'Game of Thrones': Sansa and Arya were probably named after the founding members of the Starks

House Stark has been known for its honor and courage, and it is not surprising if Sansa and Arya were named after members who made the House what it is today

Nothing in 'Game of Thrones' ever happens without a reason, even when it comes to naming children. Recent speculations on Reddit have come up with the theory that both the Stark sisters, Arya and Sansa, were named after their great-grandparents - and probably after some of the founding members of the Stark house. 

A recent discussion on Reddit spun over the naming of the Stark children and it turns out that each Stark kid (including Jon Snow) was named after people who were extremely significant in the history of House Stark. Commenting on the introductory statement, "I was just thinking about it and realized that all four Stark boys are named after people who were important to Ned (Robert Baratheon, Jon Arryn, Brandon Stark, Rickard Stark) but at least in the show we don't know of any important characters who share the girls' names or variations of them", one Reddit user claimed that both Arya and Sansa were named after Ned's and Cat's grandparents, respectively. 

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