| Name | Origin | Meaning | English Cognates |
| Albus (Dumbledore) | Latin | White | .. | Alastor (Mad-Eye Moody) | Greek | Avenger (see the Encyclopaedia Mythica article on him) | . | Remus (Lupin) | Latin | The twin brother of Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Both were raised by a wolf. | . | (Remus) Lupin | Latin | wolf | . | Minerva (McGonagall) | Latin | Roman goddess of wisdom | . | Voldemort | French | Flight of Death (vol de mort) | mortal | Draco (Malfoy) | Latin/Greek | Latin for dragon. Also a Greek ruler known for making harsh laws. | dragon, Draco (the constellation) | (Draco and Lucius) Malfoy | French | mal, bad; and foi, faith. Similar to Sansfoy (without faith) from Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queene. Thanks to David Evans for this one. | malicious, malevolent, faith | (Madame Olympe) Maxime | French | Maximum? I'm not sure on this one | maximum, maximize | Olympe (Maxime) | Greek | Mt. Olympus was the mountain where the ancient Greek gods were said to live. The name then implies both "god-like" and "mountain-like", both of which are accurate. | Mt. Olympus, the Olympic games | Fleur (Delacour) | French | flower | flower | (Fleur) Delacour | French | of the court (de la cour) | court | Argus (Filch) | Greek | In Greek myth, Argus was a hundred-eyed watchman used by Hera. | . | Durmstrang | German | This is an anagram of the words sturm und drang, or "storm and stress." This was a German literary and dramatic movement of the 18th century. | storm | Beauxbatons | French | beau, beautiful, and baton, stick. | baton | Sibyl (Trelawney) | Greek | In Greek myth the sibyls were renowned prophetesses. | . | The mirror of Erised | English | "Erised" is "desire" backwards. Thanks to Christine for this one. | . | Ludo (Bagman) | Latin | games | . | Sirius (Black) | Latin | Sirius is the name of the dog-star | . | Padfoot | English | Another name for a grim, although Padfoot was thought to be a specific dog rather than one of many. | . |