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Name Balin
Gender Masculine
Usage Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

The name was used in Arthurian legend by Sir Thomas Malory as the name of one of King Arthur's valiant knights.

The name was later used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit for one of the dwarves. This name was not taken from the catalog of Dwarves (dvergatal) in the 'Poetic Edda' but created or chosen by Tolkien to rhyme with Dwalin. The meaning of the name is uncertain.
Added 1/22/2011 by keepitreal