Last names in Middle-earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 12-09-2009, 04:41 PM

Don't forget Breelander humans, they had last names too. (And when I'm personally meddling with M-E in my RPGs, I made Haradians have last names too, just for interest...

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I would like to point out, however, that (if I'm correct) last names as we know them is a fairly recent thing in the western world. Nobility had their family names (but there's in M-E the house of this and that to represent the same thing) but normal people, especially peasants, had no last names. If they needed more names than their own, they could use their father's name (like we could say for example Frodo son of Drogo) or their place of origin (Frodo from Hobbiton) or nicknames like Legate mentioned above.

12-09-2009, 04:41 PM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Don't forget Breelander humans, they had last names too. (And when I'm personally meddling with M-E in my RPGs, I made Haradians have last names too, just for interest... ) I would like to point out, however, that (if I'm correct) last names as we know them is a fairly recent thing in the western world. Nobility had their family names (but there's in M-E the house of this and that to represent the same thing) but normal people, especially peasants, had no last names. If they needed more names than their own, they could use their father's name (like we could say for example Frodo son of Drogo) or their place of origin (Frodo from Hobbiton) or nicknames like Legate mentioned above. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris