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MrHobit1234 wrote: Thindithron the Great wrote:

Arvedui of Pelargir wrote: Just because someone isnt named after a king of Arnor in the books doesnt mean it didnt happen. This suggestion is like saying no body can have the last name "King" because it denotes that you are a king (which ofc makes no sense).

People have been naming their children after kings, saints, prophets, etc. for a very long time. It's not a large leap to assume that Middle-earth people did the same thing. All evidence suggests to the contrary; none of these names in use in any book, and there are almost no duplicate names in all of Middle-earth, seemingly. Sindarin-speakers seem always literal with their naming, so I'd say no non-noble would be named 'king'. No-non king would be named 'king'.

About the duplicate names, we know that Gondorians recycled names, because of Boromir and Faramir(both). Obviously sometimes, but in those cases the names applied to the reusers of names as well. Besides, I'm arguing mostly for ara.