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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.

Severus

Meaning: stern

Origin:Latin
641
Pius

Meaning: Pius

Origin:Latin
4194
Amos

Meaning: carried by God

Origin:Hebrew
304
Seamus

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Irish variation of James
406
Ludo

Meaning: famous

Origin:German
738
Vernon

Meaning: place of alders

Origin:English
2110
Newt

Meaning: a small salamander

Origin:English
1639
Horace

Meaning: timekeeper

Origin:Latin clan name
1158
Ronald

Meaning: ruler's counselor

Origin:Norse
1187
Reginald

Meaning: counsel power

Origin:English
772
Zacharias

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Greek form of Hebrew Zachariah
2402
Bill

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:English, diminutive of William
1089
Nicolas

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Spelling variation of Nicholas
929
Narcissa

Meaning: daffodil

Origin:Greek
902
Lupin

Meaning: pertaining to the wolf

Origin:Flower, animal, and literary name, from Latin
1928
Merope

Meaning: bee-eater bird

Origin:Greek
2998
Ginny

Meaning: virginal

Origin:English, diminutive of Virginia, American place-name and Latin
1572
Petunia

Meaning: trumpet-shaped flower

Origin:English
1875
Hagrid The meaning of Hagrid is 'sensitivity' or 'i...
Origin:Literary name
3015
Albus

Meaning: white, bright.

Origin:Latin
923