Names were important to the Eldar.
Like most children, she had first been named upon the day of her birth: Inzilbêt Haladin, or flower-song, by her mother. Then her father bequeathed her an Elvish name: Ellanor for a small, golden flower. She supposed he had meant to claim her, but an Elvish name had done her no favors amongst the suspicious men of Dale. Her mother called her only Inzil, and her grandfather Inzil when he was pleased with her and Ellanor when he was cross.
After her banishment from Dale, the goat-herders had changed her name again, to the more common Illyrea. As Illyrea had she been known for a century, until she arrived in Mirkwood.
“Now the Eldar call me Estariel, or Peredhel, or naugrim when they are cross,” making a face. “At this rate I shall be the most named creature in the world by the time I die!” She laughed and flung out her arms. “Inzilbêt Ellanor Illyrea Estariel, the most important half-breed in all Middle Earth!”