How do owls get their names?

[Lliannanshe]

No: HPFGUIDX 101245

> JKR is fond of using historically real names for certain characters.
> I'm wondering if the person in Harry's textbook after whom Hedwig is
> named is a real life witch (like Grindelwald...) There is a St
> Hedwig and a Hedwig village. 
> "celare_ulace"
> 
> Lady Macbeth:
> The most famous reference for Hedwig, and possibly the one Jo was 
thinking
> of when she named the owl, was St. Hedwig.
> 
> http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth03.htm
> 
> An interesting quote from the biography section of that page caught 
my
> attention: "She allowed no one who came to her for help to go away
> uncomforted." How many times has Hedwig comforted Harry in the 
books?
> 
> It may also be relevant to note that she married  Prince Henry I of
> Silesia - and, as anyone who knows the royal family of today (or is 
good
> with English names) knows, "Harry" is a medieval English form 
of "Henry".
> (Prince Harry's full name is actually Prince Henry Charles Albert 
David.)
> 
> -Lady Macbeth

The sisters of St. Hedwig (The order named after the above mentioned 
St. Hedwig) are known for their education of orphaned and abandoned 
children.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm

Lliannanshe