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The name '''Bolger''' is a reference to the "bulged" size of the average Hobbit belly, referring to their fatness and tubbiness and presumably begun as a nickname. | The name '''Bolger''' is a reference to the "bulged" size of the average Hobbit belly, referring to their fatness and tubbiness and presumably begun as a nickname. <ref>[[Nomenclature]]</ref> | ||
Both Bolger and Bulger are real-life English surnames although not necessarily of the same etymology. | Both Bolger and Bulger are real-life English surnames although not necessarily of the same etymology. |
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The Bolger Family was a Hobbit family of Fallohidish origin, associated with the village of Budgeford, on The Water in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. In common with the Brandybucks and the Tooks, the Bolgers had a penchant for heroic names, and so as well as Fredegar (the most important Bolger in Tolkien's work), we find such noble names as Fastolph, Gundabald and Odovacar.
Etymology
The name Bolger is a reference to the "bulged" size of the average Hobbit belly, referring to their fatness and tubbiness and presumably begun as a nickname. [1]
Both Bolger and Bulger are real-life English surnames although not necessarily of the same etymology.
It was a translation of Westron Bolgra of similar meaning.