Harry Potter's Owl Name Harry Potter's Owl Name by Sam Harry Potter's Owl plays an important part through the first six books by J.K. Rowling. Here all what there is to know about her, from name to type plus some fun facts. Hedwig, as Harry Potter's owl is called, accompanies the wizarding boy from his first day in this new and exciting adventure. She is his companion at Hogwarts as well as giving him support and friendship when he has to spend the vacations at the house of his Muggle relatives / the Dursley's. Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl, makes her first appearance in the book 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's / Sorcerer's Stone'. She is a birthday present from Rubeus Hagrid, the 'Keeper of Keys and Grounds' at Hogwarts, to Harry during their first visit to Diagon Alley. She accompanies Harry through his time at school and serves as link to the magical world when he has to spend the holidays at the home of the Dursleys, his Muggle relatives. Hedwig is an accomplished post owl and can find the recipient of a message without the need of an address.

Additionally she is highly intelligent and often takes the initiative, for example, when she visits Hermione to make sure that Harry gets his birthday presents from her. She is also a very proud bird and over the years she and Harry have some minor fall-outs which never last very long. In the books she described as eating nuts and 'owl pellets', together with the prey she hunts, but in reality this type of owl is an exclusive meat eater (see below). Hedwig, Hogwarts Castle and Crest View on Amazon Hedwig's Name Harry names her after a witch he finds mentioned in one of his first school books, 'A History of Magic' by Bathilda Bagshot. The only thing that J.K. Rowling herself mentioned in interviews about her name choice for Harry's owl is 'Hedwig was a Saint'. Now there are two saints of this name in the calendar, one is 'St. Hedwig of Silesia' (1174-1243) and the other is St. Hedwig, a polish queen that lived from 1373 to 1399.

Both were known for caring for the poor, needy and orphans and in the case of the first one, an order that carried her name was later founded and she was chosen as the Patron Saint. This order, 'The Sister of St. Hedwig' exists until today and runs schools and orphanages. There are currently around 300 St. Hedwig Sisters worldwide. As Harry himself is an orphan, it is only fitting that his first friend was named after this special saint, as he needed the protection of 'St. Hedwig' ;-) It is little details like this, that make the > Harry Potter Series < so special and great fun to research more in depth for fans like me! Hedwig - the Actor(s) Hedwig is a Snowy Owl and is actually played in the movies by male birds. One main one and, at least, two back-up and stunt birds. The reason for this was, that male Snowy Owls are smaller, hence easier to handle for child actors, and whiter than female ones.

The real name of the main Hedwig is Gizmo, the 'main owl actor', but it was actually an owl called 'Ook' that was casted the very first for a role in 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone', even before Daniel Radcliffe himself! And the third owl is called 'Sprout', yes, just like Prof. Sprout, the herbology teacher. All owls were trained by Gary Gero, who also trained Fang (Hagrid's dog) and the cat that plays Mrs.Norris. His, rather sparse, website can be found here: Hedwig's Death Many fans were deeply upset as Hedwig was killed at the beginning of 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows' in 'The Battle of the Seven Potters'. Whilst it is shown in the film that she dies protecting Harry, in the book she is hit by a stray curse whilst sitting in her cage. J.K. Rowling stated in an interview that Hedwig's death symbolizes the end of his innocence and, relatively protected, childhood. Hedwig - Fun Facts Hedwig, together with the Weasley family owl Errol, lives now > here < and can be visited by everybody.

The one confusing bit about that website, apart of the ridiculous small print in the sidebar, is that it misspells Errol's name frequently as 'Eral'. The film music, the Harry Potter theme is actually called 'Hedwig's Theme' and was composed by John Williams. A Bit of Snowy Owl Background Information ;-) Bubo scandiacus, as the the Snowy Owl is known scientifically, is a large owl and is also known as 'Great White Owl', Arctic Owl' or 'Harfang' and is closely related to The Horned Owls. She has tufted ears, which are normally hidden in the plumage, a wingspan of up to 150 cm / 59in and can weight up to 3kg / 6.6lb. As already mentioned, it is the males that are nearly pure white and smaller, whilst the female Snowy Owls retain some dark marking and are generally heavier. (photo and video on the right) Snowy Owls don't hoot, they make more of a barking sound or a clap their beaks when agitated.

