Harry Potter names

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this has ever had its own post, and if it has then I apologise, but in the same vein as the literary names post below, what are your favourite Harry Potter names?

In a world where the kid wouldn't get picked on, what HP names would you use on your future son/daughter?

I personally love Sirius, but I would never use it!
I also quite like the name Severus! Haha

EDIT: I should probably add that my favourite 'normal' HP names are James and Lily

:)

Comments

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I love the name Harry, both because of the books and because I like the name. I also really like Ginny, George, Molly, Arhur, Albus (I know, it's weird, but I do like it), Cedric, Seamus, Dean, James, and Lily. I know there are more I like, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Ginny, Molly, and Seamus are all on my list, although I'll probably never use them. I WOULD consider using Harry, but probably not. Maybe as a nickname for Henry? I'd never use Albus, though - it's too obvious, lol.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I honestly cannot stand the books, but I heard a couple months ago there was a character named Luna, and I think that name's really pretty. Lily is also nice, and I like Harry too.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Aww why don't you like them?
I love the name Lily, thats actually a name I would use, but not cause of the books!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I used to like the name Harry until the HP books came out. now of course I would never use it.

I've never read them, so no comment on any other names.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

*giggles* So would I!

[mahalia-baby.livejournal.com]

I like Lily, James and Molly. (:

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

I love the name Lily. I have loved the name Lily since I was very young - I used to try and convince my parents to rename me Lily... but also at the same time I tried to convince them to call me Purple (I was six... so I can just claim that I was weird...)

I have loved the name Lily since before the books came out and my first daughter is definitely going to be named Lily Marie.

[minimepending.livejournal.com]

Purple and Lily <333

My daughter is named Lilly. I love it b/c it's pretty and I am an HP geek. But hubby picked it, so he was not as hp-tainted.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

I actually like Luna, its a very pretty name
oh and cedric, the other names are eh for me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

ps. I love Harry Potter, Im obsessed

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Girls:

Fleur
Gabrielle
Lily
Penelope
Minerva
Andromeda
Ginevra (Ginny)
Celestina


Boys:

James
Alastor
Phineas
Kingsley
Dean
Ronan
Charlie
Oliver
Blaise


WOOOO for Harry Potter. :D

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

:D I like all the boys names you've picked, except Blaise!
:)

[shyshutterbug.livejournal.com]

*squees and flails at an HP topic*

James, Lily, Ginevra, and Harry are all on my list as first names. Albus, Remus, and Jane (which is Hermione's middle name) are on the list as middle names. Ronald is actually my top pick for a boy's middle name (because I absolutely adore the character to pieces), and Arthur is my second pick for same (though that wasn't originally because of the character, but a different Arthur - nice fringe benefit, though). I like Cedric and Minerva, but I doubt I would ever use them.

Also quite high on my list of girls' first names is Kathleen, after JKR. I had a bad experience with a Joanna in my past, so I eliminated Joanne from the list, but Kathleen would work. (And yes, I do know that's not legally part of her name and she borrowed it from her grandmother...but still, I like it anyway!)

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Icon <3

I like Remus too.
I'm not so keen on teh name Ronald, just not my style! Although I really like the name Arthur [though more for King Arthur reasons than HP ones!]

[kreckless.livejournal.com]

Lily
Gabrielle
Charlie (I like it on a girl)

Oliver
James
Blaise

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about Charlie on a girl, but I think thats because my baby male cousin is called Charlie!

[mistressfishie.livejournal.com]

Lily
Andromeda
Luna
Celestina
Minerva
Poppy (Pomfrey)
Marietta (Edgecombe)
Elladora (Black)
Cassiopeia (Black)

Sirius
James
Cedric
Remus
Lucius
Caradoc (Dearborn)

I don't think I'd use some of the stranger ones on kids, but they make great character names if nothing else. X)

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, you icon made me laugh!

I like Marietta and Elladora as well!
And Lucius, I'd forgotten him!

