Bellatrix as 'Bella'

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 69355

sibel_saya wrote:
> While rereading OOP, something struck me as rather strange.
> In the chapter The Only One He Ever Feared, when Voldemort comes 
> back finding Bellatrix and Harry, Voldemort calls Bellatrix 'Bella' 
> twice (p716-717 UK Edition).
> 
> Now surely this is a sign of affection from Voldemort, something we 
> haven't seen before. He calls all the other DEs by their last names 
> at the end of GoF, except for Lucius Malfoy, whom he calls Lucius. 

Nope. He calls Pettigrew Wormtail. Could be that just like anyone 
else he starts using more personal names once he's worked closely 
with someone. Maybe Malfoy and Bellatrix were particularly close 
associates of Voldemort before his fall.

Another thing would simply be that there are at least 3 Lestranges 
among the Death Eaters. Calling them all by their common last name 
would prove unpractical.

Del