[HPforGrownups] The Weasley's

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 72916

Michael Said:

>>> I may be looking too far into this but this is what I am thinking.
If you look at the Weasley children (Ron, Fred, George, Bill,
Charlie, Ginny, and PERCY) all of them have fairly common names
except for Percy.  That is a reason I think the author may have
Percy to betray his family and side with Fudge in the end.  What do
you think?<<<

Lady Macbeth:
I don't know that Percy is all THAT uncommon.  ^_^;  But, even taken at face
value, if one were to truly dig into their names and the larger meaning
behind them, I don't know that ANY of their names is any more or less "good"
or "valiant" than another.  I'm going to pull from the database I'm
compiling and quote here:

Arthur - various interpretations, all related to strength
1. Celtic "art - bear" + "viros - man"
2. Irish "art - stone"
3. Roman "Artorius - obscure surname"
Welsh Mythology - Name of the legendary King of the Britons

Bill - "desiring protection"
Germanic "wil - will,desire" + "helm - helmet, protection"

Charlie - "man" (and the various attributes given to the word in ancient
times)
Germanic "karl - man"

Fred - "peaceful ruler"
Germanic "frid - peace" + "ric - ruler"

George - "earth worker"
Greek "ge - earth" + "ergon - work"

Ginny - "virgin"
Latin "virgo - maid, virgin"

Molly - "beloved"
Egyptian "mry - beloved" or "mr - love"

Percy - unknown meaning
Celtic (unknown meaning)

Ron - "advised rule"
Germanic "ragin - advice" + "wald - rule"

Now, while I have to laugh myself silly at Fred and George's name meanings,
and speculate on whether Ron's name fits in with the theories about his
apparent "foresight" or ability to unintentionally predict the future, none
of these suggest that any is expected to be more or less than the other,
just that they all have their own qualities.  Percy, as a Celtic name, has
an unknown meaning, but that just means that linguists aren't certain of
it's origins.  It may also be a wildcard - words that become lost to
linguists are often words that have multiple meanings.  It's all together
possible that Percy was meant to be a "wildcard" from the start - that maybe
he will go through some more "switches" or shifts in loyalty before all is
said and done.

-Lady Macbeth






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