McLagan

[Bill and Diana Sowers]

No: HPFGUIDX 110286

JKR probably just chose this name because she liked the sound of it 
but... just for some added interest since names sometimes are 
important in Harry Potter.

McLagan....

Mc/Mac are Gaelic prefixes to surnames equivalent to "son" in English 
and other Germanic languages (i.e. Johnson = "Son of John -- 
MacDonald = "Son of Donald")

Lagan comes from an old Scottish word meaning "Hollow."  I'm not sure 
if hollow here means a valley or something empty inside.

There is also a river in Northern Ireland called Lagan.

Probably useless information but it does keep me thumbing through 
books and/or the Internet... good exercises for the brain.

Bill