Why did Harry Potter name his son Albus Severus?

Answer 1

Harry's first name was chosen as this was JK Rowling's favourite boy's name at the time. In addition to this, JK Rowling states in an interview conducted by ITV in 2005 that she got the surname Potter from a family who lived down the road from her in Winterbourne.

Answer 2

JK Rowling knew a family named the Potter's as a child, and their little boy was called Harry. Later, while she was a train, Rowling remembered him and decided to name her main character after him.

Answer 3

Answer 1Joanne "J.K." Rowling was on a train ride, and she fell asleep. When she woke up, the name Harry Potter and the basic plot line of her series were in her mind. That's what the documentary about her says, anyway.

Answer 2

The documentary may not be strictly correct. In an interview Mrs Rowling said that during the planning stages, Harry had three different surnames before she decided on "Potter". This was the name of the family who lived next door to her when she was a child. She describes them as "a very nice family." However, the hero was always named "Harry". Although most of her characters are carefully named in ways that match their personality, "Harry" was simply her favorite male name. This name literally means "ruler of the home", which is only minimally relevant to the character's development.

Answer 3

I'm not going to touch the other answers, but when I looked up the name 'Harry', I found that it really means torment and harassment, so I suppose that's why Harry's first name is Harry.- K.G.

Answer 4

The word "to harry" means "to torment and harass". For example, history teachers tell us that William the Conqueror "harried the North," meaning that he killed half the population.

However, the name "Harry" is not etymologically related to this concept. It is an English diminutive of "Henry" (Heimrich). It is also, though less commonly, used as a diminutive of "Harold" (Hariwald), meaning "commander of the army".

I think it very likely that JKR was aware of all three meanings. She is very sharp with her etymologies.

Answer 4

When JK Rowling first brought the first book to be published, more than ten publishers turned her down. Why? Because it was a children's book that was about 200 pages long. That was unusual. No one wanted to publish it since they knew kids might not want to read the books. The name originally used to be 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." When a publisher finally took the books, the publisher decided to change the title to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' because Philosopher's sounded much more scientific and studious, two turnoffs for child readers. JK Rowling later said in an interview that she wished that she wouldn't have agreed to change the title because it was based on the real life philosopher's stone created by Nicholas Flamel

Answer 5

J.K.R. named him 'Harry Potter' because her best friends last name when she was a child was 'Potter' and she always liked the name 'Harry.' Hence, Harry Potter.

Answer 6

He wanted to name his son after two of the bravest men he ever knew.

Answer 7

Rowena Ravenclaw chose the name and location of Hogwarts. She dreamt that a warty hog (hence the name Hogwarts) was leading her to a cliff by the lake.