Primula Brandybuck

Primula Brandybuck (née Baggins) is the wife of Drogo Baggins and the mother of Frodo Baggins.

History
Primula Brandybuck was born to Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took in SR 1320 and was their youngest child. She had five older siblings, three brothers and two sisters: Rorimac, Amaranth, Saradas, Dodinas, Asphodel and Dinodas. Primula married Bilbo Baggins' distant cousin, Drogo Baggins, and they had a son, Frodo. She and her husband later drowned in Brandywine River. After their deaths, Bilbo took in  a twelve-year-old Frodo as his adopted nephew.

Etymology

 * The English name, Primula is a rare one. It is from a genus of several species of flowers. One of them include the primrose. It is from the latin word, primulus, meaning "very first."
 * 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.
 * The surname Baggins, is actually an English version of the Westron name, Labingi. It is believed Labingi is related to the Tolkien Westron Word laban, meaning bag and associated with Bag End . It is often translated in other languages keeping the meaning of "bag" or "sack." Primula gained the last name after her marriage to Drogo.