MINERVA McGONNAGALL – Minerva is Athena’s (the Greek Goddess of Wisdom) Roman name.

FLEUR DELACOUR – Directly translated, this means Flower of the Court. (Not blossom of the court as some people think).

VOLDEMORT – When this name is broken down into its 3 French words (Vol de Mort) it means flight of death.

DUMBLEDORE is the Old English translation for bumblebee. One of JK Rowling’s primary school headmasters was named Alfred Dunn.

SIRIUS – There is a constellation called Canus Major which means Big Dog. The constellation contains the star “Sirius”. Sirius turns into a big dog.

DRACO MALFOY – Draco is Latin for dragon, MALFOY technically does bot mean bad faith directly translated. Mal means bad, but faith is actually FOI not FOY.

NARCISSA (Malfoy’s Mother) comes from the English word “narcissism” which means undue dwelling on one’s own self or attainments or self-centred.

LUPIN is derived from the Latin word LUPIS meaning wolf. Lupin is a werewolf.