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Gollum is a monster [2] with a distinctive style of speech in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became important in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit [T 1] [T 2] of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields.
Boon Gould (1955–2019), English musician, member of the band Level 42 Glenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianist Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor and arranger
The Middle English name Hine (with the addition of the genitive-s case ending, implying that the name-bearer was the child of a father called Hine, or addition of -s on the analogy of such names). This occupational name derives from Old English hīne ('household servant, farm labourer'), but in the Middle English period could also mean 'farm ...
The findings have been published in the Oxford English Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, with project leader Richard Coates calling the study "more detailed and accurate" than those before. [18] He elaborated on the origins: "Some surnames have origins that are occupational – obvious examples are Smith and Baker.
Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians.
[T 11] Tolkien created the name from the archaic meanings of English words "fallow" and "hide", meaning "pale skin". [T 4] [T 10] The Stoors were the second most numerous group of hobbits and the last to enter Eriador. They were quite different from the other two groups: they were stockier than other hobbits, though slightly shorter, and they ...
Gul is a common name in Persian [1] (گل Gol), Pashto (ګل Gwal) and Turkish (Gül) languages, meaning rose. [2] Gul is used as a family name in Europe , Central and South Asia . It is also a Nordic given name, used in Swedish , Danish , and Norwegian languages as a short form of Guðólfr ( Godwulf ).
Ethnonymic surnames are surnames or bynames that originate from ethnonyms.They may originate from nicknames based on the descent of a person from a given ethnic group. Other reasons could be that a person came to a particular place from the area with different ethnic prevalence, from owing a property in such area, or had a considerable contact with persons or area of other ethnicity.