McLagan

[cybermarmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 110311

Bill <sixsunflowers at y...> wrote:
> 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.
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JKR has shown us before that the meaning of names is very 
significant to understanding a character. Like the meaning of 
Voldemort (flight from death) etc. McLagan is not a very common name 
(I think) like Evans turned out to be. i.e.  Mark Evans. The 
information you found out is very interesting. The "Hollow" part 
can't just be a coincidence (Godric's Hollow). JKR doesn't do things 
that way. She's always giving us hint of some kind. Maybe, just 
maybe, this McLagan has something to do with the HBP. Just a hunch.

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