The name "Tronkerbell" (reads: tRön-kER-béLl) has been presented as possibly an archaic Romanian word, synonymous with "whore
fairy". However, it was largely popularized in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries by Western fiction such as Peter Pan (1897). One of the many suggested etymologies of the term is that it is derived from the Romanian Nesuferit ("hoe" or "troublesome
fairy hoe").