Ron's Kids names

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 175847


Robin wrote:
> 
> I don't understand where Ron and Hermione's kids' names come from.  
> Rose and Hugo??  You would think that they would have at least 
named 
> their son Fred!  
> 
> I suppose they don't HAVE to name them after dead loved ones like 
Harry 
> and Ginny did, but....
> 
> Am I missing something?  Are Hugo and Rose in previous books 
somewhere 
> and I've just forgotten?

Potioncat:
Rose and Hugo sort of jump out at you, don't they? (A lot like the 
twins, they are.) To some extent, JKR has provided names for 
characters who don't need names. She may have given them names just 
to make the scene warmer, but had no real reason behind them. Or it 
could be that:

Harry, who has always wanted a family, has created a feeling of 
extended family by naming his kids after important people in his 
life. I imagine that Ginny, already surrounded by her siblings' 
growing families, doesn't need to use Weasley names.

Ron has always hated getting hand-me-downs. Even his middle name 
belonged to someone else. So he gives his kids completely different 
names. Ones that don't come with any legacies. Assuming of course, 
Rose and Hugo aren't Hermione's parents' names. 

In an interview, JKR says that George named his son Fred.

Potioncat, who wonders how many post-war wizarding boys are named 
Severus.