Random HP thoughts that's been bugging me...

[alley_skywalker]

Am I the only one that finds it kinda...strange...that Harry and Ginny's kids were all named after people who were important to Harry? And even if we say that Ginny didn't want to name her daughter after someone (like Percy named Molly) and Luna was Ginny's friend as much as Harry's but... what about the boys? That's what bugs me. Their first born is named after Harry's Father and Godfather. Their second second, after Harry's mentor and...whatever Harry considered Snape to be. I'm sure Ginny was fond enough of Dumbledore but he wasn't a mentor to her like he was to Harry and I doubt she cared much for Snape no matter his role in the war. Regardless, why wasn't either of their sons named after Ginny's brother, Fred? I mean, the two obviously had a thing for naming their kids after people, since even Lily has Luna's name for a middle name. Do I sense some... balance of power issues going on in that

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[ewa_jednak_chce_spac]

Iirc, Rowling wrote about Albus Severus that Harry named him like that in order to - I don't remember her wording, only the general meaning - sth like "giving Albus and Severus another chance for their names having good connotations".

And when it comes to naming children only after people important to one parent, not to both of them... it's still better than in the case of Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe's children - all of them (except neutral Joyce) are named after Anne's friends relatives and family members (sometimes after their surnames) or after herself (Nan) ;)