Hobbit naming.

[Halstein]

Hi.
I have an impression that a good portion of Hobbit first names are Frankish. Is this true, or is it me? Drogo, Pippin and Odo are Frankish names.

Halstein.

 

[Haerangil]

that's true...namesre are a lot of frankish and burgundian names.

personally i always thought those might represent the language of the woodmen of rhovanion...

 

[NotACat]

JRRT says (in Appendix F) that the resemblance of these Hobbit-names to those found in our "real" world is an accidental artefact of translation. While many Hobbit-maids had names of flowers or jewels, most Hobbit-lads (and some -maids) had names with no current meaning in their language, so JRRT borrowed a bunch of names from all over. He does mention that he refrained from tweaking them to fit the appropriate gender-suffix (-a for lads and -o/-e for maids) because that would look odd to us Brits 😀

 

[Haerangil]

still a lot of hobbits wear morthron names... and they come from rhovanion. others,especially the brandybucks have arthurian and welsh names... and their ancestors lived in dunland. jrrt mentioned that his pre-gondorian mames to have a celtic feel...

accident oo coincidence or not?