It is a northern bird that is nomadic, following its preferred prey, and can be found in North America, Eurasia and, occasionally, the very north of Europe (Shetland Islands and Outer Hebrides). In 'Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix' Sirius Black refers to this as he advises Harry not to use Hedwig to communicate with him as she, as a not native bird, is too easily recognized. Snowy Owls are exclusively meat eaters whose preferred prey are lemmings, mice and other rodents, rabbits and similar. They will also hunt and eat other, smaller bird or fish. Snowy Owls in Nature Female Snowy Owl Female Snowy Owl (CC) pe_ha45 They need up to 12 mice / day, or the equivalent of that, and even more during breeding and nesting season. This means that one Snowy Owl will kill and eat around 4500 mice, or their equivalent in other species, per year! Like other owls they swallow most of their food whole and regurgitate the parts they can't digest later. The content of these regurgitations are, because of their form, called 'owl pellets'.

They have few natural enemies and the parent owls are always watchful to protect their ground nests against foxes, wolves and similar. Do Snowy Owls make Good Pets? If you dream to have an owl like Harry Potter's, I have bad news for you! In many countries, including the USA, it is close to impossible to get permission to keep any owl as they are a protected species. Also, they do need a lot of space and time, so that they can fly regularly and eat a lot of mice, which need to be bred, killed and enriched with vitamins etc. So, having an owl as a pet is really not feasible in the majority of cases. But you can always buy a Hedwig Look-alike at Amazon, see below ;) Hedwig at Amazon The Owls of Harry Potter | Laura Erickson's For the Birds Laura Erickson's For the Birds By Laura Erickson (a.k.a. “Professor McGonagowl”) (SPOILER discussion of Hedwig in Book 7—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—is here .) No spoilers beyond this point: Now that five Harry Potter movies and all seven books have been released, people have become very familiar with owls.

This website will give you facts about owls both in the real world and in J.K. Rowling’s magical world. I live in the United States, but Harry Potter lives in England. Some owls live in both places, and some are found on only one side of the pond. I’ve studied owls for a long time and read all seven Harry Potter books and seen the movies, but I simply couldn’t have written this and made it authoritative without a lot of help from a lot of people. If you have information I should add, corrections, or other comments, please email me . In J.K. Rowling’s wonderful universe, owls bridge the magical and muggle world, carrying messages, packages, and even Nimbus 2000s with ease as they make it clear to muggles that when a message needs to get through, it WILL get through. One Snowy Owl named Hedwig also provides warm companionship when a lonely wizard named Harry needs it. If you have questions about owls, first look to see if you can find the answers here. If not, you can email Professor McGonagowl . As always, if you have questions, comments, or corrections, please let me know.

To get more information, see: American Humane Association’s review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Movie #5) (Thanks, Katty!) Hedwig Harry’s owl Hedwig is a Snowy Owl . She’s a female but, in the movie, the actors playing her are males. (One of the owls playing Hedwig was also the very first cast member to be chosen!!) You can tell that the owl playing Hedwig in the photo is really a male because his plumage is so white—female Snowy Owls have dark markings. Females are also bigger and heavier, and so would be a little harder for human actors to handle. Healthy males average about 4 pounds, females almost 4 1/2 pounds. They have powerful talons. You can’t see in the photo that Daniel Radcliffe is wearing thick leather protection on his arm. Claws that can kill a large duck through thick feathers can be pretty hard on human arms, too, even when the owl is just trying to balance itself. Seven different owls played the role of Hedwig. Their names are Gizmo, Kasper, Oops, Swoops, Oh Oh, Elmo and Bandit.

I found out some interesting things on The Pet Place site about Harry Potter . Real Snowy Owls live in the arctic tundra, in North America, Europe, and Asia. A few breed in the northern British Isles. Long ago, when the Arctic climate extended farther south than now, Snowy Owls lived much farther south. Cave art by Paleolithic people of Europe includes an etched outline of two Snowy Owls and their chicks on a cave wall in Ariege, France. This particular prehistoric drawing happens to make the Snowy Owl the first recognizeable bird species to be depicted in art anywhere in the world. Snowy Owls are predators, and eat only animals, never plants. Their main prey species is the lemming, a fierce little rodent smaller than a chipmunk. Lemmings have enormous population fluctuations from one year to the next. When lemmings are abundant, Snowy Owls may eat hardly anything else. They usually swallow each lemming whole, head first, but if they’re not too hungry, they sometimes bite off just the head, or even eat parts in small bits. But when lemming numbers are down, Snowy Owls eat a lot of other things.

