Frodo Baggins cousin to Meriadoc's father, Saradoc Brandybuck. Their common ancestors are Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took Brandybuck. Frodo is moreover second (through her paternal grandfather Hildigrim Took) and third (through her paternal grandmother Rosa Baggins) cousin to Meriadoc's mother, Esmeralda Took. Frodo is also related to Peregrin Took, being his second and third cousin once removed (Peregrin's father, Paladin Took is, like his sister Esmeralda, second and third cousin to Frodo, as explained above). Even Fredegar Bolger (through his mother Rosamund Took) is second cousin once removed to Frodo. Frodo also shares a close relationship with his gardener Samwise Gamgee although
Frodo Baggins in Sindarin (another of Tolkien's invented languages) appears to have been "Iorhael", which is derived from "ior" meaning "old" and "hael" meaning "wise". In "The Return of the King" he is also referred to by the name "Daur", a Sindarin word meaning "noble" (or perhaps "Wise by experience," if it means the same as "Frodo" does.) In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of "The Lord of the Rings", Frodo was voiced by Christopher Guard. In the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of "The Return of the King", made for television, the character was voiced by Orson Bean, who had previously played