Meaning & History
A character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Finduilas was the wife of Denethor (Steward of Gondor) and the mother of Boromir and Faramir. The name comes from the Sindarin (Grey-elven) language and means "leaf-flow hair," from the elements "fin" (hair), "dui" (flow), and "las" (leaf).Source: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel