Thursday: What's in a Name.

My name is Astrid Lyra Lestrange! (ALL!)

I was named Astrid because it means "strong," I think, and my dad wanted to be stronger than him. Which is a little silly because he's plenty strong! I also kind of think it sounds a bit like his name... Astrid, Rabastan... I don't know. Both go well with "Lestrange," or at least I think so!

Lyra is a constellation. It's like this weird family tradition to name the kids after celestial stuff, so my mum really wanted Astrid for my first name but to honor the tradition with my middle. The constellation is supposed to be a musical instrument (a lyre, which is like a small harp I guess), and one of the main stars in it is Vega, which was my grandfather's name. Wow, if only my mum'd known the irony of that when she picked it! Looking it up now, it looks like it should be pronounced "Lee-ra" but I've always said, "Lie-ra" so that's how it is! It's my name, dammit!

And... yeah! That's my name!