



Not really. It’s a bit silly.

If you could choose to have any name, what would it be?

I would probably pick “Ned” because of a specific scene in Lord of the Rings.
Which scene? Smith of Wootton Major has a Ned Smithson, but that’s not Lord of the Rings. However “Neder” is “nine” in Sindarin, which is thematically relevant on a lot of levels.

The scene is described in Appendix C of LOTR and the story of “Frank” is recounted in Appendix D. The main text gives a lot of the flavor but I can give a little more detail if you want.
“Frank” is a child adopted by one of the main characters (Frodo) after the Ring is destroyed. (The story is from the POV of Frodo’s uncle, Sam Gamgee). Frank is the one to recognize the Ring at the bottom of the Crack of Doom while the rest of the fellowship are oblivious; his name is “Frank” and his appearance is similar to that of his “father” the dead hobbit “Ned of Hobbiton” (and his appearance is also that of an uncle of “Frank”) – hence the name “Ned of Hobbiton.”
“Frank”’s life is a lot like Sam’s; after the “Ned of Hobbiton” is buried, he is taken in by Frodo, his parents (Frodo’s father, Merry and Pippin’s father), and Galadriel. There are a lot of parallels between their lives. (Frodo’s “father” is really Sam’s father, in a way that, although he is the son of “Ned of Hobbiton,” is even less clear to the reader, especially given that all the references are in Sindarin with no translation.)
It is important that “Frank”’s life is much like the rest of the hobbits’ lives even after the death of his “father,” Ned of Hobbiton. The implication is that in the afterlife Frank is able to meet his father’s brother, “Ned of Rivendell,” who is Frodo’s uncle (hence his “uncle” of Hobbiton) and who, from the POV of LOTR, is dead, but who in Appendices D and F of LOTR is alive and well.
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