Depending on where they live, they may eat a lot of snowshoe hares, grebes and ducks (especially Horned Grebes), ptarmigans, ground squirrels, rats, partridge, and even fish. When a Snowy Owl’s face gets gooped up with blood and guts, it sometimes cleans up by wiping its face in the snow.You can see more photos of wild Snowy Owls on my Snowy Owl flickr photostream . Global warming is expected to hurt Snowy Owls over much of their range. Hedwig is lucky she lives in a magical world! Errol The Weasley family has a very clumsy owl named Errol. In the movies he’s a Great Gray Owl . I don’t think his species is actually mentioned in the books, but my friend Katty from Belgium found that he IS called a Great Gray Owl on J.K. Rowling’s Web site. Measured from head to tail, the Great Gray Owl is the biggest owl in the world. But even though they’re an inch or so longer than Snowy Owls and look just as big, they weigh much less than Snowy Owls—sometimes less than half!

Also, their wingspan isn’t as long as that of Snowy Owls, probably because their wings don’t carry nearly as much weight. Great Gray Owls specialize on mice and voles, and have very thin toes compared to other huge owls. In North America, wild Great Gray Owls live in Alaska and much of Canada down to northeastern Minnesota, and down into the mountainous areas of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. In Europe and Asia, they are found in northern Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia, northern Mongolia, Northern Manchuria, Amurland, and Sakhalin. They make it to Great Britain only in the magical world of Harry Potter. Real Great Gray Owls cannot carry very heavy items because they themselves are so light (usually less than 3 pounds!), and their feet are fairly weak. When I was taking care of injured birds, I once had to go rescue a Great Gray Owl that I then transferred to a raptor specialist. I had it for a little while, and was amazed at how innocuous its feet were.

I normally took care of songbirds, so didn’t have the heavy gloves normally worn when doing raptor work, but this owl’s talons didn’t hurt my bare hands at all. Normally over 90% of a Great Gray Owl’s diet is one species—meadow voles. When they eat larger prey, such as rabbits and squirrels, they must sit on the animal for many hours, biting off small chunks of meat. The Weasley’s Great Gray Owl, Errol, is very clumsy. Real owls simply cannot crash the way Errol does in the movie. Not even the owl actor who plays Errol could really crash like that—like other birds, owls have hollow bones and are much too fragile to slam into tables and windows. In the movie, they filmed a real Great Gray Owl flying gracefully through the Errol scenes. Then they substituted a dummy owl for the crashes. You can see many photos of wild Great Gray Owls on my Great Gray Owl flickr photostream . Pigwidgeon Pigwidgeon is so minute that some people have suggested to me that he might be a Little Owl , one very small owl found in England.

This owl’s scientific name is Athene noctua, and it is fairly common in much of its range, in southern and central Europe and Asia, and northern Africa. Little Owls aren’t native to England, but were introduced there in the late 1800s. Little Owls are not found anywhere naturally in North America, but they are in the same genus, and closely related to, the Burrowing Owl. Like the Burrowing Owl, the Little Owl is found in open habitats, and is often active in the daytime as well as the night. The Little Owl often perches on posts and other look-outs. Like most tiny owls, the Little Owl eats many insects, which it can catch on the wing. The Little Owl does have some interesting mythology of its own, being the sacred owl of the goddess Athene—that’s how it got its scientific name. And it is shown on coins from ancient Athens. But according to J.K. Rowling’s own website , and supported by Mary Grandpre ‘s lovely illustration in Chapter 22 of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Pigwidgeon is a Eurasian (Common) Scops Owl .

This owl, even tinier than a Little Owl and more closely related to the screech owls of America, has “ear tufts”—feathers that stick up on the head and look like ears. The owl illustration for this chapter clearly shows those feather tufts. We hoped the moviemakers would use a scops owl when Pigwidgeon finally appeared, but he wasn’t in the movies at all, which has been a big disappointment to me and many others! What would Pigwidgeon sound like? You can listen to recordings of various species of scops owls here . Ron seemed resentful to have such a tiny animal compared to Harry’s Hedwig. But we bet he didn’t have to work nearly as hard to clean up after Pigwidgeon as Harry did for Hedwig! Owl poop is smelly and messy. (Unless they’re magical owls—we notice that Harry’s black cloak never has a single white spot on it!) Malfoy’s Owl Malfoy’s owl is the largest, heaviest owl in Europe, an Eagle Owl. Eagle Owls are not found in the United States—they live in Europe and Asia.

