| Name: |
Orgin: |
Meaning: |
| Arthur |
Latin/Celtic |
Noble; Strength |
| Hedwig |
Teutonic |
Struggle; Strife |
| Alastor |
Greek |
Greek God who wanted revenge on people |
| Albus Dumbledore |
Latin |
Albus means "White" and Dumbledore means "bumblebee" |
| Argus Filch |
Greek Mythology |
Argus means "All seeing" or "Bright" because he had 100 eyes all over his body |
| Beauxbatons |
French |
Beautiful Wands |
| Draco |
Latin |
Dragon |
| Sirius |
??? |
A star in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the sky, approximately 8.6 light-years distant from Earth. Sirius is also called the Dog Star or Sothis. |
| Firenze |
Italian |
Florence |
| Fleur Delacour |
French |
Flower of the Court |
| Fluffy |
Greek Mythology |
The three headed dog from Greek mythology was called Cerberus and was the guard of Hades (The underworld). |
| Hermes |
Greek Mythology |
Messenger |
| Lockhart |
??? |
Town near Wagga Wagga, Australia. |
| Lupin |
Latin |
Lupis is Latin for Wolf |
| Malfoy |
French |
"Mal Foi" means "Badly Faith" |
| McGonagall |
Latin |
Bad Poet |
| Minerva |
Roman Mythology |
Goddess of Wisdom |
| Minerva |
Greek Mythology |
Goddess of War who gave firm punishments. |
| Mirror of Erised |
??? |
Erised backwards is Desire |
| Naginia |
Hindu Mythology |
Nagas are serpentine creatures living in the watery region under the Earth called Patala. They have human faces and serpent tails and they guard treasures. |
| Nimbus |
??? |
A cloudy light said to surround a classical deity when on earth. A dark gray cloud bearing rain. |
| Parvati |
Hindu |
Goddess of Plenty |
| Patronus |
Latin |
Protector |
| Peeves |
??? |
To cause to be annoyed or resentful |
| Remus |
Roman Mythology |
The twin brother of Romulus (Founder of Rome). They were raised by a female wolf and Romulus murdered Remus. |
| Voldemort |
French |
Vol De Mort means “Flight of Death”. |
| Accio |
Latin |
To call or summon |
| Expelliarmus |
Latin |
From Expello, "To drive out or Expel", and arma, "Weapon". |
| Auror |
Roman Mythology |
Aurora is the Goddess of Dawn |
| Avada Kedavra |
Aramaic |
May the thing be destroyed |
| Avis |
Latin |
Bird |
| Ludo |
Latin |
I Play |
| Balderdash |
??? |
Nonsense |
| Bane (Centaur) |
??? |
Something Harmful |
| Boggart |
??? |
Object that can startle a horse |
| Boomslang Skin (Magical Object) |
??? |
A Boomslang is a poisonous snake in Africa |
| Sir Cadogan |
??? |
William Cadogan was an 18th century general. |
| Caput Draconis (Password to enter Gryffindor) |
Latin |
Dragons Head |
| Cliodna (Shown on a Chocolate frog card) |
Celtic |
Goddess of Beauty and the Underworld |
| Confundus Charm |
Latin |
Confundo is Latin for “I confuse” |
| Crookshanks |
??? |
Crooked Legs |
| Cruciatus |
Latin |
Crucio means “I torment” and Cruciatus means “Tormented”. |
| Densaugeo (Magic Spell) |
Latin |
Dens means “Tooth” and augeo means “ I enlarge”. |
| Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Hogwarts motto) |
Latin |
A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled |
| Durmstrang Institute |
German |
Sturm means “storm” and Drang means “Stress”. |
| Hermione |
Greek Mythology |
Daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy. |
| Grim |
Norse Mythology |
Grimr was a nickname for of Odin, the god of the dead. |
| Rubeus Hagrid |
Latin |
Rubeus means “reddish” |
| Madam Hooch |
Slang |
Hooch is slang for homemade liquor |
| Lumos |
Latin |
Light |
| Lucius Malfoy |
Latin |
Bearer of Light |
| Alaster Moody |
Greek |
Not forgetting |
| Pigwidgeon |
??? |
Tiny fairy or dwarf. |
| Portkey |
French |
Porter means, “To carry”. |
| Sibyll Trelawney |
Greek Mythology |
Sibyls were female prophets. |
| Snape, Severus |
Norse/Latin |
"Severus" is Latin for "stern" or "harsh". There was a Roman emperor named Lucius Severus. Supposedly, Jo made the Potions master the "enemy" because she didn't like a Chemistry teacher she once had.
"Snape" is a small town Jo once visited. According to Blaise and the OED: I was delighted to find that the word "snape" actually has a meaning beyond simply being a place-name (in that context it means a boggy patch of ground). To snape someone means to rebuke or hurt them, and a snape is a rebuke. It's an almost obsolete English dialectical word from the Norse, if anyone cares. - Submitted by ~*Lothriel*~, from http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/s.html
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