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- Galbasi
Original Westron form of Gamwich.
- Galpsi
The Westron form of Gamgee, developed from Galbasi.
- Gamgee
A Family of Ropers. The family name changed from Gamwich to Gammidge to Gamgee. The family name was changed again by Samwise Gamgee into Gardner.
Tolkien took the name "Gamgee" from a colloquial word in Birmingham for cotton wool. This was in turn derived from Gamgee Tissue, a surgical dressing invented by a 19th century Birmingham surgeon named Sampson Gamgee. Tolkien originally used it as a nickname for a man living in Lamorna Cove, England before adapting it into his stories:
"There was a curious local character, an old man who used to go about swapping gossip and weather-wisdom and such like. To amuse my children I named him Gaffer Gamgee... The choice of Gamgee was primarily directed by alliteration; but I did not invent it. It was caught out of childhood memory, as a comic word or name. It was in fact the name when I was small (in Birmingham) for 'cotton-wool'. (Hence the association of the Gamgees with the Cottons.) I knew nothing of its origin."
Ancestors of the Gamgee family.
- Gamwich
Ropers and ancestors of the Gammidge family.
- Gardner
The name taken by Sam Gamgee later in his life and passed down to his descendants. It referred to his original occupation as a gardener. It apparently later changed to Gardner of the Hill.
- Gawkroger
A name only appearing in drafts as a predecessor to 'Goodbody'. Also spelled Gaukroger. The name means 'clumsy roger'.
- Goldworthy
The maiden name of Hanna Brandybuck.
- Goodbody
Hobbits of the Shire.
- Goodchild
The maiden name of Bell Gamgee.
- Goodenough
A name appearing only on the unpublished Boffin family tree.
- Goold
The maiden name of Menegilda Brandybuck.
- Greenhand
Family of gardeners living in Hobbiton. Closely related to the Gamgees.
- Grubb
Hobbits of the Shire. The name is related to the verb 'grub', meaning to dig or root around.
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