Female Names (Was:Flower Names/Was: Narcissa)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Katrina" <patnkatng at c...>
wrote:
> After reading the etymology of Narcissa, I decided to look up the 
> flower names found in the Potter-verse and discovered some 
> interesting associations <snip>

I found this info on the name "Bellatrix".  Although it's not a flower
name, it is an astronmical name, in keeping with many HP names,
particularly those in the Black family:

History of the star: A pale yellow star marking the left shoulder
of Orion, the Great Hunter. Bellatrix, the "Female Warrior", the
Amazon Star, is from the translation of its Arabic title, Al Najid,
"the Conqueror".The Arabians also call it Yad al-Jauza, "Hand of
Orion".In astrology it was the natal star of all destined to great
civil or
military honors, and rendered all women born under its influence lucky
and loquacious; or, as old Thomas Hood said, "women born under this
constellation shall have mighty tongues."