Eagle Owls are not native to Great Britain, but a few pairs have escaped captivity. Scientists hope they don’t become established in the wild in England because like all introduced animals, they will almost assuredly disturb the balance of nature already there. But in their native range these magnificent birds are an important part of that balance. Eagle Owls have oranger eyes than Great Horned Owls, are slightly larger, and have heavy, vertical streaks on the front, rather than the finer, horizontal barring of the Great Horned Owl. Again, notice how it perches with the two normal front toes facing forward. (The “thumb” toe and the back toe face backward). Percy’s Screech Owl I didn’t pay enough attention to another owl—Percy’s! Fortunately, my friend Katty writes: In the Harry Potter Lexicon about owls, they mentioned a screech owl.

And in chapter 5 of Prisoner of Azkaban, you can find: “…Percy’s screech owl, …” (when Rowling described the Weasleys, Hermione and Harry leaving the Leaky Cauldron.) Considering that my very own owl, Archimedes, is a screech owl, I really should have found this on my own! Other Owls Appearing Here and There Throughout the Harry Potter movies, there are lots of owls here and there. The owl shown in many of the posters, screensaver, and other promotional material for the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, is a Great Horned Owl. This owl lives in North, Central, and South America, but is not found in the wild in England or any other place on that side of the Atlantic Ocean. I don’t know if this promotional material was used in England, but it makes a lot of sense for an American owl to deliver invitations to the movie to people in Canada and the U.S. Notice that the owl has two front claws on each foot facing forward. Owls have three front toes and one back toe on each foot.

But one of the front claws is opposable, and rotates backward the way we use our thumb. So the way this owl is carrying the letter to Harry is, indeed, exactly the way a real owl would carry mail. Notice that owls prefer air mail. In real life, large species of owls sometimes eat smaller species. Real owls are extremely stressed by being near other owls. But filming the scene shown above did not stress the owls. Why? This scene was filmed over and over, with different owls each time, and then the films were digitally manipulated to make it appear that all the owls were there together at the same time. Notes about the fourth movie: My friend Katty from Belgium, who is blind so notices a great many sounds I don’t pay enough attention to, writes: Yesterday, I saw the fourth film and was lucky to hear different owl sounds. In this movie, we entered the owlery (not a circular stone room as described in the books, but it seemed to be located outside the school). I don’t know if you can see much of the owl species during this scene, but I heard the sounds of: little owl eagle owl snowy owl ???other species I didn’t recognise.

They seemed to be very active, But I don’t know if it is evening or day in the film. During the film, you can hear other owl species, but I don’t know if you can see them. I heard: little owl (on the graveyard tawney owl The only species (and owl character) I didn’t see or hear was Pigwidgeon. Frequently Asked Questions Could a real owl really carry a Nimbus 2000? Snowy Owl often kill snowshoe hares and can carry them to their nestlings. A snowshoe hare weighs over 1 kilogram. I weighed one corn broom as 0.6 kilograms, so the weight of a real broom wouldn’t be a problem for a Snowy Owl. And a Snowy Owl’s talons can easily grip a broom handle. So yes, a real Snowy Owl could really carry a Nimbus 2000. But the Snowy Owl in this scene simply flew through, and then the filmmakers digitally added the broom. This wasn’t too hard to do. In the arctic tundra, where there are no trees for Snowy Owls to bonk into in flight, they often dangle their legs in flight.

So in this scene, the real owl’s legs are already in position to be carrying something. Tiny owls can easily carry mice, so letters and birthday greetings would be quite easy for them to manage. But according to The Pet Place : Although throughout the movie, it appears the owls carry messages and even the broom, they didn’t actually hold the objects. Instead, they were attached to the birds using an invisible harness. When they reached the right point, a trainer pulled a cord, which released the message or object. Also, notice that the broom that was delivered in the movie was really made out of paper. Can real owls be happy in cages? The cage Harry often keeps Hedwig in is way too small for any real owl, and the tiny Victorian cage used in the movie would be illegal to keep an owl in either the U.S. or Great Britain. Great Britain requires all bird cages to be big enough to allow the bird to stretch its wings fully without touching anything. To keep it in anything smaller requires a veterinary certificate.

But the owl playing Hedwig is probably used to a fairly small cage when he goes places, the way dogs or cats get used to a small pet carrier or kennel, as long as they don’t need to stay in it too long or too often. Are real owls ever active in the daytime? Owls that live in the Arctic, “the land of the midnight sun,” obviously have to be able to hunt in bright conditions. Snowy Owls can hunt by day or night. And some other owls are very diurnal—the Northern Hawk-Owl and the more tropical Pygmy-Owls are active in the daytime. Many owls are crepuscular—most active at twilight. And some are active ONLY at night—the tiny Saw-whet Owl and Boreal Owl are good examples. My own little owl, Archimedes, reminds me of a cat. He’s active when he feels like it and sleeps when he feels like it, day or night.

