Full Moon - Italian Translation, what people have posted about names

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17895

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:
> R. Craig wrote:
> >  "Wendelin" is a man's name!
> > "Guendalina" is clearly female.
> 
> "She" allowed "herself" to be caught.

Yes, indeed.  I stand corrected.  Though you will find the historical
Wendelin to be a male monk.


> > Incidentally, I've never seen a name origin site comment
> > on the name McGonagall, so here it is from a defunct site
> > that I found off Google "Mc Gonigle is an Irish patronymic name,
> > (snip) So her name is literally "descendant of high valor".  I 
love
> JKR!
> 
> Someone told some list that McGonagall was the surname of some guy 
who
> is widely believed to have been the worst poet ever in the English
> language.

Yes, but I'm aware of William Topaz McGonagall, but I would expect JKR 
to have researched the roots of the name before using it.

....Craig