:D

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

I like hermione before hp. I love it. and seamus as well. but those I enjyed before I read the books.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

I had to look at wikipedia because I couldn't remember all the names haha.

Girls:
Dolores
Emmeline
Fleur
Ginny
Lily
Molly
Narcissa
Poppy

Alastor
Arthur
James
Kingsley
Oliver
Rubeus

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I really like Narcissa.
Alastor is growing on me too!

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

Yeah i mentioned my fave HP ones in Literary Names
if i could re-read the book i sould find more prolly.
Hermione
Sirius
Minerva is weird but part of me loves it.
Rubeus
Neville

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I'm suprised no one else has mentioned Neville yet!

[mmmrorschach.livejournal.com]

Tyrion
Bran
Eddard

Arya
Sansa
Catelyn

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Which book are they mentioned in?
I really like Arya.
And Catelyn with a 'k'!

[searlait.livejournal.com]

I love James, Penelope, Oliver, and Harry.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

Potter topics. I can handle those..

Girls
Hermione my number one, and holds a special place for a child of mine someday... but I loved it before potter
Ginny I'd probably not do Ginny's real name, but I do like hte NN Ginny
Nymphadora I'd NEVER use this on my child now a days, but I do love it with a gusto. I do like Tonks more, but being her Surname... I may use it as a NN on my kid some day (Tonks, not nymphadora)
Luna One I liked before potter as well
Hannah (Abbot) I like this name oddly enough
Lavender (Brown) I'd never use it, but it's pretty
Penelope (Clearwater) I've met several people lately with tha tname, and I think it has it's place in the world... it's a pretty name!
Lily Adore thise name!


Boys
Markus (Flint) I like it, but i'd never use it
James love it, and of one of my future sons, it's marked as his middle name (the name being Kaelin James) but it's been marked since I was 5, quite a few yearas before Potter came out
Sirius I do like it, and would think of maybe using it as a middle name.. but only if I run out of others before I run out of children
Oliver (wood) I adore adore adore this name and have it marked as one of my future kids names.. I also live the nickname Oli
Remus I like this, actually, it's very.. serene in my mind
Viktor (Krum) I do like it.. and I even like the spelling... but who knows
Tobias (Snape) I like that.. always have.. but its' too... out there for me to name my kid that


I could go on, bu that'd make me seem like a bigger dork for knowing many random characters... yay!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I like pretty much all your choices as well!

I'm fairly sure Tobias is a 'normal' name - Toby

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Bellatrix
Fleur
&
Cedric
Harry
Lucius
Sirius

[cherryfirecrush.livejournal.com]

These are in no particular order. Just posted as they came to mind.

Hermione (Granger)
Draco (Malfoy)
Bellatrix (Lestrange)
Luna (Lovegood)
Lucius (Malfoy)
Lily (Evans/Potter)
Lavender (Brown)
Katie (Bell)
Evan (Rosier)
Angelina (Johnson)
Alicia (Spinnet)
Oliver (Wood)
Cedric (Diggory)
Blaise (Zabini)
Narcissa (Malfoy)
Andromeda (Tonks)
Nymphadora (Tonks)
Fleur (Delacour)
Gabrielle (Delacour)
Alastor (Moody)
Firenze (Centaur)
Aurora (Sinstra)
Arabella (Figg)
Hestia (Jones)
Kingsley (Shacklebolt)
Alice (Longbottom)
Vincent (Crabbe)
Gregory (Goyle)
Godric (Gryffindor)
Rowena (Ravenclaw)
Salazar (Slytherin)
Viktor (Krum)
Cho (Chang)
Fawkes (Pheonix)
Albus (Dumbledore)

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I love your icon :D

Draco <3
Aurora (Sinstra) - Never knew that was her name

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Girls:

