Help me name a book

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

well, the Finns used to be Swedes. Until they broke their empire in half and gave part to the Russians. Half of that territory that is considered Finnish is STILL part of Russia. That's the origin of the great Finnish patriotic quote:
"We are no longer Swedes. We can never be Russians. Let us then be Finns!"

[EUOL]

Hum.  Too bad about Vallinor.  It didn't get anything on a google, but that's because Tolkien did it with one 'l.'

I still like the 'Vall' sound, however.  I need to do something with that.  It reminds me of Valkyrie and Valhalla, both good 'Norse sounding' names (that's actually where I came up with it.)

I'll play with it some more.  

(One early thought:  Vallinah.)

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Vallosch or Vallocsh. See, letters do matter.

[EUOL]

So, what do you guys think of these options?

Valladar/Vallador

Vallanos/Vallatos

[fuzzyoctopus]

If it's being narrowed down to that, then the question I ask myself is "Which title would make me more likely to pick up the book from a shelf?"

I'm having a hard time choosing between Valladar and Vallador.

Isn't the title of this book "The Spirit of Elantris" or has it officially been shortened to Elantris?  Will the second book be similar - "The Redemption of Vallador" ?

[EUOL]

It has been shortened simply to ELANTRIS.

And, getting back to your other questions, the original (in-text) name of the city was 'Widor.'  Back then, however, I wasn't thinking of a sequel.  

And yes, I do want the name to sound more masculine.  And just a bit ominous, if possible.

We don't have to narrow it down to those four above, if you've got better ideas (or if you like something from the original list more.)  However, I'm really leaning toward a 'Valla' name.  

[Entsuropi]

Vallatos is nice.

[42]

Vallatos sounds nice.

In Portuguese, Vallador means "Hedger."

[GorgonlaVacaTremendo]

Valladro?  Valladra?  Valliray?

I kinda like those.  I like Vallador too, though.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Hedger as in someone who trims hedges, or as in someone who hedges his bets?

[42]

both.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

the hedger of many small villages.

[fuzzyoctopus]

You mean it has both meanings in portuguese too?  Like mill is molino and arremolinar is "to mill about" in spanish?

That rocks.

[stacer]

I like the sound of Vallidor.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

vallanos/vallatos sound too latinate

one thought: Vallahal. twisting the Valhalla thing around. If it's supposed to be ominous, Valheim.