Aragorn’s mother (LotR/1113). Her name is a combination of gil “star” and raen¹ “netted, enlaced”, meaning “one adorned with a tressure set with small gems in its network” (VT42/11), more loosely “*Netted Star”.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, her name was Gilrain (PM/196). In notes from the 1950s, he indicated the second element of her name was raen² “smiling, gracious, sweet-faced” (PE17/182).