Repeated Names in Harry Potter Books

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No: HPFGUIDX 95948

Elihu Falk:
> 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 family (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?

Tess (me):
No analysis here, but a few additions to your list.

Per JKR in the World Book Day chat, Hermione and Umbridge both have
the middle name of Jane.

Also, Percival is one of Dumbledore's middle names; Percy Weasley's
(apparent) full first name is a derivative of it.

And since I'm on a middle-name kick, I'll throw in the obvious ones:
--James Potter/Harry James Potter
--Weasley relative named Bilius/Ronald Bilius Weasley (WBD chat)
--Molly Weasley/Ginny Molly Weasley (WBD chat)

Tess