The significance of first names in HP books.

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 27857

Haggridd wrote:

> It's Ludovic, from the latin "ludus" for game and "vic" which can 
> either mean to win. as in Caesar's "Veni vidi vici" or to lose, as 
in 
> "victus."
> 
> The English surname of Bagman is significant because that is the 
> person who carries the stakes in a bet and pays off the winner.

Which is why the translators often translate names--they're trying to 
preserve the wordplay.  (At least, I hope that's the reason.  Maybe 
they're just being pigheaded.)

Cezar (welcome!), what does Verpey mean, if anything?

Amy Z