1) English boy name 
[Middle-earth] In J. R. R. Tolkien`s fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Thain was the traditional military leader of the Hobbits of the Shire (compare Thegn). The Hobbits first chose a Thain to `hold the authority of the king` when Arvedui, last King of Arnor, was lost and the kingship in the North discontinued. The Thainship was origi...