Name Éomund Gender Masculine Usage Literature Pronounced Pron. Ay-o-mund Edit Status Status Added 12/10/2011 by anonymous Edited 12/11/2011 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History Means "horse protector" in Old English. This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohirric language. In his novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) Éomund is the father of ÉOWYN and ÉOMER.