In the wild, Screech Owls roost and nest in tree cavities or nest boxes, and are very vulnerable to jays, robins,and crows in the daytime, but they need some sunshine to produce Vitamin D, so they spend much of the day with their head poking out of the hole. If a cranky robin or jay spots one, the little owl just retreats back into the cavity. Can people really have owls for pets? In the magical world of Harry Potter, a wizard or witch can own a real owl. In the real world, in England, people are allowed to keep owls provided the bird can be shown to be captive bred or found disabled and unable to be returned to the wild—in order to show owls for money or to breed them for sale, people in the U.K. need to have what is known as an “Article 10 certificate,” which functions much as a licence for the bird. In the U.S., keeping owls for pets is always against the law.

In the U.S., owls and all other native birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and cannot be possessed by anyone who doesn’t have legal permits for research or education, or in the case of an injured owl, legal rehabilitation permits. I have permits to keep one Eastern Screech-Owl for education. I first needed to prove that I have a good reason to use an owl for educational programs, and that I could provide healthy, safe, and comfortable housing and good food, in order to apply for a permit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. I needed a permit from my state in order to apply for a federal permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. After I had both permits, I was allowed to keep one screech owl, but wasn’t allowed to take it from the wild. I had to find a rehabilitation center that had an owl that had recovered but couldn’t be released into the wild. I’ve had Archimedes since 2000. How can I see a real, live owl in the wild? Owls are secretive in the daytime, because they are often attacked by crows, ravens, jays, robins, and other birds.

If you’re walking in the woods or in a park and hear what sounds like exceptionally angry chickadees, or a large number of extremely loud crows, check it out! They may be mobbing an owl. At nighttime you can listen for owls, especially in late winter and spring. To hear how some owls sound, you can look at Journey North’s owl dictionary . Find out if your town or city has an Audubon society or other bird club. Most bird clubs have field trips, and will have experts along to help you see all the birds. And they might have some special trips just to find owls! How can I help owls? There are several things we can do to help owls. Buy your Harry Potter books from the Canadian publisher, Raincoast . This company prints all the Harry Potter books on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. This helps many kinds of owls because so much owl habitat is cut down to make paper. Don’t waste paper. Recycle paper when you’re done with it, and buy recycled paper. How does this help owls? On average, Americans consume 738 pounds of paper per person per year.

And much of this paper is wasted—over 40% of the trash Americans throw away is paper. That adds up to a lot of trees! And when forests are cut to make paper, it hurts the birds that require older forest growth. One way you can save paper is to stop getting junk mail. Four million TONS of junk mail is sent through the U.S. Postal Service, and half is never even opened. That is an enormous waste of forests. This website has information about simple things you can do to get less junk mail. Keep your cat indoors. House cats kill millions of birds every year. Rarely, a Great Horned Owls kills a cat, but since even the heaviest owl weighs only 4 - 5 pounds, owls are at a serious disadvantage when in a fight with a cat. Even if an owl survives an attack, a cat bite or scratch can introduce bacteria leading to lethal infections. Bird lungs are on the back, making them especially vulnerable to puncture wounds. Also, cats kill a lot of mice. Except in very urban areas where rats and mice are a problem for humans, house cats destroy a lot of valuable owl food, making it harder for owls, especially smaller species, to survive.

To learn more about the importance of keeping your cat indoors, see the American Bird Conservancy’s Cats Indoors campaign page. Don’t let your dog chase birds. When an owl kills a large prey animal, it sometimes spends several minutes on the ground eating. During this time, it can easily be killed or badly injured by a dog. We know of at least one screech owl that was grabbed by a dog, and the tiny owl’s wing was broken. If people had not noticed, it would have died, but now it’s in a rehab facility. Leave dead trees standing. If they absolutely must be cut, then to do it in the late fall/early winter to ensure no babies are in the nest. Put up a Wood Duck/Screech Owl box or a Barred Owl nest platform. It’s not a good idea to build both kinds close to one another, though! Support an owl rehabilitation center near you. In Minnesota, The Raptor Center does a great job of caring for injured and orphaned raptors. This page lists many other rehabilitation facilities. If you know of a place that is not listed, please email me . Join an organization that works to protect owls.

