Does Legolas have a last name?

Originally Answered: Why is Legolas' full name Legolas Greenleaf? Technically, it's not. His name is just Legolas. However, Legolas does translate into Greenleaf in the Common Tongue, and Gandalf calls him Legolas Greenleaf as a (redundant) epithet.
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What is Legolas' last name?

The name Legolas Greenleaf first appeared in "The Fall of Gondolin", one of the "Lost Tales", circa 1917. The character, who guides survivors of the sack of the city to safety, is mentioned only once.
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Do Elves have last names in LOTR?

Like the majority of people in Middle Earth, elves do not take surnames such as the hobbits or the men and women of Bree. Generally their first name is followed by a title such as the name of a parent or an achievement earned in battle.
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Who is Legolas wife?

Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
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What is the Elvish name Legolas?

The name Legolas is a Silvan dialect form of pure Sindarin Laegolas, meaning 'green leaf'. It consists of Sindarin words laeg ("green") and golas ("a collection of leaves, foliage, being a prefixed collective form of las(s) "leaf"). The Quenya translation of Legolas is Laiqualassë.
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Aragorn forgets Legolas' father's name

Is Legolas Arwen's Brother?

Arwen probably got to know Legolas as her husband's friend and as the leader of the Elven colony in Ithilien. As Mary Tower points out, it is possible that they are distantly related, but it's nowhere stated.
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Who is Legolas in love with?

It is later mentioned that Tauriel is a talented warrior and was therefore made leader of the Mirkwood border guards. Legolas, the son of Mirkwood's Elven king Thranduil, is indicated to be attracted to her, but as she is a lowly Silvan Elf, she does not believe herself worthy of him.
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Do Tauriel and Legolas get married?

He Abandoned Romance For Friendship

Loving Tauriel was a particularly harrowing event for Legolas. So much so, in fact, that he never shows any interest in romance ever again. He never even talks about romance in The Lord of The Rings trilogy.
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Did Legolas really love Tauriel?

Their relationship is fraught with awkwardness thanks to Tauriel's solely platonic feelings toward Legolas. Despite the unrequited interest, the two Mirkwood Elves have a great deal of respect for one another and have each other's backs. Legolas also comes to accept that Tauriel does not see him the way he sees her.
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Who is the longest living elf LOTR?

Are any of the elves who first awoke Cuiviénen still around by the time of LOTR? The oldest elf in LoTR is Círdan the Shipwright, the oldest Elf still remaining in Middle-Earth, who appears at the end of Return of the King to sail to Valinor.
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What does the name Legolas mean?

What does Legolas mean? Invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Legolas means "green leaves" in Sindarin, the language of the elves in Middle-earth. Advertisement | page continues below.
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Is Legolas related to Galadriel?

No, Legolas was a Silvan Elf whereas Galadriel was Noldorin. It is possible that Legolas was related to some of the Elves of Lothlorien, but not to Galadriel.
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What is Legolas syndrome?

The actor is suffering from Legolas Syndrome — where you accidentally get cast into a role that suits you far more than your real-life looks, leaving you with a tricky predicament after the wrap party. Do you A) nick all the costumes and stay in character the rest of your working life, or B)
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Is Legolas older than Gandalf?

Gandalf's physical body is around 2000 years old, while Legolas' age is hard to determine but he is likely between 2000 and 3000 years old.
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Who is older Legolas or Tauriel?

Her actress, Evangeline Lily, stated in an interview that Tauriel was 600 years old, Legolas was 1,900, and King Thranduil was 3,000.
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Why does Legolas never talk to Frodo?

Legolas has long been a fan favorite, and this came, in part, from his elegant, mysterious, and smoldering silence. What's more, most of the elf's character arc developed around his friendship with Gimli, so there wasn't much time for him to have meaningful bonding moments with Frodo.
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Are Gimli and Legolas a couple?

Legolas and Gimli's relationship is strong in The Lord of the Rings, even though it wasn't explicitly romantic in Tolkien's source material. The members of the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings forge an unbreakable bond while on their mission to destroy the One Ring.
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Why is Tauriel not in Lord of the Rings?

Tauriel doesn't exist in the text, she was invented solely for the onscreen adaptations, and Legolas doesn't feature in The Hobbit book, and wasn't written until much later, when Tolkien published the Lord of the Rings books.
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What happened to Tauriel after Kíli dies?

It is believed that after Kili dies, Tauriel becomes a lone rider and never loves again, she was so broken by the experience of losing him. Their love was real, and it was as strong as any other Middle Earth romance story. But this romance doesn't appear in the original book, so where did it come from?
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What happens to Legolas after Lord of the Rings?

After the War

After the death of King Elessar, Legolas made a ship in Ithilien, and through Anduin, he left Middle-earth to go over the sea. His strong friendship with Gimli prompted him to invite Gimli to go to the Undying Lands; making him the first and only Dwarf to do so.
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Who is the father of Tauriel?

Early life. Born in TA 2341 of the Third Age, Tauriel was the daughter of Tauressar and Calmiriel. During that year when she was born, her parents went on a scouting mission to the southern borders of Mirkwood until they were ambushed by Orcs that probably spawned from the old fortress of Dol Guldur.
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Did Aragorn and Legolas kiss?

"What a great adventure it shall be," Legolas replied, ushering Aragorn to the head of the ship, never letting go of his hands, kissing him softly on the lips. "I could not have picked a better person to adventure with than you Aragorn." "Let us go home Legolas," Aragorn said, staring off beyond the horizon.
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What is Aragorn's relationship to Legolas?

Aragorn and Legolas are long-time companions and best friends since Legolas' father Thranduil sent him to live among the Rangers of the North. Aragorn and Legolas grew close, up to the point where Aragorn revealed his true identity to Legolas. Throughout his journeys, Aragorn and Legolas are as close as brothers.
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