Guy who betrays everyone to side with Sauron: Sauron-man.

> Fangorn is my name according to some "Fangorn" means "Treebeard."

To be fair, sounds a bit weird when you speak his name in portuguese...

In Sindarin (the most common Elvish language), not Entish.

Beardy McBeardface

Seriously, like Gandalf just means magic elf. So he's just the magic elf that wears grey. Then he's the magic elf that wears white. Names are just that, things we observe, want or expect.

In my headcanon, that's not his real name. The books were written after the facts, so I imagine the writers wanted him to be remembered only as a Sauron henchman, erasing him from history.

He also nearly named Celeborn _Teleporno_, which would have been ~~awful~~ amazing.

I am Beefcake McIronribs, son of Beefcake McSteelribs

You killed my father

It keeps blowing my mind when I learn that other languages haven't obfuscated the meanings of names behind two thousand years of linguistic divergence. Your name almost certainly means something basic too, you just don't remember what it is.

Close. It means elf with a stick.

His actual name would likely take a month or longer to say.

Family who are very proud of their feet: Proudfeet

Wand-elf?

That's a possible translation but most people go with staff/stick for obvious reasons

it's the translation of Fangorn, which is the name the elves gave him.

even in english, it's a somewhat mixed bag. names like Grace, Hope, Faith are still accessible to modern people.

Yep. Some common names: Steve ← Steven ← Stephanus ← στέφανος = crown (or wealth) Linda ← -linde = tender, soft James ← Iacomus ← Iacobus ← Ἰάκωβος ← Ἰακώβ ← יַעֲקֹב = heel, footprint / follow, watch, observe Karen ← Catherine ← Αἰκατερίνη ← Ἑκάτη = one who works from far away (referring to a goddess)

And "Tiffany" may sound like a very 20th-century American name, but it actually dates back to the early 13th century and is based on a Greek word that's even older. The "Tiffany Problem" is a really interesting phenomenon in the anthropological/perceptual space based on that. Tiffany ← Tifinie ← Θεοφάνεια = "God's arrival/appearance" It's also more closely related to the name "Natalie" than you might think, at least etymologically. Natalie ←Natalia ←natale domini = "birth of the Lord" (Latin)