What's in a name? - Weasleys

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No: HPFGUIDX 36332

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sunday, March 10, 2002, 5:32:00 PM, Tabouli wrote:
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> > It's all in the name, folks...
> 
> Reading about all the possible meanings of characters names,
> what about the Weasley family?
> 
> Is that a "good" name to have in JKR's books?
> 
> Where I grew up (Germany) it wasn't exactly a compliment to be
> compared to a weasel.

Not in the wizard-world, either. I recall Ron being offended by being 
called a weasel (by Draco Malfoy, who else). However, the coming of 
family names... Someone *chose* that name. I think a Weasley ancestor 
was a weasel-animagus.

And all the four founders as well - Rowena Ravenclaw turned into 
raven, Helga Hufflepuff into badger, Codric Gryffindor into 
Lion/Griffin and Salazhar Slytherin into a snake (Slytherin is a bit 
dubious - snake in his crest may also refer to being a parseltongue, 
but that would be his animagus-form).