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Names in Harry Potter

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This headmaster's first name means 'white' in Latin, Albus Dumbledore
The name for a wizard who can change his or her shape into that of an animal - for example, the rat Pettigrew, Animagus
The first name of Hogwarts' caretaker comes from a mythical guardian, Argus Filch
These wizards enforce the law and investigate dark magic; their name is similar to the Latin word for 'dawn', Aurors
Her first name means 'female warrior' in Latin, Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry's nemesis (among the students, anyway), he has a first name meaning 'dragon' in Latin, Draco Malfoy
Fawkes is modeled on which mythical creature that burns to ash and is reborn?, phoenix
Fluffy is modeled on which mythical guardian of the underworld?, Cerberus
This fantastical creature's species name comes from the Greek words for 'horse' and 'beaklike', hippogriff
Voldemort turned corpses into these creatures whose name comes from the Latin word for 'below', Inferi
This shop is located on which sinister street whose name sounds like the Latin word for 'happening at night'?, Knockturn Alley
This Death Eater's first name, which comes from the Latin word for 'light', may come from his light blond hair, Lucius Malfoy
Named after the Roman goddess of the moon, she also acquires a similar-sounding nickname that means 'crazy', Luna Lovegood
This Hogwarts teacher is named after the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, Minerva McGonagall
Harry's first two brooms were both named after this Latin word for 'cloud', Nimbus
Her first name comes from the home of the Greek and Roman gods, and her last name means 'very big' in Latin, Olympe Maxime
The name of this memory-storing device comes from the Latin word meaning 'weigh' or 'ponder', Pensieve
Both the first and last names of this Hogwarts professor hint at what animal he periodically transforms into, Remus Lupin
Hogwarts' groundskeeper, he has a first name that means 'ruddy' or 'red-faced' in Latin, Rubeus Hagrid
Harry would agree that this Hogwarts professor, whose first name means 'harsh' in Latin, was properly named, Severus Snape
The first name of Harry's godfather, appropriately enough, is also the name of a star in the constellation representing the hunter Orion's dog, Sirius Black
This Divination professor's first name comes from the most famous prophetesses in the ancient Mediterranean, Sybil Trelawney
The main villain of the story created a name for himself that comes, via French, from the Latin words for 'flight' and 'death', Voldemort
This gentle man's first name comes from the Greek words for 'stranger, guest' and 'love', Xenophilius Lovegood


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