J.K. Rowling is creative, and she created several Harry Potter characters with good names. As the fans of Harry Potter series, many parents like to give their babies with
Harry Potter-inspired baby names. But not all the Harry Potter names are suitable for your boys or girls, some character names have bad meanings and annotations, villains always have to live with some horribly unfortunate names. Here we selected 20 names from the Harry Potter series that you should absolutely not use for your child.
Argus: The name just sounds frustrated. Your baby named Argus will be battling a tricky poltergeist on a daily basis.
Bartemius: Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Junior was a pure-blood wizard and the son of Bartemius Crouch Senior. He left school at the height of the First Wizarding War and joined Lord Voldemort to become a Death Eater.
Bathsheba: Daughter of the oath. She is most known for the Bible story in which she was summoned by King David who had seen her bathing and lusted after her.
Dudley: Your child named Dudley will do nothing but strut around, poking people with his Smeltings stick.
Gilderoy: The name is just a little too self-important.
Hermione: Your little girl named Hermione may be in trouble of getting people to pronounce and spell the moniker correctly.
Marvolo: The name Marvolo may be mixed up with Malvolio, which means "ill will" in Italian.
Millicent: Millicent Bulstrode in the Harry Potter series was a villainess.
Mundungus: The meaning of the name Mundungus is bad-smelling tobacco, and it also has the word "dung" in it.
Lucius: Lucius Malfoy joined the Death Eaters, who shared his views on blood purity, and participated in the First Wizarding War. The name seems much darker for Harry Potter fans.
Minerva: The name Minerva just doesn’t roll off the tongue well.
Myrtle: Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, more commonly known after her death as Moaning Myrtle, was killed unfortunately by snake in the bathroom.
Narcissa: The name Narcissa just make you think of narcissism instead.
Nymphadora: Your little girl called Nymphadora will be called "Nympho Nymphadora" and she might blame you for it.
Peeves: Peeves was a mischief-making poltergeist.
Petunia: Petunia Dursley was a Muggle, the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evans and the sister of the Muggle-born witch Lily. During her childhood, she broke off contact with her sister and refused to have any contact with the wizarding world.
Quirinus: Professor Quirinus Quirrell was a half-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He later became the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor during the 1991–1992 school year.
Remus: The name Remus sounds like a brand, the world leader in sport exhausts.
Voldemort: A bigoted psychopath, you have to avoid this name.
Xenophilius: Your little baby named Xenaphilius will have trouble to spell it out and correct the pronunciation.
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