Where did Jordan get her name from?

[neela]

Has the almighty Creator mentioned how he found Nynaeve's name? Because, well, I was looking through a site with lots of names and their meanings, and I stumbled across this revelation:

Nineve and Nyneve (among others) are the Arthurian Legends' name of the Lady of the Lake.

I also found that Morguase was the mother of the knight Gawain (sounds like Gawyn).

Coincidences?

P.S. Didn't know where to put this, so I just put it here. Let me know if it should be moved...

[Isabel]

Yeah, he got the name from the arthur legend! You got it right...

[neela]

Hmm... He must've figured out she was going to be Queen of Malkier early then... because that's as close as Lady of the Lake you can get in the Westlands (The Thousand Lakes). Funny!

[Shikoba]

That's cool because the Lady of the Lake is my favorite female Arthurian character...

There are several Elaines in Arthur lore, and they tend to die.

[HammerOfGod]

Egwene {Gwenevere}

Gowen

Galad

Nynaeve

Garath

Elayne

Morgase

All of these names are from the Arthurian Legend

[HammerOfGod]

Thor is from the legends of the Norsemen also...