Blaise, Boy or Girl? (was Hermione's Friends)

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 26779

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch 
<rowena_grunnion_ffitch at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- "Tandy, Heidi"
> <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> wrote:
> > In the german and hebrew versions, listies have
> > said, the Blaise pronuns and
> > nouns are feminine.
> 
>     When does Blaise appear other than at the sorting?
> I can't remember. I opted for male because 'Blaise'
> was the name of a great wizard, the teacher of Merlin,
> (interestingly according to some versions he was also
> a giant). Personally I feel sorry for any little girl
> named Blaise, (or Hermione for that matter ;)
> 

There's also St. Blaise, an early Christian martyr and Catholic saint, 
who's the patron saint of throat illnesses. St. Blaise was a 'he'.

I suppose we can assume that Zambini's parents comes from a wizarding 
family or they are Roman Catholics ;-)

Interestingly though, St. Blaise is also the patron saint of wild 
animals and talked a wolf into giving a pig back to its owner. Maybe, 
Blaise Zambini will have a part to play in the future books?