Mirabella Took

Mirabella Took was a Hobbit of The Shire. She was the wife of Gorbadoc Brandybuck.

She was one of the many aunts of Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's grandmother and Merry's great-grandmother.

Mirabella took was a member of the Took Clan and married into the Brandybuck Clan.

History
Mirabella was the youngest daughter of Gerontius Took and Adamanta Chubb. She was born S.R. 1260 and passed at the age of one-hundred. She had ten older siblings, which included eight older brothers (Isengrim, Isumbras, Hildigrim, Isembold, Hildifons, Isembard, Hildibrand), three older sisters, Hildigard, Belladonna, and Donnamira and one younger sibling, a brother named Isengar. She married Gorbadoc Brandybuck and had six children: Rorimac, Amaranth, Saradas, Dodinas, Asphodel, Dinodas and Primula. She is became the grandmother of Frodo Baggins and the great-grandmother of Merry Brandybuck.

Mirabella passed away in S.R. 1360.

Etymology

 * Her name, Mirabella is a combination of her older sisters' name, Donna mira and  Bella donna. It is a Latinate form of the name Mirabelle, which is derived from Latin mirabilius, meaning "wonderful."
 * The surname Took came from the original Hobbitish term, called Tuk. However, its true meaning is unknown in Hobbitsh Westron. However, the surname is traced to the real-life Welsh last name, Took, which refers to a type of sword. . Its earliest form is "Tūca."
 * The name Brandybuck was originally Oldbuck before it was changed to its current name by Gordenhad Brandybuck. It was a combination of Brandywine and Oldbuck. Brandybuck itself was a translation of the Westron word, Brandagamba It contains the element branda-, meaning "borderland," referring to Buckland beign on the Borders of the easter edge of the Shire and evokes Branda-nin, meaning "border water." Branda-nin was also the early hobbitsh name for the Brandywine River). It's second element, gama comes from the older name of Oldbuck in the sense of a male deer. She gained the name after her marriage to Gorbadoc.

Trivia

 * Mirabella is similar to Merry's mother, Esmeralda Took, as they are both Took women who married a Brandybuck man (in this case, Saradoc and Gorbadoc).