[HPforGrownups] Harry's Middle Name

[Liessa]

No: HPFGUIDX 33342

Ron Yu wrote:

>This one's not exactly discussion material, but I just
>want to point out that unless I am mistaken and middle
>names mean a different thing in Britain, or Lily and
>Petunia's maiden name is James, I think what JKR
>intends to tell us when she said that 'James' is
>Harry's middle name, is that 'James' is part of
>Harry's given name -- a second-name or
>whatchamacallit. Harry's full name is clearly Harry
>James Evans Potter, with Evans as his middle name, not
>James. Where I live, at least, the mother's maiden
>name is the child's middle name. Just correct me if
>I'm wrong somewhere in my reasoning.

Its not usually the case in the UK that the mothers maiden name appears anywhere in a childs name, at least I've never heard of it.  My 'middle name' for instance is my grandmothers name (Dorothy), my brothers is James after my father.  There are cases where the mothers maiden name is hyphenated onto the surname (eg Evans-Potter), but as far as I know over here thats as far as the maiden name usage goes.  I could be wrong though.

Liessa


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