Re Weasley Christian names

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 77105

> > Tj:
> > > Molly is a pet name for Mary. Yes that is a royal name as
> > > well. (ha ha I think :D )

> > > 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

Here's another one: 
Ginny is also short for Georgina.  The feminine of George a very 
Royal name.
Mandy