Broomsticks And Owls

by **DucksRMagical** » Saturday 28 April 2007 1:17:08pm

Most of you know that I live in the U.S.A. A lot of the HP characters have names I've never heard of before. Like Hermione, Draco, Severus, etc. So are these names common in the U.K.? Or did JKR just want to use unique names?

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Monday 30 April 2007 4:37:11am

Many of the names used in the books are used becaues of JKR's love of languages.... they have latin roots and stuff, like Draco is used because it means dragon, and that's a reflection of the character. So many of the names used in the books are just like that. Sirius for example... is the name of the dog star.

But there are just as many names like Hermione and Ronald and they're of course real names. Names that swing in and out of fashion like all names do.

by **DucksRMagical** » Monday 30 April 2007 8:12:13pm

Oh, that's cool! The names seem to fit the characters really well. I've never heard of the name Hermione before, but I like it!

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Saturday 5 May 2007 11:13:17am

DucksRMagical wrote:Oh, that's cool! The names seem to fit the characters really well. I've never heard of the name Hermione before, but I like it!

Well yes, if you've ever wondered why the names fit some of the characters so well, that's why. The names for many of them were chosen deliberately based on the characteristics of the characters.

by **aquamonet** » Tuesday 19 June 2007 7:46:35pm

As explained before Draco and Severus aren't really names. Hermione is, but it's an older name, I hadn't come across it before Harry Potter but then I saw someone on TV called Hermione recently so it must be a real name. Quite a few of the names that JK has used seem to be traditional names or names that you would expect older people to have such as Ronald and Percy. I think it adds to the magic somehow.

by **Alexandra** » Friday 29 June 2007 11:40:06pm

Severus in Latin means strict and Minerva wize one. It's also the Latin name for Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom (or something like that). All of her spells and potions are in Latin. Like felix felicis-fortunate man.

by **SunsetG|rl** » Monday 2 July 2007 9:56:38am

aquamonet wrote:Hermione is, but it's an older name, I hadn't come across it before Harry Potter but then I saw someone on TV called Hermione recently so it must be a real name.

Actually I had heard the name many times before in cartoons. When I was little there were quite a bunch of characters named Hermione in cartoons.

by **Phinea Rogue** » Monday 2 July 2007 12:35:50pm

Hermione is also a name of a character from Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale".

by **Simatra** » Monday 2 July 2007 7:25:06pm

Minerva wize one. It's also the Latin name for Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom (or something like that).

Athena is the Goddess of War and Battle Straticy/wisdom. Just so you know in the future.

by **Run Away!!!** » Monday 2 July 2007 9:16:46pm

There is a difference though between the Greek Athena and the Roman Minerva, the Roman Gods were only based on ideas of the Greek Gods, they aren't exactly the same.

by **Snow_Crystal** » Friday 20 July 2007 6:56:42pm

Hermione has become a really popular name in the UK since the first book came out.

by **Bendy1** » Tuesday 24 July 2007 7:12:45pm

That's so interesting!!!! I love unique names.

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