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Dates
The earliest bearer of the name (at least, of the translated form 'Cotton') was Holman Cotton, who was born in III 2902 (1302 by the Shire-reckoning)
Race
Culture
Settlements
Particularly associated with Bywater
Pronunciation
hlo'thran
Meaning
Derived from a village name describing a collection of small Hobbit-holes
Other names
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HlothranThe true surname of the Cotton familyIn common with most Hobbit-names, the family name 'Cotton' is actually a translation of their true Westron name, Hlothran. In the Shire itself, the word hloth referred to a small Hobbit-hole (specifically, one with just two rooms) and a ran (or ranu) was a village or hamlet of such holes. Hence a hlothran would be a group of modest smials, and was said to have been common as a place-name within the Shire. This came to be adopted as a personal name by a certain Hobbit (specifically one who would have been known as Hlothram, better known by the English version of his name, Cotman). From him sprang a family who took Hlothran as their family name. The derivation of the modern surname 'Cotton' is almost identical to that of Hlothran, except of course that no Hobbit-holes are involved. It refers to a collection of small houses or cottages, and so represents an almost exact anglicisation of the Westron name. At an added level of ingenuity, the choice of the name 'Cotton' also intentionally connects the family with the Gamgees, though the reference tends to be unfamiliar to most modern readers.1 Notes
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