Ginevra

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 99090

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "antoshachekhonte"
<antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:
> So I've been looking through baby name books (pathetic, I know)
regarding Ginny's full 
> name: Ginevra Molly Weasley. 
> 
> "Ginevra" has a couple of roots (so to speak). One is a (possible)
connection to the ginger 
> plant ('gingiver' being the name in late Latin). Of course, 'ginger'
is a common nickname 
> for a redhead.
> 
> The other is that it is a Celtic name related to "Guinevere." 

I personally go for the Ginevra -> Guinevere connection, but I thought
I'd mention another famous Ginevra. Leonardo de Vinci did a famous
painting of Ginevra de' Benci. More information and a picture can be
found here:

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/female.html

--Arcum