[HPforGrownups] Rose & Hugo, was Re: Ron's Kids names

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 176172

>
> Lynda:
>
> Well, lets see.  One of my cousins is named Samuel, after his father, Sam,
> but called Andy because his mother found calling two people in the house
> Sam
> was confusing. Anderson was her maiden name so she called him Andy. A
> friend
> of mine is a Colgate (yep from the toothpaste family) and her second son's
> middle name is Colgate. I also have friends who are naming all of their
> children after friends and relatives. Their oldest is David Rosario, after
> a
> friend of the family and his paternal grandfather. The second is Madison
> Rosario also after a family friend and the same paternal grandfather.  I
> have been told that all the kids they have will have the middle name
> Rosario.  Its a family tradition.  So it does still happen, to varying
> degrees.


montims:
yes, but again I think this is more of a US (or Italian) thing than a UK
one, as I said originally...  The WW tends to name its children by a theme
(as the Romans did) - alliterative, or after stars, or flowers, etc - if
they have any pattern at all.  Some are named after their uncles (maybe the
Weasleys hoped Uncle Bilius would leave them some money if they took his
name for Ron - money must have been getting tight when he was born...)

After WW2, a lot of Winstons were around (viz. 1984 and Winston Smith), and
I understand and applaud Victoire as a name in the circumstances.  But I
suppose I don't really understand the point in naming a child the same as a
parent (it must make sorting out the post and telephone calls difficult for
a start), or even naming the child after a hero, like Albus Severus - would
this be to keep the names alive, so every time one says Albus to the
boy, one automatically thinks of Dumbledore?  Or is the hope that the child
will develop the characteristics of the eponymous hero?  (Or pop star or
whatever - how many young Kylies are running around?)  Either way, it seems
an awful lot for a child to live up to.  If he screwed up, would it be
thrown back at him that he was not as good as the original?  (Obviously not
in the perfect Potter family, but hypothetically...)  I stand, as ever, to
be corrected...


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