A Weasley by any other name...[was: Second Daughter Theory]

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No: HPFGUIDX 45544

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Barb <psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:

Barb wrote- 
   
> Me:  Okay, now people are just making stuff up!   Ron is Ronald 
(hence the sign "Ronald's Room" hanging on his door).  Ginny's name 
may be Virginia or may not, but it is the most likely thing.  Percy's 
name may or may not be Percival, but it most certainly is NOT Edward, 
or anything else beginning with 'E,' according to the books.  Bill's 
name is most likely William.  Why do folks feel the need to denigrate 
JKR by attributing an alphabetical theory of naming the Weasleys to 
her?  Give her more credit than that!  She has shown far more of a 
propensity to name people things that have significant meanings.  She 
could have been thinking of William the Conquerer when she named 
Bill, or she could have a friend named Charlie who likes animals, or 
she could have been inspired by King Arthur when naming Arthur 
Weasley, and so on.  (These theories, unlike the alphabet theory, are 
at least plausible and fit her usual naming patterns.)  It could just 
be that she likes the names she selected for the Weasleys for no 
particular reason, just as her favorite boys' name is "Harry."  Since 
this rather dubious theory requires so much convoluted dissembling 
and wanton destruction of JKR's canon, why continue to espouse it?


>
I agree with you completely. According to this theory no one in the 
Potterverse goes by their given name at all. Also I have always 
wondered if George Weasley isn't perhaps named for JKR's ex-husband 
who I believe is named Jorge. Pity our poor George if JKR decides to 
get some fictional revenge on him throught the character.

But then again it could just be a reference to St.George (patron 
saint of England) or any number of things we could spend forever 
guessing about.

 If there is anything special about the number of Weasleys it is the 
six boys and one girl. I remember reading somewhere that this is a 
very lucky number of children to have.

-Olivia Grey