[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: [HPforGrownups] Has anyone named a chil d after HP characters?

[Tandy, Heidi]

My name is Heidi. I'm named after Heidi - the Spryi book - because my mother
loved the story.
My son's name is Harrison - we call him Harry - because my husband and I
both love the HP books. 
When we chose his name 2 years ago, we had to use an "H" to start the name
(TRADITIONS! Aren't they GREAT?) and we wanted to name him after a book. 
H. Book. Boy.
2 options.
Harry and Holden (after Holden Caufield - Catcher in the Rye)
Holden is just *too* issue-laden - we certainly don't expect Harry to be
anything like Harry - we wouldn't want him to! We're very happy that we
weren't killed by a deranged megalomaniac last Halloween! - but we didn't
want the burden of having a child named after Holden. 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Amber [mailto:reanna20 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:32 PM
To: HP4GU-OTChatter
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: [HPforGrownups] Has anyone named a child
after HP characters?


Real-To: Amber 
--- rowanbrookt at yahoo.com wrote:
> I would say that IMO that is fanatical

I don't see anything fanatical about naming someone after a character
in a book or a person in real life. Most of the time I think it's done
because the parent(s) genuinely like the name. I don't think they
expect their child to grow up like the character/person. To expect it
so, that would be ludicrous.

Of course, I don't have a kid so I can't presume to know specifically
the motives behind parent(s) choosing character names for their kids.
But I have a hard time seeing the fanaticism in it. Now the HP4GU list,
that's fanaticism! <runs away before she's pelted with worn-out HP
books>