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Names from Harry Potter

The boy and girl names from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling are among the most inventive and inspired in literature since Charles Dickens created Pip and Oliver Twist. Rowling is credited with making names such as Luna and Arabella the hits they are today.

Along with Luna and Arabella, other Harry Potter names in the US Top 1000 include Alice, Augustus, Cedric, Helena, Marjorie, Orion, Reginald, and Seamus. Less common Harry Potter baby names that might appeal to American parents include Ginny, Phineas, Pomona, and Sybil.

From Draco Malfoy to Severus Snape, from Hermione to Harry himself, Harry Potter names often hail from history and might inspire names for your modern baby.

Andromeda

Meaning: advising like a man

Origin:Greek mythology name
132
Lavender

Meaning: purple flower

Origin:English
207
Arabella

Meaning: yielding to prayer

Origin:Latin
38
Poppy

Meaning: red flower

Origin:English from Latin
39
Fleur

Meaning: flower

Origin:French
332
Minerva

Meaning: of the mind, intellect

Origin:Latin
257
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Sybil

Meaning: prophetess

Origin: Greek
259
Millicent

Meaning: strong in work

Origin:German
515
Hermione

Meaning: messenger, earthly

Origin:Greek, feminine version of Hermes, "messenger, earthly"
334
Lucius

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
57
Rufus

Meaning: red-head

Origin:Latin
174
Augustus

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Latin
216
Cornelius

Meaning: horn

Origin:Latin
228
Gideon

Meaning: hewer; or, having a stump for a hand

Origin:Hebrew
68
Arthur

Meaning: bear

Origin:Celtic
32
Colin

Meaning: people of victory; pup

Origin:English diminutive of Nicholas or Irish and Scottish
211
Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Orion

Meaning: boundary, limit

Origin:Greek
119
Cadmus

Meaning: one who excels

Origin:Greek
968