Alright, I can live with that

Weeks after finding out that JK Rowling decided to name Ginny Weasley "Ginevra Molly Weasley", I looked around at name dictionaries and discovered that "Ginevra" is the Italian equivalent of "Guinevere".

Although it sounds logical, I've always thought Ginny was no "Virginia". The names of the Weasleys seem to follow the trend of being somehow related to the names of royals, and there was no royal named Virginia, really. Some say that she could have been named Virginia for Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.

But I've always thought she would somehow be named after Guinevere. After all, Guinevere was a royal, King Arthur's queen. And from a certain point of view, Ginny IS Arthur's queen... Arthur Weasley's only daughter. =)

So with all that... I guess I can live with that name. =)

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GUINEVERE f
Usage: English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: GWIN-e-veer
Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth". In Arthurian legend she is the beautiful wife of King Arthur. Her betrayal of her husband with Mordred prompted the battle of Camlann, which led to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur. Later versions of the legends tell of her adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot.

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