Harry Potter Owl Name Generator

Owls in the Wizarding World are named the way British families name a very old, very dignified pet. Harry found Hedwig in A History of Magic; she was a medieval German saint. Percy's screech owl Hermes is the Greek messenger god, a joke about the post. Errol, the Weasleys' exhausted great grey, carries a fusty Victorian name that suits a bird who crash-lands into the pudding, and Ginny christened Ron's tiny scops owl Pigwidgeon, an old word for something small and insignificant, before Ron could object.

That gives you three reliable naming lanes. Scholarly and saintly names (Bede, Hildegard, Ptolemy, Archimedes) suit an owl bought at Eeylops as a serious study companion. Fusty English names (Horace, Ermintrude, Wilberforce, Bartholomew) work for the family bird who has delivered the Daily Prophet since before you were born. Affectionate nonsense (Widdershins, Crumpet, Tuppence, Wobbles) fits an owl chosen by a first-year with a sweet tooth. Weather and night words such as Nimbus, Vesper and Nocturne, and constellations in the Black family style such as Cassiopeia and Rigel, round things out.

Match the name to the species where you can. A snowy owl earns Frost or Hedwig, a barn owl suits Tyto or Ghost, a great horned owl can carry Bubo or Mortimer, and a screech owl was born for Squall or Screech.