Random Harry Potter Name Generator

Harry Potter names have a very recognisable texture. Rowling leaned on Latin and Greek for first names (Albus, Severus, Minerva, Remus, Lucius), on old British and Anglo-Saxon stock for others (Neville, Godric, Rowena, Millicent), and gave surnames a faintly comic or descriptive edge: Longbottom, Lovegood, Shacklebolt, Sprout, Slughorn. Many names are also small jokes or clues. Remus Lupin is a wolf twice over, Sirius is the Dog Star, and Dolores means sorrow. Pure-blood families favour astronomical names (Sirius, Regulus, Bellatrix, Andromeda, Draco) and recycled ancestral ones (Phineas, Cygnus, Arcturus).

When inventing a wizarding character, the trick is to combine an unusual, slightly antique first name with a surname that sounds plausibly English, Scottish, or Irish but has one odd syllable in it. Compare Ernie Macmillan or Hannah Abbott, which sound like ordinary schoolchildren, with Xenophilius Lovegood or Elphias Doge, which sound like they have been living in the wizarding world for centuries. Both extremes are canon, so decide how eccentric your character's family is before choosing.

The names below cover the main books, Fantastic Beasts, Hogwarts Legacy, and the Sacred Twenty-Eight families, mixing famous characters with the deep-cut ones that make a fanfic feel researched.