[HPforGrownups] WW name trends (was No more alphabet, please)

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 37743

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  From: lupinesque 

  On the other hand, in the WW we see several generations and the 
  change seems quite recent:  we have odd names all the way from Albus, 
  born c. 1842, to Sirius, born c. 1960, but then this latest 
  generation is much more Mugglish.  We do see a bit of a crossover, as 
  if in Sirius's generation people were starting to shift, so that we 
  get Remus and Sirius and Severus but also James and Peter (Lily 
  doesn't count, since of course her parents have her a Muggle name).  
  Is there a sociopolitical reason behind the trend toward Harrys, 
  Ronalds and Seamuses? 


I think the reason is hidden in Ron's words "If we didn't marry Muggles we'd've died out" (not exact words, I think, but close enough). Perhaps the last two-three generations are the ones where more and more wizarding folk began looking into muggle society for potential spouses. Maybe the actual notion of "dying out" without marrying Muggles is a recent one? And the realization that "we need new blood" only hit around the 60s or so, people began marrying Muggles, begetting half and half children with more and more muggle names. 

Alina


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