[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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