Where did J.K. Rowling get the name Harry Potter?

Answer 1

J.K. Rowling has stated that she came up with the name Harry Potter on a train journey from Manchester to London. She wanted a name that was ordinary and not too unusual. The surname "Potter" was inspired by a childhood friend.

Answer 2

Growing up, Joanne Murphy (J.K. Rowling)'s best friend's last name was Potter and she always liked the surname for a story character. And pairing "Harry" with it just "sounded perfect" so she used it.

Answer 3

Harry is J.K. Rowling's favorite boy's name. The name Harry is of Anglo-Saxon origin and means "power." There was also a magician named Harry Houdini in the 1900s.

Potter is a name J.K. Rowling has always been fond of since childhood. "Potter's Field" is often the name given to a cemetery where a city or town buries those who have gone unclaimed or unwanted (a community's orphans). "Potter's Field" is also considered a cursed land because Judas hung himself in one.

Answer 4

Presumably, from the fact that he's half horse ("buck") and half bird ("beak").

Answer 5

she took some of them from latin words and others from greek and roman mythology i think

Answer 6

apparenlty its German here read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig