yup jkr uses symbolisms and if u search in yahoo the meaning of hippogriff in greek mythology the meaning of it is love, remember the scenes of hhr with buckbeak in book 3 and 5, buckbeak is a hippogriff, Jkr uses greek mythology symbols in HP, and other symbolisms too
name theory
Let's start with Harry. Harry is a name derived from Henry, which means the head or chief of a house. His second name, James, is the Christian form of Jacob, which means a supplanter (supplant means to replace or to remove in order to replace with something else. I dunno what that's gotta do with supplanter). So maybe Harry James means replacement chief. ???
Now for Hermione. Hermione is a name derived from Hermes, the Greek messenger God. Her second name, which we had recently learned to be Jane, is derived from John, which means a gracious gift of God. Perhaps Hermione Jane means gifted messenger or gracious messenger. ???
However, on the surface, their names do have a significance. For one, both names start with an H. That's one thing they have in common. The other thing is both their second names begin with a J. Another common thing. HJ. A lot of people have been putting meanings to their initials. The most famous, are these: HP (Harry Potter) ==> Hermione's Prince. HG (Hermione Granger) ==> Harry's Girl. Just wonderful, isn't it? Heheh. Oh, a bit of plus: James and Jane sound a like.
As for Ronald Billius Weasley? The only thing I can think of are these: RB (Ronald Billius) ==> Rejected Boy or Rejected Boyfriend or Rejected Best Friend and RW (Ronald Weasley) ==> Rejected Weasley (can't seem to get rid of the word rejected. Sorry if I offended any R/Hr fan.
for hhr fans only hehehe