Red, White - and dragons! (was: Dumbledore's life-debt?)

[Gaynor Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 29038

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., poppy at m... wrote:

> Another colour-and-Arthurian-related thingy. If Ginny's name really 
> is (as I like to think) a variant of Jennifer (how about Ginevra 
for 
> example?), then it's a modern update of the old Welsh name 
Gwenhwyfar 
> (Guinevere, we call that lady in English). And "gwen" means white 
in 
> Welsh. I don't know what "hwyfar" means -- anyone here speak Welsh?

I have heard that "hwyfar" means phantom, spirit or fairy. "Gwen" 
("gwyn" in modern Welsh) can mean "white" or "shining".

I only know this because my name (Gaynor),like Jennifer, is supposed 
to be a modern update of "Gwenhwyfar"(Guinevere). I don't see 
why "Ginny" couldn't be from this source too.

Gaynor