Bill Weasley

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 50837

--- Maria Kirilenko <maria_kirilenko at yahoo.com> wrote:
> We *know* Ron's full name is Ronald. I think it's pretty safe to assume
> that Charlie is Charles (not Charlius), Fred is either Fred or Frederic
> (not Fredius), Percy is probably Percival (maybe Perceus? - doubt it)
> and George is George. Ginny is harder, it may be Virginia or something
> else, but she's a girl, so it doesn't matter.
> 
> Does that seem like a family that would name a kid Bilius? I don't think
> so.

Oh, you'd be surprised at the horrors people will name their children,
especially when it's a family name.  Maybe Bilius died while Molly was
pregnant with Bill, and so they named the baby after him in memory.  Or
Arthur promised for some reason he'd name his firstborn after his brother.
 Or Bilius died young and this was Arthur's way of remembering him.

As for the others...*sigh* Do I have to go through this AGAIN? :)  It
seems like someone brings this up in one of my HP groups every few weeks. 
Yes, it's a given that Ron's full name is Ronald, as it's on the sign on
his room and he's referred to as "Mister Ronald Weasley" by Dumbledore.

However, I use that same evidence to submit that Fred is NOT named
Frederick, since Dumbledore refers to the twins simply as "Misters Fred
and George Weasley".  I don't see any reason to assume the "full names" of
the other Weasleys aren't simply Bill, Charlie, Percy, and Ginny. 
(Although I think I like Perseus for Percy -- very classical. :)  I still
don't think that's it, though.)


Andrea

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"Reality is for people who lack imagination."

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