Was Pippin named after Gandalf?

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Those Tooks. See, that's why no self-respecting hobbit will have anything to do with them. Naming their children after adventurers of the Big Folk fairy tales. Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes, that's more like. At least they had the decency to shorten the lad's name to an apple.

I did take a look to see if the various Took Thains might have used Mannish versions of the names of the kings of Arthedain, but nothing matched up. Shame, because that would have been hilarious.

hS