What is the full name of Sam in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?

Sam in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is Samwise Gamgee.

Samwise begins the story as Frodo Baggins’s gardener and companion in Hobbiton. Gandalf assigns him to accompany Frodo, and he becomes the most steadfast member of the journey to destroy the One Ring.

The name “Samwise” is connected with the idea of being simple-minded or half-wise in the older sense of the word, although Sam’s actions repeatedly show practical intelligence, courage, and moral strength. His family name is Gamgee, a surname Tolkien adapted from a colloquial term associated with surgical cotton.

Sam is not the same character as Hamfast Gamgee, his father, who is commonly called the Gaffer. Sam later becomes mayor of the Shire and continues the Gamgee family line after the War of the Ring.