What's In a Name?

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Garrick?
His name is Garrick?
Garrick Ollivander.
Huh. This is what I get for not being on Pottermore.
Seriously, Garrick? That seems so... so modern, so "Eric" plus ..."Gary." So modern! But JKR knows best, she always knows best... So what does it mean? It's Germanic... So I guess he's neither Dutch nor Greek nor good red herring... it means "Spear

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Oh bless you! I'm so glad you were able to reconcile yourself to the name. Also, it's a pretty ancient name over here. :)

And yes, you will have SO MUCH FUN with the info about Ollivander on Pottermore. Especially the wand cores and woods.

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I'm just thrown for a loop, that's all. I wouldn't have guessed it for him, but after all it really does work.

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