Naming Schemas (was Missing Weasley Children?)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 37276

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "saintbacchus" <saintbacchus at y...> wrote:
> Athena posits a Weasley naming scheme - pardon the
> snippage:
> 
> So far, we've seen six sets of siblings
> (let me know if I missed any):
> 
> 1) Padma & Parvati Patil
> 2) Albus & Aberforth Dumbledore
> 3) Colin & Dennis Creevy
> 4) The Weasleys
> 
> Now, as noted above, all of these names fit some sort
> of pattern. And all of these sets of siblings are
> magical. *Wholly* magical. But there are two more pairs:
> 
> 5) Lily & Petunia Evans
> 6) Marjorie & Vernon Dursley
> 
> Majorie and Vernon are Muggles, and they don't match.
> Lily and Petunia match, but as for their magical
> powers...well, that remains to be seen, but I think
> you all see where I'm going with this.
> 
> OTOH, it could just be that the entire Wizarding World
> (and one set of Muggles) is obsessed with giving their
> children cute matching names. Personally, I think Mr.
> & Mrs. Dursley showed a bit of taste and restraint in
> giving their children names that match in an un-cutesy way.

Weasleys..

Bill, Charlie (might go with Alphapets at first-- or: Bill... Paper 
Money/Check been paid! Something to do with money, anyway. 
(Interesting that he works in a bank) Oh, what a *charming* child - I 
think I'll call him Charlie... 
break? A child that died? Maybe, maybe not.
Percy is short for Percival (by *Arthurian* legend! Maybe *Arthur* 
Weasley had just read the Muggle book and liked it - so he named his 
son after a character in it?)
Fred&George... twins. Fred was born first, I guess - so they named 
them alphabetically to recall birth-order? Or did one of the parents 
just happen to notice something for them to be named so?
Ron - Ronald... Did the other brothers have a say in name-giving?
Ginny... Was someone playing gin?

And um - why aren't they talking about Molly's second cousin who's 
accountant, with Arthur being obsessed with Muggles and NOT meeting 
this relative-in-law in order to gain some *real* information?

Finwitch