Westron to have been "Kalimac Brandagamba", short "Kali" (meaning jolly, merry). 'Meriadoc', short 'Merry', is designed to maintain the reference to merriness contained in the original name. Likewise Peregrin Took's actual name was "Razanur Tûc", short "Razar" (name of a small apple). 'Peregrin', short 'Pippin' contained both the actual meaning of the full name (traveller, stranger) and the reference to an apple. Sam Gamgee (shortened from Samwise Gammidgy) was actually named "Ban Galpsi", short for "Banazîr Galbasi". The ending of the 'true' Hobbit name Bilbo was also changed: in Westron it was "Bilba", but Tolkien changed this to "-o" because "-a"
Peregrin Took Peregrin was born in the only son of Paladin Took II and wife Eglantine Banks. He had three older sisters, Pearl Took, Pimpernel Took, and Pervinca Took. They were raised in the Tooks' Great Smials and their father's farm at Whitwell. In 3001 Pippin and his family were among the 144 special guests at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins, a relative in Hobbiton. His best friend Meriadoc Brandybuck was his cousin, son of Paladin's sister Esmeralda Brandybuck. He was also good friends with Frodo Baggins, a more remote cousin. In Ferumbras III, the Thain of the Shire died; Pippin's