My favorite American organization that does research and education to help all birds is the American Bird Conservancy . The Rainforest Alliance protects tropical birds, including the many owls that live there. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds protects birds of the world with special emphasis on the United Kingdom. Don’t even think about having an owl for a pet. Owls are protected by law, so it’s illegal to keep them in captivity in the U.S. without a license. But at least as important, owls are wild, natural birds requiring a wild, natural life. In cages they simply cannot do all the things their bodies were designed for and their spirits require. Also, owls are not at all easy to care for: they need to eat whole rodents or other whole animals, which must be fresh, and their droppings are messy and smelly, requiring frequent clean-up. If you yearn to handle real, live owls, volunteer to help at a nature center or rehabilitation center. If you’re buying owl stuff, buy them from Owl Stuff. Proceeds from the Owl Stuff website go to conservation organizations. Harry Potter Dog Names - Accio, Names! Return to Content Harry Potter Dog Names – Accio, Names!

Harry Potter Dog Names, huh? Harry Potter magic has swept the world! Bring a little of the magic into your own house and name your dog a name right out of one of the Harry Potter movies or books! Male Dog Names From Harry Potter Albus 1st name of the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore Colin (as in Creevey) The younger student who is a budding photographer and Harry’s unwanted shadow at times. Dobby Looking for funny names? Name your dog after the Malfoy family’s house-elf! Kreacher How about the name of the house-elf for Sirius Black and family? Draco (as in Malfoy) Draco means dragon, by the way…. Gilderoy The first name of Professor Lockhart, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, who is a bit of a sham. Harry or is it “Hairy” Potter? -the main man in the series. Ronald or Ron (as in Weasley). Harry’s guy-friend sidekick. Lucius Of course this is Draco Malfoy’s dad. The name is supposed to mean “light,” but he lives more on the dark side. Diggory Love this!! This name has an air of sophistication about it. Do you have a digging dog?

Maybe this Harry Potter character name is just right for him! This is the surname of Cedric and Amos, by the way. Lupin (as in Professor Lupin) Bitten by a werewolf when he was young, the professor endures the problems that would befall every werewolf. Because of the wolf’s close association with dogs, Lupin could make a wonderful name. Nearly Headless Nick Hmmmm- a stretch in the pet names for dogs department, but this could be funny for a dog with a short neck or small head. Just call him Nick for short. Sirius One of the most perfect Harry Potter names for dogs! Sirius is the “dog star” but in the books, refers to Sirius Black, an escapee from Azkaban (and much more!) Hogwarts How about this for a cool name? Think of this one in terms of those British male names that end with “s” like Jeeves, Giles, etc. Could be a little on the snooty side, perhaps, but in the books, of course, this is the name of the beloved school where the young witches and wizards go for training. Muggle This could be a great name for small dogs!

(especially of the non-magic variety) Hagrid The big lovable giant that is the keeper of the magical creatures and, later, a professor at Hogwarts. Could work really well for a giant breed like a Great Dane, Irish Wolfhound or the like. Gryffindor Show that you’re a Harry Potter fan by naming your dog after one of the four houses at Hogwarts. Although this is the last name of one of the Hogwarts founders (Godric Gryffindor), it has a nice ring to it for a dog. It is a very recognizable Harry Potter name, too. Hey! Godric isn’t a bad name either! Malfoy The surname for Draco and the others from that nasty family! Patronus the name of an important spell, but could also be a great dog name- rather stately sounding, I think! Padfoot The alternative name for one of the major Harry Potter characters- an Animagus that changes into a black dog- the perfect Harry Potter name for your four-footed friend! Buckbeak The name of one of Hagrid’s favorite magical creatures- a Hippogriff (a creature whose front half is gryphon and back half is a female horse.

A gryphon, by the way, is half eagle/half lion. Wouldn’t this be a funny name for a dogs with crooked teeth, an underbite, etc.?) Fluffy The three-headed dog who guards the passage to the Sorcerors Stone. This would be a funny name for a tough dogs (Rottweiler, Doberman, German Shepherd). Scabbers Ron’s pet rat (and more!). Could be a silly name for a tiny dog (Chihuahua, Yorkie) Fang Hagrid’s large dog- a boarhound. A great name for either a tough dog OR a funny name for a really cute-faced puppy. Imagine a Westie named Fang….NOTE: “Boarhound” is a classification of a number of large breeds that hunt boars. Much like there are many dogs who fit into the category of “sighthound” (Greyhound, Borzoi, etc.), Great Danes and several other giant breeds fit into the boarhound category. In the Harry Potter films, Fang was played by a Neopolitan Mastiff, a breed that is of the boarhound category of dogs.

