Uncommon names

[randy_byers]

I just noticed that there's a reporter named Theoden Janes at the Charlotte Observer. That first name can't have come from anywhere other than Tolkien, can it? I've never seen it anywhere else before.

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[kalimac.livejournal.com]

I would have consulted my print copy of the Anglo-Saxon, and my several different translations, were they not several hundred miles away right now. And Google might be easier if I were not writing this on an ancient steam-powered tablet.