[HPforGrownups] Rosmerta - First or Last name

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 128615

Lea asked:

>My reasoning for believing this to be her last name:
>
>Madam Pomfrey (Poppy Pomfrey),  Madam Pince (Irma Pince), Madam Hooch
>(Rolanda Hooch - HP Lexicon, from trading card game), Madam Edgecombe,
>Madam Malkin, and Madam Marsh, all obviously last names.  So why would
>Madam Rosmerta be different and be a first name?

You're right that it's inconsistent.  But in *Prisoner of Azkaban,* Fudge 
calls her "Rosmerta, m'dear," which seems to indicate it's her first name.


Janet Anderson