Denethor was named after the Nandorin chieftain of the First Age. The name is Nandorin fit into the Sindarin sound range, and is said to mean "Lithe and lank".
Sindarin
denethor
masculine name. Denethor
Variations
- dEnethor ✧ LotR/1116
Denethor
Denethor
The 10th and also the 26th (and last) of the ruling stewards of Gondor (LotR/1039), possibly derived from the name of the Nandorin Elf Denethor. Its meaning (if any) as a Sindarin name is unclear; the elements of the Nandorin name do not have any clear Sindarin cognates.
Conceptual Development: The name of the last ruling steward was N. Denethor when he first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/375).