Neville's name (was: Neville's Gran)

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 85754

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mom31" <mom31 at r...> wrote:
> >   Which brings us to Neille.  There was no purpose served by his 
> wand being broken.  The importance of it happening, therefore, 
must 
> come in the replacing of that wand.  There must be either an 
> improvement with the new wand, or we find out something about the 
old 
> wand or if Gran will "kill him" for breaking it.  It just seems 
very 
> significant to me.  
> 
> GEO: Yes there was. The breaking of the wand symbolized Neville 
> growing out of his father's shadow and becoming his own man or 
> wizard. It's very similar to Luke losing his father's lightsaber 
in 
> the duel against Vader in Empire Strikes Back or King Arthur 
> shattering his father's blade in battle so that the Lady of the 
Lake 
> could give him excalibur.

I like this parallel! Is Neville the boy who really will defeat 
voldemort?
By the way, could someone tell me what "Neville" means? (sorry for 
being so lazy, but  actually I don't have enough free time to check 
the archives) Where does this name come from, and how do you 
pronounce it in english? 

Thanks for your help,

Amicalement,

Iris