In his translation of the Red Book of Westmarch, Tolkien anglicised many hobbit names. 'Ranugad' is an example of this process - it is the real name of the hobbit named Hamfast Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings. Ranugad (often abbreviated to 'Ran') had a very similar meaning to the translated name, Hamfast.
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We are given the name Ranugad specifically as the original form of Hamfast Gamgee's name, but Hamfast Gamgee was not the only 'Hamfast' in his family. There were at least two other Hobbits of this name in the same line of descent: Hamfast Gamgee's great-great-grandfather Hamfast of Gamwich, and his grandson Hamfast, the son of Sam Gamgee. It seems reasonable to presume that Ranugad would also have been the original name of these other 'Hamfasts'.
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