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Originally Posted by Yeade
Most of the new names belong to the Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador. And unfortunately - in the House of Bëor particularly - I have no way of determining the gender of all these people. I mean, it just doesn't seem likely that everyone has as many sons as Fëanor, give or take a couple! In those sections - also notable is the lineage of Hallacar, husband of Númenórean Queen Tar-Ancalimë - I, er, arbitrarily marked people as women. Any hints here would be very helpful.
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In general, unless mentioned as women, wives, or daughters, it's generally a safe assumption to assume that a name belongs to a man. This doesn't mean that Arda was overbalanced by one gender, just that the names and lineage of most women were never recorded or remembered in the records in the same way as those of men.