Comments for the name Beowulf

Comments for BEOWULF:

The 13th Warrior is a movie based on Beowulf. I think it's awful, but if you like blood and gore, watch it.

-- Anonymous User  8/8/2005

J.R.R Tolkien used the "Beowulf" poem for many of his ideas for the Lord of the Rings, especially for the people of Rohan.

-- celebrindal  4/1/2006

J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that the name originally meant a "bee hunter", which in turn could mean a "bear", but also a "woodpecker", or anything else that feeds on bees.

My original impression of this name was that it refers to a "white wolf", because of the similarity to the Polish word "bialy" which means "white". It's probably a coincidence though.

-- angolmois  11/26/2006

Beowulf is the oldest poem in the english language, or just about anyway. I had to read it once, and analyse it. Hated it. It'd be kind of funny to have a boy named Beowulf.

-- alyce  7/14/2008

Beowulf Shaeffer is the protagonist of Larry Niven's classic science fiction story "Neutron Star."

-- marauder34  3/17/2009

This sounds ugly, medieval, and very elitist, even more so than Gilgamesh or Hercules. Plus, it makes me think of that recent hideous movie adaptation of the poem.

-- bananarama  7/15/2009

Love it... for a dog..
:) It's cute, but it is creative ;)

-- abbeynotch  11/24/2010

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