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The Harry Potter books and movies are a rich source of naming ideas for your new dog, there are an abundance of male and female characters, fictional beasts as well as many other fictional names that you can use. Fans of the books will have their favorites like Hairy Potter below
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Anyway on with our list of names we have put together more than 100, if you are fans of the books you can probably come up with many more. We have also put in a little context for the name – although if you are a fan you will probably already know this.
List of Harry Potter Names
| Name | Description |
| Aberforth | is Albus Dumbledore's younger brother and a former member of the Order of the Phoenix. |
| Alastor | is a former Auror. He has a wooden leg, a magical artificial eye, and a chunk taken out of his nose. He was a pivotal member of the original Order of the Phoenix. |
| Albus | Also known as Professor Dumbledore was the Headmaster of Hogwarts |
| Alecto | sister of Amycus Carrow, is a Death Eater. |
| Alohomora | is a spell that is used to opens locks on doors and windows. |
| Amelia | is the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. |
| Amos | the father of Cedric Diggory. He is the head of the Department of Magical Transportation, in the Ministry of Magic, and he works with Arthur Weasley. |
| Andromeda | Andromeda (Black) Tonks, |
| Angelina | Angelina Johnson is a member of Gryffindor House. She plays Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team |
| Animagus | a witch or wizard with the rare ability to transform into a particular animal at will |
| Antonin | Antonin Dolohov was a wizard and one of the original Death Eaters of Lord Voldemort |
| Arabella | She was a Squib, a member of the Order of the Phoenix |
| Aragog | An Acromantula, which is a rare giant spider whose venom is very useful. He was raised by Hagrid. |
| Dumbledore | See the entry for Albus. |
| Arithmancy | a method of divination by numbers. They assigned values to the letters in the names of combatants to foretell the outcome of battles. |
| Azkaban | a fortress on an island in the middle of the North Sea. It serves as a prison for convicted criminals |
| Augusta | Neville Longbottom's grandmother. |
| Auror | An auror is a dark wizard/witch catcher who are part of the Ministry of Magic and sometimes used as bodyguards for important people |
| Aurora | a British witch who taught in the Astronomy department at Hogwarts |
| Bartemius | This can be Bartemius Crouch Senior, father of Bartemius Crouch Jr, the former head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic who was killed by Bartemius Crouch Jr. |
| Barty | see above |
| Bagshot | Professor Bathilda Bagshot was a magical historian who wrote A History of Magic |
| Beedle | A collection of fairytales written by wizards and witches. |
| Bell | Katie Bell a Gryffindor student at Hogwarts |
| Bellatrix | A witch and death eater loyal to Lord Voldemort. Bellatrix Lestrange is Sirius Black's cousin, and sister to Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Tonks |
| Boggart | an amortal shape-shifter that takes on the form of it's observer's worst fear. |
| Bones | See the entry for amelia |
| Buckbeak | a male hippogriff who lived with Hagrid. |
| Cedric | is Seeker and Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. |
| Charity | the Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts |
| Crookshanks | Hermione's pet cat. |
| DeathEater | A follower of Lord Voldemort. |
| Diagon | For Diagon Alley. |
| Diggle | Dedalus Diggle was a member of the Order of the Phoenix in both the first and second wars against Voldemort |
| Diggory | Cedric Diggory was a Hufflepuff student who was killed by Voldemort. |
| Dobby | A house elf who served the Malfoy family but was later freed by Harry Potter. |
| Draco | For Draco Malfoy, Harry's arch-nemisis. |
| Dudley | Harry's obese cousin. |
| Fang | Hagrid's boarhound who accompanied him in the Second Wizarding War. |
| Fawkes | a highly intelligent male phoenix and Dumbledore's defender. |
| Figg | She was a Squib, a member of the Order of the Phoenix |
| Filch | a Squib and the caretaker of Hogwarts |
| Fleur | Fleur attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. She was Beauxbatons' champion in the Triwizard Tournament |
| Flitwick | The Charms professor at Hogwarts School. He is also Head of Ravenclaw House |
| Fluffy | A giant three-headed dog that guarded the philosopher's stone. |
| Gellert | a wizard who is considered to be one of the most dangerous Dark Wizards of all time |
| Gideon | A member of the original Order of the Phoenix. |
| Gilderoy | Gilderoy Lockhart is a wizarding celebrity who has written many books on his adventures encountering dark creatures. He is appointed as Hogwarts new Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor. |
