Where Do The Names Come From?-Updated

Have you ever wondered where JK Rowling gets all these interesting and unusual names from? Well here are where some of the names come from:

Aberfourth Dumbledore (Albus Dumbledore's missing brother)- Word meaning to wonder off

Arabella Figg- Figg is a flower that signifies secrets

Bathilda Bagshot(the author of A History of Magic)-Bagshot is a town near London

Beauxbatons-French word meaning beautiful wands

Caradoc Dearborn (Order of the Phoenix member who vanished)- His last name is a translation of his first name. Caradoc means dearly loved

Cedric Digory- Digory Kirke is a character from The Chronicles of Narnia

Deledus Diggle- A brilliant inventor in Greek myths

Dumbledore-An old Devonshire word meaning bumblebee

Dursley-A town near JK Rowling's birthplace

Firenez-Italien name for Florence

Flitwick-A town in England

Fleur Delacour- French word meaning flower of the court which is a term used for a noblewomen

Gideon Prewett (the founding memer of the order of the phoenix)-Gideon is a character from the Bible, who fought against the followers of baal, who was thought to be a false God

Gubraithian Fire (everlasting fire)- Scots cheer Alba Gu Bragh which in Gaelic means Scotland forever. Because this name came from the north, it is probably the reason why in the novel, the giants of the north already knew about it.

Hedwig- A german saint

Hermes(Percy's owl)- The messenger of the Greek Gods

Hermione Granger-Comes from the word "Hermes". In the play A Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, a character called Hermione get turned into a staue. Similarly this happens to Hermione in The Chamber of Secrets

Hestia Jones- Hestia is the Goddess of hearth, which is a fireplace where meals ae cooked. Coincidently when Harry first meets her, she is standing near a tosater

Hippocrates Smethwyck (the healer-in-charge in one of the wards in St.Mungo's-Hippocrates is the name of a Greek physician who is considered as the founder of medical science

Lily Potter- A Lily symbolises purity

Ludo Bagman-In Latin, Ludo means"i play" and Bagman is a slang word for a person who gets money in a dishonest way

Petunia Dursley- Petunia flower represents anger

Pomona Sprout- Her first name comes from the Roman Goddess of fruit. Her second name is a vegetable

Marcus Flint- Captain John Flint from Treasure Island by Bobert Louis Stevenson

Minerva McGonagall-Minerva is the Roman Goddess of wisdom and arts. McGonagall comes from the name of the Scottish poet William McGonagall who is famous for being awful

Moaning Myrtle- The Myrtle plant symbolises joy

Mosag-Gaelic for dirty woman

Muggles- This is a word that comes from English slang. A mug can mean someone who is easily fooled. JK Rowling's version is now added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Narcissa Malfoy- The narcissus flower symbolises self-love

Nymphadora Tonks- The Greek word nymph refers to birds who had just changed from one stage of life to another

Pansy Parkinson- A Pansy signifies thinking of a loved one

Phineas Nigellus-Nigellus comes from the Latin word for black. His first name is from the character Phinehas from the Bible, who is a character that is quick to accuse people of wrong doings.

Phyllida Spores (author of One Thousand magical herb)- Phylla is a Greek word meaning leaves

Remus Lupin-Lupus is the Latin name for "wolf". The founders of Rome, who as children were suckled by a wolf were named Romulus and Remus

Ronan- An Irish saint

Rubeus Hagrid- Rubeus is the Latin word for red and Hagrid is a word used when someone looks awful(hag)

Salazar Slytherin-Antonio de Oliviers Salazaar was the dictator of portugal from1932-1968. He was known for very harsh politics

Severus Snape-Snape is the name of an English village

St.Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries-St.Mungo's is a homeless charity in London. Saint Mungo was the patron saint of Glasgow

Tenebrus (Hagrid's favourite Thestral)-Comes from the Latin word meaning darkness or blindness

Thestrals- Comes from the anglo-Saxon word Thester meaning darkness or make dark

Weird Sisters (Harry's favourite musical group)-Comes from Shakespeare's play Macbeth; the three witches were often refered to as the weird sisters

These are the ones i know. If there are anymore, please post the names and the meanings and i will update this post. Hope you guys like this😛

Nitisha😉

ohhh Interesting..
thanx!
Snape...english villa?
hmmmm
😃

-Mahak-

Wonderful post , very intersting indeed, would wait for your update on this one!!!

Thank you sooooooo much for sharing!! 😊

Sareeta

sorry. meant to say english village, not a villa. I edit it with the next post 😃

Thanks dear. I've read this somewhere before-but it was a nice refreshment for my memory!!!! It must have taken ages for you-post the remaining names now too!!!

JK is a gem of a author-her names are so well connected with the storyline!!!!

Severus=I have a question-dos it mean severe? I can't connect his character and an English village!!!

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Nutzie Jaan 😉

It might link with severe, but there was a roman general, who later became emperor and his last name was severus. 😊

Oh yeah and just in case you were wandering the colour codes represent the updates. So the first names i did was in red, and then when i updated it, i did them in blue and then the third time i did it in dark pink 😉

yeah, i too wonder where she gets al those weird names from

Originally posted by: umrao_jaan

Thanks dear. I've read this somewhere before-but it was a nice refreshment for my memory!!!! It must have taken ages for you-post the remaining names now too!!!

JK is a gem of a author-her names are so well connected with the storyline!!!!

Severus=I have a question-dos it mean severe? I can't connect his character and an English village!!!

xxxxx
Nutzie Jaan 😉

yeah thatz so trye..😆

i like the english village..btw.r there also bad ppl livin dere 😆

btw..thanx for the names..i was wondering frm where she extracted all these wonderful names 😆

Yeah, the names she uses are really global aren't they? 😃