Choosing Names from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings for Your Cat or Dog
Thoren Oakenshield and an Australian Shepherd
As major Lord of the Rings Fans, our whole family is very excited about The Hobbit. When we recently brought a new cat into our family, we decided she needed a name from LOTR or The Hobbit. Since she is round and small with short legs, naming her after a hobbit seemed far more appropriate than choosing an elf name like Galadriel or a human name like Eowyn. But before we decided on her name (Poppy) we looked at many, many choices. Some would only work for the most elegant of cats or the most kingly of dogs, but there is a wide variety. I’m very tempted to get an Australian Shepherd just so I can name him Thoren Oakenshield. Here’s a list of names for anyone else trying to choose:
Female Hobbits
Angelica (Baggins)
Amaranth (Brandybuck)
Elanor (Gamgee)
Estella (Brandybuck)
Esmerelda (Took Brandybuck)
Gilly (Baggins)
Pansy (Baggins)
Poppy (Baggins)
Rosie (Cotton)
Bilbo Baggins and a Norfolk Terrier
Male Hobbits
Bilbo (Baggins)
Filibert (Bolgar)
Folco (Boffin)
Fosco (Baggins)
Frodo (Baggins)
Mungo (Baggins)
Madoc (Brandybuck)
Meriadoc (Brandybuck)
Peregrin (Took)
Pippin (Took-nickname of Peregrin)
Samwise (Gamgee)
Female Elves
Amarie
Anarie
Celebrian
Elenwe
Findis
Galadriel
Idril
Irime
Luthien
Miriel
Nellas
Elrond and a Siamese
Male Elves or Half Elves
Celeborn
Cirdan
Elrond
Elenwe
Figwit (fan-created name for elf in the movies)
Fingon
Finwe
Galdor
Gwindor
Haldir
Legolas
Lindir
Bombur and big orange cat
Male Dwarves
Balin
Bifur
Bofur
Bombur
Dain
Dori
Durin
Dwalin
Nain
Nori
Ori
(I haven’t found any choices for female dwarves.)
Faramir and an Irish Setter
Human Men
Aldor (Rohirrim)
Arador (Dunedain)
Aragorn (Dunedain)
Bard (of Dale)
Boromir (Gondor)
Faramir (Gondor)
Brego (Rohirrim)
Elendil (Second Age)
Eomer (Rohirrim)
Eradan (Dunedain)
Fengel (Rohirrim)
Gamling (Rohirrim)
Grima (Rohirrim)
Hama (Rohirrim)
Madril (only in LOTR movies)
Theoden (Rohirrim)
Thengel (Rohirrim)
Turin (First Age)
Human Women
Eowyn (Rohirrim)
Frea (Rohirrim)
Gilraen (Aragorn’s mother)
Other
Arda (Earth in LOTR)
Elanor (small star-shaped yellow flower)
Goldberry (female river spirit)
Lissuin (fragrant flower)
Nenya (Elf ring)
Tom Bombadil (Tolkien referred to him as a nature spirit)
And here’s the kitten who started this all:
Poppy
More Hobbitness: How to Make a Bilbo’s Bag End Cake: http://deegarretson.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-cake-bilbos-bag-end/
