Family names /Harry's relations ( Was: OOP: Harry's FIRST COUSIN?? )

[komagata_mai]

No: HPFGUIDX 71090


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ravenclaw Bookworm 
scoutmom21113 
> <navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> 
> > Tonks' first name also comes from the Greek.  The nymphs are 
female 
> > spirits of nature who had the divine power of changing the shape 
of 
> > things and were often the nurses of the gods (another hint?).  
> > (Ref:  http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/NYMPHS.html)  Does 
anyone 
> > know what "dora" means in Greek?
> 
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> Nymphadora means 'gift from the nymphs' 

Tonks has the gift of changing her shape and coloring. Thus, she has 
the gift of the nymphs. This is probably the interpretation of her 
name. I dont know if one can get further information from her name. 
Most significant names in HP have a pretty straightfoward meaning if 
they have one at all. 

mai