Re Weasley Christian names

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No: HPFGUIDX 77016

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lee" <dee_dolly7 at y...> wrote:
> *snip*
> All the Weasley males seem to have royal names
> 
> Arther
> Bill (short for William)
>

Personally, I think Bill is short for Bilius after the Uncle Bilius 
Ron mentioned in PoA.  There's not reason it has to be Willam, just 
because it's more common.  Of course, there's also no reason it 
couldn't be.  I just like the idea of somebody as cool as Bill 
having a name like Bilius.

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