[HPforGrownups] Re: Discussion HPDH

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 190750

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Mike Crudele <mcrudele78 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Nikkalmati
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> > Just a little joke. :>). Has any one considered that the Weasleys
> > all have ordinary English names while most other characters are
> > somewhat strange. All right Generva is unusual, but she gores by
> > Ginny.
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> Mike:
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> Someone once pointed out that all of the Weasley men are named for English kings, starting with the most famous though maybe mythical Arthur. And Ginny *could* have been a form of Arthur's bride, Guinevere, though Nikkalmati is correct on her real first name. Only Molly doesn't fit in this category, but she's a Weasley by marriage, not by birth.

Molly is actually a nickname for Mary, and there have been plenty of
Queen Marys!

I don't recall any English kings named Fred (erick) or Ronald, though
-- at least, not as a reigning name.  They might have been included in
the string of given names usually bestowed on a royal scion, however!


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean56 at gmail.com>