Comments for FRODO:

Tolkien changed the original name 'Froda' to 'Frodo' so it would seem masculine to modern English speakers.

-- Yahalome  4/16/2005

J.R.R. Tolkien was considering naming this character "Bingo", but decided that it ("Bingo") was too annoying. (I agree!)

-- Anonymous User  12/6/2005

It's strange, in "The Lord of the Rings" Tolkien at one point mentions that hobbit-maids are usually named after flowers and names ending in "o" are considered to be feminine. Yet, the main characer, Frodo the hobbit is male and his name ends in "o".

-- Arowen Half-Elven  12/19/2005

I think it's a good name for your pet dog or maybe even a hamster. But only one that's black or gray and fluffy.

And, to Arowen Half-Elven, Frodo's real name wasn't Frodo. In fact, it was Maura.

-- Pippin  3/15/2008

In the French translation, Frodo Baggins is called "Frodon Sacquet" ("sac" meaning bag), because the English names ending with an -o often end with -on in French.

-- Marie-Amelie  5/24/2008

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