[HPforGrownups] Malfoy names

Indigo indigo at indigosky.net
Tue Nov 26 16:49:56 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 47201

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., kokobreen at j... wrote:
> The discussion of names has got me wondering, what does Harry 
Potter mean?  Anyone have a book of names and their meanings--what 
does Harry mean?  Does Potter mean anything in any language?
> 
> Christine

I know "Potter" used to be an old world synonym for "poor person with 
no family" which does fit Harry. He's a poor little rich boy, [who, 
at the beginning of the first book] with no blood family [except the 
Dursleys, who he'd rather not have].  

There's also the literal meaning of the name: one who makes pots or 
who pots things.







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