The earliest name of this character was Felagoth. In earlier versions of Tolkien's writings, the character later known as Finarfin was originally named "Finrod"; the name was later transferred to his son Inglor Felagund, who became Finrod Felagund. In the first edition of "The Lord of the Rings", the character Gildor introduces himself as "Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod." At the time Tolkien was writing this, the name "Finrod" still referred to the third son of Finwë whose son is named Inglor Felagund. Since "Inglorion" means "son of Inglor", the straightforward reading is that "Gildor Inglorion" was the son of Inglor, son of Finrod, son of Finwë king of the Noldor – an elf of very high lineage, cousin to Elrond and Galadriel.