Why did Bilbo name his knife Sting?

Answer 1

The Spiders were trying to catch him in their webs as if he was a fly. He pulled out his knife and killed many of them with it. They said that this fly has a sting and that led to the nickname.

Answer 2

cause one of the spiders said ...oh he has a sting....thats what i think

Because Bilbo baggins only had to stab the spider twice. The first time the spider shrieked. The second time he fell over dead. Bilbo said, " I shall call you Sting " I Think this is because the spider got stung so he shrieked really loud.

Answer 3

Immediately before naming the sword, Bilbo is described as being like a small fly, caught in the web of one of the giant spiders of Mirkwood. After he draws his sword and kills the spider, he dubs the sword Sting. While it's never explicitly stated why he chooses the name Sting, the timing of events makes the answer plain: the spider had thought he had a helpless insect in his web but it turns out that the fly had a powerful sting, like a bee, a hornet, or a wasp. A sting is a defense weapon insects might use against spiders and it is a kind of weapon a spider would understand - the spiders themselves refer to his sword as "a sting" (lowercase - i.e. not a proper noun). It's as if rather than the spiders being made large, Bilbo has been made small and is defending himself against spiders with an insect's weapon.

Answer 4

The large knife that he used as a sword came from the lair of the trolls.

Answer 5

Because he kills a bunch of gigantic spiders and naturally if you were a spider you wouldn't want your prey stinging you. That is also why he names his sword sting.