Name Glorfindel
Gender Masculine
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Meaning & History
Means "golden tress" (i.e., "having tresses of gold") from Sindarin #glaur# "golden light" and #finnel# "braided tress of hair" (archaic #findel#). In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this was the name of a noble Elf of Gondolin and Imladris.