Hogwarts Founders and James' Ancestry

[Firebolt]

No: HPFGUIDX 1628

> If he's Gruffydd Glyndwr rather than Godric Gryphon d'Or, then he's
> Welsh rather than Norman, which is much more suitable for someone
> founding a wizarding school in Britain circa 990 CE ('more than a
> thousand years ago'), considering that the Norman Conquest was 1066.

How does one go about finding the origins of a specific name, anyway? I am
planning to write a founder fic at one point, so any advice/suggestions in
that area would be most greatfully accepted...^_^;;;. I did manage to come
up with Godric Gryphon d'Or, but then, it'd have been a bit embarrassing if
I hadn't, seeing as I've had at least three years of schooling in French...

> Salazar was given that name, indicating his slipperiness and slimiyess,
> by people who had done business with him. They made have been the lucky
> ones: they were still alive.

Wasn't Salazar the name of a Portuguese dictator earlier this century?

~Firebolt