AND OUR LAST TWO FAVORITES FOR BOY DOGS: Heir of Slytherin call him “Heir” or “HOS” as a nickname! He Who Must Not Be Named You know who, right? Isn’t this a great name for a cute, scruffy terrier or mixed breed- simply hilarious!! Call him “He” or “He-Who” for short! Harry Potter Dog Names: A List of Female Names From the Characters in Harry Potter Rosmerta as is Madam Rosmerta, proprietor of The Three Broomsticks- a pub in Hogsmeade. This could be a feminine, old-fashioned name for your girl doggy. Hermione the best-known female Harry Potter character. Harry’s best girl friend (but not girlfriend). Especially nice for a dog with longer ears and a curly coat, we think this makes a great Harry Potter dog name for your female dog. Cho as in Cho Chang, Harry Potter’s first love interest.

Cho is the Japanese word for butterfly -this could be a perfect Harry Potter dog name for a Papillon (also which means butterfly in French!) Bellatrix If you’re looking for a name with a dark edge to it, this one might be just the one for you. Bellatrix Lestrange is Sirius Black’s cousin and is a dark wizard with a bit of craziness mixed in. For the goth dog in your family! Hedwig a perfectly unique girl dog name if you are naming a white dog that is extremely intelligent. It derives from the Old German language. Of course, Hedwig is Harry’s female snowy white owl, who brings him messages and letters. She is very trustworthy and loyal. Be a trustworthy and loyal Harry Potter fan and name your dog after Harry’s favorite pet. Nymphadora this could be a great dog name for a prissy girl dog. In the Harry Potter series, Nymphadora can change her appearance, and is considered a Metamorphagus. As great as that sounds, she is not very smooth- she’s a bit clumsy and can’t use this power to her full advantage. Nymphs are like nature sprites. Luna What a pretty name for a dog!

Luna means the moon, and Luna Lovegood is the good-hearted, slightly spacey student that befriends Harry and the gang. She is innocent and off on a different plane most of the time, which makes her rather charming. Moaning Myrtle This could be a funny name for a breed that howls, especially a Basset Hound! Narcissa Do you have a girl dog that thinks it is “all about her?” Narcissists are really into their own looks and the world revolves around them (at least in their own minds!) Narcissa is Lucius Malfoy’s wife and Draco’s mom. Minerva as in MacGonagall. She is the Deputy Headmistress that takes various positions of power at Hogwarts, Head of Gryffindor House, she is grounded, steady leader. She is also an Animagus who takes the form of a tabby cat. Minerva could be a nice Harry Potter dog name, don’t you think? Honeydukes This just sounds adorable! Honeydukes Sweetshop is the wizarding candy store in Hogsmeade. This could be a great name for your little fuzzy sweetie-pie.

Ginny as in Ginny Weasley, Ron’s younger sister who is interwoven into the stories and becomes much more important to Harry Potter as the stories progress. Ginny makes a really cute female name for dogs, we think. Fleur another pretty dog name. This one comes from one of the wizards who competes in the Tri-Wizard Tournament- Fleur Delacour of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Hufflepuff a cute name for your little furball. This comes from the name of one of the four houses at Hogwarts, named after its founder, Helga Hufflepuff. Mrs. Norris This could be a funny dog name! This is actually the name of Filch’s cat. Filch is the caretaker of Hogwarts. When you were reading this wonderful series, would you have ever thought of looking for unique dog names between the pages? We happen to think that names taken from the Harry Potter series can be wonderful choices for your favorite furry friend!

We all hated to see the Harry Potter book series come to an end with J.K Rowling’s 7th and final installment, and the very last of the movies completed, but these characters are now legendary, and the stories will last forever as classic favorites for kids and adults alike. So we thought, “Why not name your favorite dog a name from the Harry Potter series?” As seen above, many unusual dog names can be found in J.K. Rowling’s masterpiece and can make clever and unique names for your best friend. As you’ve seen, we assembled our lists of Harry Potter Dog Names from characters, as well as places mentioned in the book series, and some of the magical creatures that they came across as well. Some of these Harry Potter dog names are cute, some are mysterious and some are downright funny if you let yourself imagine them for your dog, so if you are looking for unique dog names, these might be right up your alley (be it Daigon or Knockturn…) We hope that you have enjoyed our magical collection of Harry Potter Dog Names! Now it’s your turn to come up with some of your own….

