Fíriel

she that sighed

Fíriel fem. name "She that sighed" or "She that died", later name of Míriel (MR:250)

fíriel

feminine name. She that Died; She that Sighed; Mortal Woman

A name given to Míriel after she became the first Elf to die of non-violent means (MR/250). This name is a compound of the verb fir- “expire” and the feminine suffix -iel. In the preface to the Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Tolkien translated her name as “mortal woman”. The same name Fíriel was given to the daughter of king Ondoher and wife of Arvedui (LotR/1049).

Fíriel

Fíriel

Fíriel is Quenya for "mortal woman".

Fíriel Fairbairn

Fíriel Fairbairn

Fíriel was likely named after the character from the song The Last Ship, Fíriel, who was in turn named after the Gondorian princess. The name means "mortal woman" in Quenya.

Fíriel

noun. a mortal maid

fair (“mortal”) + iell (“daughter, child” [Etym. SEL-D] traditional ending for women’s names)

Fíriel

noun. mortal maid

firiel

feminine name. Mortal Maid

A “later” name of Lúthien in The Etymologies from the 1930s meaning “Mortal Maid”, marked N[oldorin] and a compound of feir “mortal” with the feminine suffix -iel (Ety/PHIR). In Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road” from the 1930s, the name Fíriel was given to a Númenórean maiden (LR/62). Later Q. Fíriel was given as a Quenya name.