No more alphabet, please (was: Ginny's name and the Sorting hat)

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 37735

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> > There's canon evidence, though, that Bill is short for Billius. 
> > That was the name of the Weasley uncle who saw the Grim. 
> 
> That just means that there's an uncle by that name.  It doesn't mean 
> Bill's named after him.  If he were, you'd think some would have 
> said, "My Uncle Billius--Bill was named after him, you know--saw a 
> Grim..."  The most likely name for Bill is still William.  The 
> Weasleys are using pretty common names.  The most outlandish name 
> among the seven kids is Percy, which isn't that odd, really.  

Hmmmm.... I don't see that following. But I agree that, on the whole, 
the Weasleys don't go in for strange  names. 

> 
> In fact, the most unusual names among the students are Draco and 
> Hermione (is that the reason some people want them together?).  The 
> adults have wacky names like Gilderoy, Severus, Sirius, Remus, 
> Albus, Aberforth, Mafalda, Arabella, Mundungus, and don't get me 
> started on the schoolbook authors.  The kids are named things like 
> Harry, Neville (actually a pretty common name), Roger, Lisa, Ernie, 
> Justin, Hannah, Natalie, Colin, etc.  Seamus is a common Irish 
> name.  Lavender isn't all that common, but it's another flower name, 
> like Pansy, Petunia, Lily, etc., and it may also be a nod to Roald 
> Dahl (in Matilda, her best friend's name is Lavender).  Okay, Blaise 
> is weird too, but JKR may yet give a reason for that one.

"Blaise" is a strange name? It's a quite ordinary boy's name in my 
experience, though I know it can be a girl's name too. An 
old-fashioned boy's name, but not weird. I know several Blaises. 

On the whole, I've wondered at that too. What has happened to the WW 
that they so quickly switched over to a complete slate of almost 
ordinary names? Draco and Hermione are pretty much by theirselves. 
There are names that have classical backgrounds like Marcus and 
Terence, but they're still modern names. 

> > Still, I agree with you. This is getting too strained.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > But if you strenuously want to keep a pattern with several old 
> > fanfic favourites.
> > 
> > Arthur
> > Bill 
> > Charlie
> > Dead kid
> > Evil!Percy
> > Fred
> > George
> > HarryHating!Ron 
> > Invisible!Ginny
> 
> LOL!  At least that's funny, instead of tortured. ;)

Yes. The Weasley naming scheme finally uncovered. I can't believe it 
took this long to figure it out.

Eileen