So hunker down in Arthur Weasley’s Ford Anglia car and fly over Hogwarts School of Witchcraft Wizardry and the surrounding areas to see what other Harry Potter dog names you can conjure up for your lovable dogs. (Make sure that you watch out for that Whomping Willow!) Be sure and visit our Names for Dogs page to find lots of other fun and interesting dog name pages. Click on these buttons for more of our name lists: Share Us! The 10 Best Dog Names From the "Harry Potter" Universe Lifestyle Save Lives by Learning More About Dog Behavior and by Reporting Roaming Dogs Harry Potter fans have a lot to celebrate, what with the opening of the new Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World and creator J.K. Rowling adding an exciting new coda to her beloved series of books starring the boy wizard and his intrepid friends on her Pottermore website.

Cleverly penned as if Daily Prophet gossip queen Rita Skeeter were reporting on the old gang’s attendance at the Quidditch World Cup, the article describes how all the grown-up members of Dumbledore’s Army seem to be doing quite well, as is Rowling, who’s at her hilarious best as describing the 33-year-old Harry: “there are a couple of threads of silver in the famous Auror’s black hair, but he continues to wear the distinctive round glasses that some might say are better suited to a style-deficient twelve-year-old.” By the way, if you sign up to access Pottermore, the site automatically assigns you your choice of several user names. I got NimbusSilver26591 and SunCauldron9335 as well as the one I chose, SparksWombat8313, which I kinda love for a dog name. Speaking of which, Rowling’s magical imagination is also responsible for plenty of creative pets and pet names. Remember Harry’s owl, Hedwig; Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks; and Ron’s evil toad Scabbers? And who could forget Hagrid’s three-headed guard dog Fluffy?

While all of these are perfectly acceptable dog names for any Potter fan, DoggieNames.com has come up with some more interesting choices inspired by the still-popular series. 1 Hairy Potter Perfect for the shaggy dog in your life. And you can’t go wrong with Harry Pawter or Harry Pugster, either. 2. Luna Luna Lovegood made her mark as a trusted and important member of Harry’s inner circle, even though, like her name, she’s known to be a little loony. Luna also means “the moon,” and the word’s construction — two strong syllables with vowel sounds — makes it easy for animals to respond to. It’s become an increasingly popular dog name , akin to Lilly and Lola. 3. Gryffindor Harry and his friends belong to this house, one of four at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The names of the other houses — Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw –- are fine choices too, but they just don’t roll off the tongue the way a good pet moniker like “Gryff” does.

Of course, you could just slightly alter them and get Gryffindog, Slobberin, Huffleruff, and Roverclaw, if you prefer. 4. Dobby The ever-so-grateful house elf, freed from indentured servitude from the Malfoys by Harry. This would be a great name for a pet with large, soulful eyes; big floppy ears — and/or a hairless breed, like an Italian Greyhound or a Chihuahua . Definitely a Dobby by Shutterstock.com> 5. Muggle J.K. Rowling coined this term in her brilliant novels to describe a person who does not possess magical powers. But how cute is it for a dog or cat name? We predict it’ll be this generation’s Gizmo — one of the most popular dog names of the last few years — derived from the ’80s movie Gremlins. 6. Snitch A small golden sphere with wings that zips around the playing field in the wizarding sport of Quidditch, Snitch would go nicely with a blonde or golden dog, especially one that moves fast.

In fact, Quidditch would make a great, sporty name, as would the balls used to play it –- Quaffle and Bludger. And while we’re on the subject, Nimbus, the brand name of Harry’s flying broom, would fit a nimble pet perfectly. 7. Patronus An animal protector cast by a spell as a way to defend against dark creatures. A very regal name for a guard dog, perhaps. 8. Sirius/Padfoot Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, transformed into a large black dog named Padfoot in order to escape the dreaded prison of Azkaban. Fittingly, Sirius is another name for one of the brightest stars in the galaxy, also known as alpha Canis Majoris — the Dog Star. 9. Grawp Hagrid’s half-brother is a full-fledged giant, so this name fits a large breed of dog quite well. Plus, it’ll definitely make an impression when you call for your buddy at the park. Hagrid would also be a fine fit for a hefty canine. Portrait of a Neapolitan Mastiff by Shutterstock.com”> 10.

Fang And last but definitely not least, who could forget Hagrid’s dog, Fang, known for his copious slobber. He was identified in the books as a boarhound, but was portrayed in the films by a series of Neapolitan Bull Mastiffs. According to the Potter wiki, Fang was played by a veritable pack of dogs named Hugo, Bully, Bella, Vito, Luigi, Monkey, and Uno. If you can think of any more great “Harry Potter” dog names, we’d love to hear them! Read more about dog names:

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig