of Rivendell)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Sindarin)

A name that means "noble maiden (tolkien's elven princess of rivendell)".

Arwen is a name invented by J.R.R. The name's US use began modestly after the films and has grown steadily.

Noble maiden (Tolkien's Elven princess of Rivendell) — a Sindarin name.

The name in its native script.

Arwen
Transliteration
Arwen
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːr.wɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Arwen stands.

Arwen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Arwens before her.

Real people
Arwen
Tolkien invented name.
In fiction
Arwen Undómiel
The Lord of the Rings.
1954

Names connected to Arwen.

The number behind Arwen.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Arwen reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.