Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbldore

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---"Mary Jo Neyer" <maryjo at n...> wrote:

> So in DD's personal names we see the Roman, Welsh, French, Gaelic 
and Anglo-Saxon cultures of the U.K. all in a type of representation.
> 

Great post, Mary Jo!  I wonder if JKR picked the names with the 
intention of representing the different cultures.

I loved the part in OotP when Dumbledore gives his full 
name.  "Brian" is my favorite because it's such a nice-sounding, 
approachable name-- not something Latin and remote.

Percival makes me think of Percival Blakeney, the hero of Baroness 
Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel" series.  Sir Percy was the leader of a 
league of Englishmen who ran daring missions into revolutionary 
France to save innocent aristocrats from the guillotine.  Dunno if 
JKR had that in mind at all, but in any case it's a name that 
suggests both heroic bravery and pure goodness.