Baby Names from The Rings of Power and The Lord of the Rings

With the terrifically exciting release of the newest installment in the film industry’s adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s legendarium, The Rings of Power is on everyone’s mind. In addition to highlighting material from The Silmarillion and some of the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings to create a prequel to the main series’ events, the creators here have given an important contemporary vision to it. The showrunners and casting directors have embraced the opportunity to fill the cast with diverse and hugely skilled actors. If your love of the original series has only grown stronger with the chance for this new and improved take on the source material, then a baby name inspired by your new favorite characters from The Rings of Power just makes sense.

The rolling hills of the Shire, the ethereal planes of Rivendell, and the glittering stones of Minas Tirath have inspired escapism and creativity in equal measure since 1954. But even though Tolkien’s work was published then, it certainly had a revival with Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 2001. The brilliant, long—but somehow not long enough—films changed the face of cinema. Though it’s been twenty years since The Fellowship of the Ring was released, the love of the franchise never died. If you’re going to be teaching baby “Gondor calls for aid!” and “And Rohan will answer!” instead of “Marco-Polo,” then one of The Lord of the Rings baby names will do the trick.