Hermione - I liked Hermione pre-HP (from mythology/Shakespeare), but it will be forever associated with HP now. :o(
Minerva - Yay mythology! Minerva is the goddess of war and wisdom. Perfect for the headmistress of Gryffindor.
Nymphadora - Sounds cute. Even if she hates it. ;o)
Ginevra - I really like this name, but I can't help but imagine that there will be a huge burst of little Ginevra's in the next few generations (as well as Hermiones)...so nix on that.
Rowena (Ravenclaw)- Rowena has been one of my favorite girls' names for years...ever since I read Ivanhoe. :o)
Pomona (Sprout) - I don't think I'd name a child Pomona, but I like it nonetheless.
Arabella (Fig) - I don't know why...but I like it.
Hannah - This has been another of my favorite girls' names for a very long time.
Luna - I just love the way the word sounds. Yay Spanish!


Guys:
Alastor - Although I do like Alastair better.
Draco - I think this is one of the best names in the whole series, and I wish I could name my kid Draco without dooming him to a lifetime of misery...
Arthur - But really only for the mythological connotations it has. I'm a tad obsessed with Arthurian legend. :o)
Blaise - I don't know...I just like it.
Percival (Percy) - Once again...Arthurian legend...
Cedric - I actually heard of this name before HP because I love Anglo-Saxon and Old English history/language...but now it will be forever associated with HP. *sigh*
Errol - Same as above...but I can't give my child a name that so many people associate with a dopey owl, haha.
Colin - Good solid British name. ;o)
Seamus - I have loved this name for a long time, HP aside. I fell in love with it when we read Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf in high school. :o)
Neville - Because I adore Neville. He is one of my favorite characters in the books. I never liked the name before I read HP, but I love it now. :o)
Trevor - Neville's toad...but that's not why I like it, haha.
Oliver - One of my favorite boys' names (wayyy before HP), and I am definitely using in someday!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I'm a tad obsessed with Arthurian legend. :o)
I'm glad I'm not the only one!

I agree with so many of your reasons!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I'm just wondering now if anyone actually knows of a child named after a Harry Potter character? Because people seem to be of the belief that a bunch of little Hermiones are going to start popping up any time now, but I've never seen or heard of any kid named after someone from the books.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

It's still not quite time for the Harry Potter generation to start having kids. Most of the fans are between 10 and 25, so I give it a couple more years for the oldest of the generation to start naming their kids HP names.

[framedinblood.livejournal.com]

I went to the Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/) to get names because there are so many.

Boys:
Alastor
Antonin
Fabian
Lucius
Nicholas
Oliver
Phineas
Regulus
Rodolphus
Rufus
Sirius
Viktor
Vincent
Xavier

Girls:
Alecto
Arabella
Araminta
Artemis
Artemisia
Bellatrix
Cassiopeia
Charis
Druella
Dymphna
Elladora
Emmeline
Fleur
Gabrielle
Isla
Mnemone
Narcissa
Primrose
Verity - My favourite girl's name that I totally forgot was even in the books until I read t at the lexicon. She worked at the Weasley Shop
Victoria
Violetta

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

That is a lot!

[usoccergurl.livejournal.com]

Neville
Ruebus

[padfootinpurple.livejournal.com]

Oh man, there are so many names I love from Harry Potter!

Sirius, James, Harry, Remus, Regulus, Phineas, Cedric, Dean
Molly, Ginevra, Hermione, Lily, Luna, Lavender, Andromeda, Minerva, Joanne

I would really love to name one of my kids Harry James, since I love both the names separately and together, but I don't know if anyone would allow me to do so, haha. I plan on using the name Lily, though. I would use Joanne but unfortunately I bet a Joanna who was the most airheaded, stupid person I have ever met, so to me they're too similar.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Do James Harry! Haha. I also like the combo of Lily Ginevra.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Hermione
Luna
Bellatrix
Peter
Fleur
Angelina
Dean
Katie
Cormac
Alicia
Justin
Daphne
James
Lily
Peter
Gabrielle
Aurora
Augusta