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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I know she's all about the naming of kids after those gone by, but I have a hard time believing that George would name his son Fred. Maybe it's just that I didn't grow up in a family that did a lot of in family naming, but Little Fred can't replace Fred and the bond between twins is just.. too close for naming your kids after your dead twin.
Is it more of a British thing than I'm thinking or did JKR just name everyone after dead people. (I do have issues with naming kids after people and the expectations that puts on them so that may be coloring my feelings on this a bit.)
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Nah it's a Jo Rowling thing. But look at our royals. SO many name repeats. When I change my name I'll have the names of two princesses myself.
I'd rather be named for an amazing person that had an impact on someone's life than randomly. I don't view it as expectations. Rather, an honour. And come on...she picked some cool names. Normal ones and then awesome ones like Hermione and Ginevra. I have a great aunt Theodocia. (I think that's how it's spelt.) I'm still threatening to name one of my daughters Theodocia. Theodocia, Beatrix and Evelyn. Would that be too cruel?