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* The aromatic Mundungus Fletcher's first name is an obsolete word for tobacco with an unpleasant odor.
** It becomes more apparent when people use his nickname, "Dung."
** He shares his surname with Norman Fletcher, the career criminal protagonist of [[Porridge]].
* "James" means "he supplanted", and James Potter supplants Snape's place as Lily's best friend before becoming her love interest.
* Voldemort. His name is derived from a French term meaning "flight from death" (though in this case, the french word "Vol" is referring to the literal meaning of "flight"), signifying his goal of immortality {{spoiler|via the Horcruxes.}} Voldemort could also stand for "stealing death", "vol" in french meaning either "flight" or "theft".
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* ''Luna'' Lovegood has pale hair and eyes, so she resembles the moon. She is also a [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. Say, did you happen to know that "luna" is the root word for "lunatic", due to an ancient superstition about the moon causing madness? Oh, and her Patronus is a hare, an animal also associated with the moon.
* Pomona Sprout - Pomona is the goddess of abundance and means Fruit in Latin. Sprout is, well, sprout. Teaches herbology, dealing with plants and herbs.
* Septima Vector, the arithmancy professor: Septima means "seventh", a number name, and "vector" is a mathematical term meaning "a quantity having direction as well as magnitude". Lampshaded in the fanfic ''[[The Arithmancer]]'' when the Muggle professor who oversees Hermione's correspondence math courses bemusedly asks in a letter if "Vector" is ''really'' her teacher's name.
* Given that Harry named his son Albus Severus, it's a good thing these names are based on word meanings, rather than history; otherwise little Albus might grow up to become a bitter gay ([[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]]) man that picks on his would-be beau's 11-year old due to a frustrated love.
* Professor '''Minerva''' McGonagall's name comes from the Roman goddess of wisdom, strength, and skill - which is a fitting moniker for the staunchest bastion of Hogwarts throughout all seven novels. Wise, skilled, and incredibly powerful, McGonagall is consistently shown to be a truly, unambiguously good character, and is one of the few major supporting characters Harry never doubts - and one of the few adults he truly trusts.
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