Ginny, naming: potential for Lissa's TTTR theory

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 60498

Firstly: Sorry if this has been mentioned before - I know that 
people have commented on the Arthurian significance of the Weasley 
names in various places, but I wasn't sure if this one has ever come 
up. 

Have just finished marking essays on Charlotte Bronte's Villette, 
and the name of one the characters - Ginerva - struck me as 
interesting. Everything I've read on the subject has assumed 
that "Ginny" is short for "Virginia" - virgin queen with the red 
hair and etc - but I couldn't quite remember if Ginny's whole name 
has ever been confirmed canonically. If so, this is an irrelevant 
post. Sorry folks. If not - well, idly wasting time, I 
typed "Ginerva" into a name-search engine called "Behind the Name", 
and it came up with "Italian form of Guinevere". "Ooh" I thought, 
and followed the hyperlink to "Guinevere", where we find:

GUINEVERE   f   English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: GWIN-e-veer
Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of 
the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth". 
In Arthurian legend she is the beautiful wife of King Arthur. Her 
betrayal of her husband with Mordred prompted the battle of Camlann, 
which led to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur. Later versions 
of the legends tell of her adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot. 

I did know the legend already, but it was rather interesting to re-
read it in this context. I don't *like* the G/H ship, but I still 
thought this was rather interesting. Although the translation into 
Italian makes this a little tenuous, I think there has been some 
debate round these parts on whether Godric and his hollow were 
Welsh, which establishes a potential link.
 I remember that Lissa had a theory on a pregnant Ginny betraying 
Harry and going back in time to spawn Tom Riddle, so I thought she 
might quite like this one.  

Kirstini
(Okay, I'll admit it. I've re-read till I could quote you GoF word 
for word. I'm now wasting my partner's internet time by pursuing 
every tedious link I can. Term has ended and this week is stretching 
endlessly infront of me. I need clues!)