[quote=@Whiskey Business]
[@AngelofOctober] That all seems to fall in line with the general idea I had in mind about them. In terms of the complexities behind superior-sounding vs rudimentary, can you give specific examples?
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Yes. 

A rudimentary name, may describe either the place they were born, what time of day they were born, may even describe the color of their hair, or may describe an animal that is their spirit. Or even, like they do in Japan, represent what order the child came from like "first son" "first daughter" 

You know weird elf stuff. It should be noted, that any U are pronounced "oo" , Dh is like a "th" sound in these or this. And CH is pronounced with a K.

An example of a rudimentary common name may be;

Tuilinn [too-ee-linn] which means Swallow

Tad [tahd] means Second [implied second son/daughter]

Where as more complicated, Noble Elf names may follow this pattern. This is traditional in both Tolkein's work and another work in another fantasy novel

The first name an Elf receives in his/her life is the “Father or Mother's-Name.” 

The name itself is usually made from one of the parent’s names. If the child is a boy, it will be fashioned after one of his father’s names; if it’s a girl, it will be fashioned after one of her mother’s names. It is not unheard of for girls also to have names fashioned after their fathers’ or boys to have names fashioned after their mothers’, or to have a name fashioned after a grandparent’s name. This name is sometimes based off of who is more well known in the family.

The name can be modified later to better fit the personality of its bearer, though it will still be modeled after the parent’s name.

The next name an Elf has could either be his/her “Mother-Name” or the “Chosen-Name.”

 There are three types of Mother-Name;

This sort of name may come from a vision the mother receives in the hour of birth. This sort of vision isn’t all that common, so these names are rare and important gifts.

The second type is the “Amilesse Apacenye,” or “name of foresight.” She names her child from a "vision of the future".

The last type comes from getting to know the child as his/her personality develops, which means it could come after the Chosen-Name.

The last type of name, called the “After-Name,” or “Epesse" Most of the time, it is little more than a nickname.

In practice it would look something like this;

The name Aegnor (pronounced [ˈaeɡnɔr]), is a Sindarized form of his Quenya mother-name Aicanáro or Aicanar ([aikaˈnaːrɔ]), meaning "Fell-fire", apparently given with regards to his character. His father-name was Ambaráto (in Telerin Quenya), meaning "High Noble".

Aegnor Ambarator "high noble of fell fire, or son of the high noble and fell fire] and you could argue Egnor [the way his name was spelled in the books] could have been a nickname.