Hermione's name

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No: HPFGUIDX 35245

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "love2write_11098" 
> I was wondering if anyone knew of an instance when someone had 
asked 
> JKR about the significance of Hermione's name? 

Here's what the Lexicon says about Hermione's name, according to JKR:

JKR chose the name Hermione from a Shakespeare play, "A Winter's 
Tale," although she says that the characters are not at all similar. 
She thought it made sense for a couple of professional dentists to 
name their only daughter something like that to show how clever they 
were. But she chose a very unusual name because she worried that, if 
there were a real child somewhere who was bright and had larger-than-
usual front teeth that had the same name, she might get teased. 
(NPC) 

That "NPC" at the end indicates that this is from the ROwling's 
appearance at the National Press Club.

Steve
The Lexicon