[crossposting between the brin-l and the tolklang lists]

Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>Shall I say that "Frodo" isn't necessarily a constructive suggestion for
>naming a kid in the US?  :)  (I already have an if Sammy comes home
>saying there's a kid named Frodo in his class who's getting teased.)
>
Frodo is in fact a Frisian name, Frode. Tolkien "translated" the original
Hobbit/Westron name Maura, that might come from _zar(a)_ (old).

Alberto Monteiro


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