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| Alastor | Greek God who sought revenge on people. |
| Albus | It means WHITE in Latin. Maybe because of his white beard?? |
| Aragog | 'Arachnid' means spider. Gig is giant. So if you put them together you get ara(from arachinid) gig(big) which means big spider. J.K. Rowling might have changed it to Aragig to Aragog. |
| Bagman | A bagman is a person who bags money (looses them in bets and doesn't pay back?. |
| Beauxbatons | Beautiful wands in French. |
| Dementor | Go mad in latin (dememnted). |
| Diagon Alley | If you say it really fast it's diagonally. Diagon Alley is said to be diagonal. |
| Draco | Is a constellation that looks like a dragon but is a snake. Draco Malfoy is in Slytherin and the animal that represents Slytherin is a snake. It means Dragon in Latin. |
| Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus | It means: Never tickle a sleeping dragon in Latin. |
| Dumbledore | It means 'Bumblebee' in old English. |
| Durmstrang | A German phrase that means storm and stress. |
| Durlsey | A town near where J.K. Rowling was born. |
| Ernie | The Knight Bus conductor who is named after one of J.K. Rowling's grandparents. |
| Expecto Patronum | Expecto means expect. Patronus means protestion. So basically it means expect protection (from the Dementors). |
| Fidelius | Fidelis in Latin means 'faithful' and the Secret Keeper should have been faithful to not tell anyone who the Potters (for example) where. |
| Figg | Figulur means 'potter' and figo means 'to attach' so maybe Mrs. Figg is Harry's secret keeper.1 |
| Filch | It means to steal. |
| Firenze | Italian name for the city of Florence. |
| Flitwick | A town in England. |
| Fleur Delacour | It means 'Flower of the Court'. |
| Fluffy | Was a beast in the ancient greek myth. Cerebrus was the three-headed dog that guarded the underground. |
| Gilderoy | A man known for being handsome. |
| Hedwig | A saint in Germany in the 13th and 14th centuries. |
| Hagrid | Name and tale comes from greek myth. The ancient Hagrid from the myth was the god of Jewels. This god was said to be the kindest of the gods, but Hades framed him for the death of Piraeus's (the killer of Medusa) son. Hagrid was banished from Olympus but Zues allowed him to stay as the watcher of the animals. |
| Harry | J.K. Rowling said that Harry was her favourite boy name. |
| Hermes | It was the Greek Messenger. Hermes is the Weasley's owl. |
| Hermione | Hermione was a character in Greek mythology who was loved by two men. She was the daughter of Helen of Troy and Menelaus. These men (Orestes 2 and Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles) fought terribly for the love of the beautiful Hermione (Krum and Ron?). Orestes 2 was killed by a snake. Could this mean that either Ron or Krum will die at the hands of Lord Voldemort (whose symbol is a snake?). Hermione translates as "well-born" in Greek. |
| Knockturn Alley | If it's said really fast it's nocturnally (as in the dark). Knockturn Alley is the dark alley near Diagon Alley. |