Re Weasley Christian names

[rubyxkelly]

No: HPFGUIDX 77068

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rubyxkelly" <rubykelly at w...> wrote:
> Tj:
> >  
> > Molly is a pet name for Mary. Yes that is a royal name as
> > well. (ha ha I think :D )
> >  
> > Just wanted 'ta share... I never noticed they all had royal names..
> > But, I don't remember a good queen Virginia... am I missing
> > something.. 
> > 
> K -
> > 
> > Well firstly there has been some debate about whether Ginny's name is
> > actually Virginia - could be Guenevere. But anyway Virginia (the state) is
> > named after Elizabeth I the Virgin queen. So Ginny's name could be described
> > as royal
> 
> 
> Ginny's name could also be Regina, Latin for "queen" and used by many English queens in their signatures. If anyone remebers the BBC series "Elizabeth R" (with Glenda Jackson playing the title role), the "R" stands for Regina; according to a biography I recently read about Victoria, she also signed "Victoria Rwgina".
> 
> KAT/rxk

Arrgh, and it's just now occurred to me the another royal name that might have Ginny as a nick-name for is Eugenie, the name of Napoleon's 2nd wife and, if memory serves, the name of one of the daughters of the present Duke of York.
katoklzmk/rxk