Harry Potter amazing names

There are many amazing and really unusual names in Harry Potter's books. Have you ever thought where Rowling took them from?

Look here:

http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/

she takes heaps of them from old myths and legends and stuff, and lots of them mean things that describe them... like Hermes, the owl, hermes was a winged messenger...or something... and others that i cant remember.

hey i just went to that site
"Arthur is a possible reference to King Arthur. The World Book says, 'There are two versions of the events that led to Arthur's death. Both say he fought a war against Roman emporer Lucius.'"
NOOO!! 🙁🙁 that cant happen❌

Remus Lupin is obvously from Romulous and Remus, and Lupin is Wolf in Latin (I think)

remus and lupin i learnt somewhere where both latin names for werewolf
..... so phoes prob abley right! thats what i think anyway, a lot of here charecteres were based on latin and centaur;centaurion? maybe i'm just guesing now!

lot are based on French too - Fleur Delacoeur - Flower of the heart

Voldemort - Flight of Death

Malfoy - bad faith ((i think))

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Malfoy - bad faith ((i think))

Mundungus means 'tobacco' because he always smells of his pipe

Originally posted by Phoenix
Malfoy - bad faith ((i think))

O yeah? Do you know how we call him in Lithuanian? We call him Smirdzius which means Stinker.

cool!

Can someone tell me if Harry Potter is something JK came up with herself, b/c I've heard that she got the Idea from legends and sorta added her own spin in parts that nobody really knew. Then I heard it was all her own idea. Has anybody else heard that???

she says she came up with it

Actually have any of you guys read 'Jane Eyre'? The beginning is VERY similar, evil gardiuns after parents die, went off to school, better life, very very similar, I think she got it from that. But Joanne is STILL a genius in my eyes! 😄

yeh, except at Jane's school she got starved and burnt meals etc

did you know that if you put Tom's name in a elven name generator, you'd get: Maglor Elanesse. cool huh?

Originally posted by Phoenix
Remus Lupin is obvously from Romulous and Remus, and Lupin is Wolf in Latin (I think)

lupus is latin for wolf. theres also a wolf in the whole romulus and remus story. i know a lot of latin so if any of u want to know id be happy to answer any questions about latin!🙂

hey, lovergirl, have ya seen equilibrium with Chris Bale in? he's so cool!

want to see more of hp actors/characters' names in elvish?

Severus was a Roman general in the battle with Claudius and Britania.

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hey, lovergirl, have ya seen equilibrium with Chris Bale in? he's so cool!

Absolutely! I have the dvd🙂