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 Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:28 am
Does any writer create names with more care and sense of humor then J.K. Rowling?
She uses foreign words, puns, and anagrams; and makes references to history and myth; and takes names from maps and war memorials; and uses many flower names.
Geography
Dursley: A town near J.K. Rowling's birth-place.
Firenze: Italian name for the city of Florence.
Flitwick, Professor (Charms Teacher): Flitwick is a town in England.
Snape, Severus: Snape is the name of another English village
Foreign Words
Beauxbatons: French for 'beautiful wands'.
Mosag: Gaelic for nasty, dirty woman.
Nigellus, Phineas: His last name comes from the Latin word for 'black'. His first name refers to a Bible characters, Phinehas, who was quick to accuse people of doing wrong. It's the perfect name for a chracter who storms about, complaining of everyone else's behaviour.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:04 pm
Literature
Crookshanks: George Cruikshank (1792 - 187 cool was a cartoonist who illustrated some of the most popular books of nineteenth century, including the first English edition of Grimm's fairy tales and novels by Chrales Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, and Louisa May Alcott. ('Cruikshank' and 'Crookshanks' literally mean 'bow-legged', as Crookshanks is.)
Diggory, Cedric: Digory Kirke is a hero of some of J.K. Rowling's favourite books as a child, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Flint, Marcus (captain of the Sytherin Quidditch team): Possibly named fo Captain John Flint from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
Granger, Hermione: Her uncommon first name is a form of 'Hermes', name of the Greek god of communication.
Lockhart, Gilderoy: The first name of this phoney fefers to his being glided to make him seem intelligent and attractive. The last name, she says, comes from a war memorial.
McGonagall, Minerva: Her first name refers to the Roman goddess of wisdom and arts. Her last name come from William McGongall (.1830-1902), a Scottish poet who is famous for being awful.
Weird Sisters: The name of Harry's favourite musical group is another Shakespeare references.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:32 pm
Saint
Hedwig: A saint who lived in Germany in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Ronan (centaur): An Irish saint.
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries: A real St Mungo's in London is a large humanitarian organization for the homeless. Saint Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, and appears on its coats of arms.
Flowers and Plants
Dursley, Petunia: The petunia symbolizes anger and resentment. Enough said.
Figg, Arabella: The fid flower signifies secrets.
Malfoy, Narcissa: The narcissus flower, which shares its name with the vain Narcissus of Greek legend, symbolizes self-love, a typical Malfoy quality.
Moaning Myrtle: The Myrtle symbolizes joy, a funny twist for the name of this unhappy ghost.
Parkinson, Pansy: The pansy signifies thinking of a loved one.
Potter, Lily: The Lily is a symbol of purity, which makes it almost too perfect for the name of Harry's mother.
Pomfrey, Poppy: The first name of the Hogwarts nurse comes from the flower of the opium plant. which has long been used as a medicine.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:20 pm
Nice ! XD
I always knew the names had a meaning behind them.(:
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:34 am
Granger, Hermione's name is actually a character of Greek mythology. Wikipedia In Greek mythology, Hermione was a daughter of Menelaus and Helen. While her parents were away fighting (and being seduced, in Helen's case), Hermione was being raised by her aunt, Clytemnestra. Before the Trojan War began, she was betrothed to Orestes, her cousin through Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon. In the play Orestes by Euripides, Orestes takes her hostage and threatens to kill her. Later, her father wanted her to marry Neoptolemus, son of Achilles. Her jealousy is the center of Andromache, another play by Euripides, in which she attempted to have Andromache and her child by Neoptolemus murdered. Andromache had been made a slave by Neoptolemus at the end of the Trojan War, and Hermione did not want to share her love with him. After failing this, she escaped with Orestes. The two men fought over her and Neoptolemus was killed. Hermione gave birth to Orestes' heir, Tisamenus.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:26 pm
malfoy mal means evil or evil wisher from the word malevolent
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:22 pm
The name "Voldemort" is French, as well. It can be broken down into three words: "Vol"-"de"-"mort" which can be translated into "Flight of Death". Forshadowing, anyone?
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:25 pm
SuperKoolPartyGal101 malfoy mal means evil or evil wisher from the word malevolent biggrin
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:09 pm
Dumbledore means bumblebee in some language or another....
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:00 am
Garnet17th SuperKoolPartyGal101 malfoy mal means evil or evil wisher from the word malevolent biggrin lol name your kid Faith Malfoy I have faith in Evil
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:41 am
This is really interesting. Thanks!
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:10 am
I love the originality of your thread. =]
Sometimes I want to write down a name in the books to name my own child, in the far far furure.
She has have to have done a load of research just on the names. I envy her.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:46 pm
Its so sad that its over. She had nothing and is now the richest woman in Europe. I am so happy for her. biggrin
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:49 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:08 pm
fourtysecondscarf Dumbledore means bumblebee in some language or another....
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