| Ginny | Ron's sister. She's becomes a professional Quidditch player. |
| Godric | As per the entry for Gryffindor |
| Gornuk | a goblin who went into hiding with Griphook to avoid capture by the Death Eaters and the Ministry of Magic |
| Grawp | Hagrid's half-brother. |
| GreyLady | Helena Ravenclaw also known as the Grey Lady, was a witch and Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter |
| Grimmauld | a street in London mostly inhabited by Muggles |
| Gringotts | the only bank of the wizarding world whichis owned and run by goblins |
| Griphook | a Goblin |
| Gryffindor | one of the four Houses of Hogwarts and was founded by Godric Gryffindor |
| Hagrid | the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts |
| Hallow | For the Deathly Hallows. |
| Harry | As in the main character |
| Hedwig | Harry's loyal pet owl. |
| Hermione | daughter of two Muggle dentists and one of Harry's best friends |
| Helena | Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter |
| Helga | As in Helga Hufflepuff |
| Hoggy | A nickname for Hogwarts |
| Hogsmeade | Hogsmeade Village |
| Hogwarts | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , |
| Horcrux | an object which has a fragment of a soul for the purpose of attaining immortality |
| Hufflepuff | one of the four Houses of Hogwarts and is named after a Welsh witch called Helga Hufflepuff who founded Hogwarts |
| Lily | Lily Potter is Harry’s deceased mother |
| Longbottom | Professor Neville Longbottom is a pure-blood wizard |
| Lovegood | Surname of loyal Luna, and whose father published The Quibbler. magazine |
| Lucius | Father of Draco Malfoy, and a known rich person and Death Eater. |
| Luna | As in Luna Lovegood |
| Lupin | Surname of Remus, werewolf, professor, and original Marauder. |
| Malfoy | the surname of a wealthy pure-blood wizarding family and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight |
| Minerva | Professor at Hogwarts. She is also Head of Gryffindor House and Deputy Headmistress. |
| Molly | Molly Weasley, mother of the Weasley clan |
| Muggle | a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born in a magical family |
| Mundungus | a wizard who lived in the underworld, a dealer of stolen merchandise and controlled substances |
| Mungo | St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries |
| Newt | For Newt Scamader. |
| Nimbus | Nimbus Racing Broom Company |
| Norbert | Hagrids pet dragon |
| Padfoot | Sirius Black's Animagus form |
| Peverell | Harry Potter is the direct descendant of Ignotus Peverell |
| Pixie | small, mischievous, semi-intelligent creatures, native to Cornwall |
| Potter | As in harry and other famous members of his family |
| Prongs | James Potter's Animagus form |
| Puddlemere | Puddlemere United is a Quidditch team that plays in the British and Irish Quidditch League. |
| Quibbler | is a tabloid newspaper of the Wizarding World. The Quibbler is written by Xenophilius Lovegood, father of Luna Lovegood |
| Quidditch | That most popular sport which is played on broomsticks. |
| Ravenclaw | is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts |
| Remus | one of the four Marauders |
| Riddle | Tom Marvolo Riddle later known as Lord Voldemort or alternatively as You-Know-Who, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, or the Dark Lord |
| Rowena | As in Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four Founders of Hogwarts |
| Rufus | the Minister of Magic |
| Salazar | Founder of the Slytherin House of Hogwarts. |
| Scabbers | Animagus form of Peter Pettigrew, a rat. Also known by his nickname Wormtail |
| Scorpius | Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy was a pure-blood wizard and the son of Draco and Astoria Malfoy |
| Seamus | an Irish half-blood wizard, son of Muggle Mr Finnigan and Irish witch Mrs Finnigan. |
| Severus | As in Severes Snape |
| Sirius | Harry's godfather, able to transform into a large black dog. |
| Slughorn | a Pure-blood wizard, the Potions master and Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts. He was Potions Professor for over fifty years. |
| Slytherin | is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts, named for founder Salazar. |
| Snape | Potions Master, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Head of Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
| Tiberius | a wizard and the uncle of Cormac McLaggen. Tiberius worked at the Ministry of Magic |
| Tonks | an Auror, and a member of the Order of the Phoenix |
| Viktor | An international Quidditch player |
| Weasley | one of the prominent wizarding families including Harry's friend Ron. |
| Wormtail | See scabbers |
| Vincent | Vincent Crabbe |
| Yaxley | A common Death Eater. |
Summary
We hope you enjoyed this list, as always you should pick a name that is easy for you to say, not to similar to a command you may say to your dog and one that is not to confusing