Percy Ignatius Weasley

[Mary Jo Neyer]

No: HPFGUIDX 83503

I was surprised to find out that Percy's middle name is Ignatius.  This is disclosed during the hearing conducted by Umbridge concerning Harry's fighting off the dementors.  I have puzzled over the significance of his middle name, and have a few ideas, but am unsure if any of them are correct.  I would love to hear what everyone else thinks.

1, My hobby is genealogy, and when I find someone named Ignatius in my research, the name always means that the family was Roman Catholic at the time the name was given.  However, in the WW we don't have any religions, so I don't think is really relevant.

2.  Could St. Ignatius of Loyola be somehow a model for Percy?  I know that St. Ignatius of Loyola was originally a soldier, and when he was an invalid from wounds received during battle, he read a book about the life of a saint, and decided to try to be a saint himself.  Does this part of his life represent ambitious Percy?  St. Ignatius later said that the biggest and most important thing he had to learn was humility.  Are we going to see Percy humbled?  Or is he in reality already an undercover spy? The order St. Ignatius did institute became famous for its excellent education and teaching of logic.  Perhaps this is an indication that Percy will end up as the teacher at Hogwarts.

I am not fully satisfied with any of these ideas.  Does anyone else think that his middle name is somehow a clue?

Mary Jo

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