When Robin first came to live in Sherwood Forest he was sad. He could not forget all he had lost. But he was not lonely for long. When people heard he had gone to live in Sherwood, other poor men, who had been driven out of their homes by the Normans, joined him. They soon formed a band of outlaws. They became known as the “Merry Men.”

Robin was no longer Robin of Huntingdon, but Robin of Sherwood Forest. People shortened Sherwood into “Hood”. Some say he was called “Hood” from the green hoods he and his men wore. It does not matter much how he came to have his name. He had become known, not only all over England, but in many countries far away, as Robin Hood.