Repeated Names in Harry Potter Books

[eli_falk]

No: HPFGUIDX 95937

In the Harry Potter books, I've found the following repeated names:

Cassandra - Prof. Trelawney's great-great-grandmother (Cassandra 
Trelawney); Auther of Unfogging the Future (Cassandra Vablatsky)

Evans - Harry's mother's maiden name (Lily Evans); a neighbor of the 
Dursley familyt (Mark Evans); already been discussed on the list.

Tom - In the Riddle family (both Voldemort and his father); The in-
keeper at the Leaky Cauldrin (no last name)

William - Bill Weasley is Ron's big brother; Willie Wudsherkins is 
responsible for the regurgitating toiletts. Both first names are 
nicknames for William.

Zacharias - A Hufflepuff student in the DA (Zacharias Smith); Someone 
who wrote a discription of Quiddich in 1938 (Zacharias Mumps)

I wonder if there is any connection between these different people 
with the same name. Any ideas?


            Elihu Falk