Names from Harry Potter

Literary heritage: the "Loony Tunes" girlfriend of Porky Pig.  But with the increasing popularity of all kinds of unusual botanical names, Petunia may be a name we start to hear more of.  Perhaps-more-pleasing Petunia alternatives: Petal, Posy, Poppy.

Petunia

Olympe

This Greek flower and mythological choice doesn't make it into the pantheon of possibilities because of its association with narcissism. But narcissa is December's flower of the month, so Narcissa and Daffodil theoretically make perfect <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/577/names-for-december-babies">names for December babies</a>.

Narcissa

This name of the Roman goddess of fruit trees is also associated with a suburban town in Southern California. 

Pomona

Names from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling are among the most inventive and inspired names in literature since Charles Dickens created Pip and Oliver Twist. Rowling is credited with making names such as Luna and Arabella the hits they are today.

 include Alice, Augustus, Cedric, Helena, Marjorie, Orion, Reginald, and Seamus. Unique Harry Potter baby names that might appeal to contemporary parents include Ginny, Phineas, Pomona, and Sybil.

From Draco Malfoy to Severus Snape, from Hermione to Harry himself, 

 often hail from history and might inspire names for your modern baby.

Luna is one of the most popular names from Harry Potter, though its widespread use has also been thanks to John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, who gave it to their daughter. There were 144 baby girls named Luna in the US in 2000 and 8,922 named Luna in 2022. In the UK, 1216 baby girls were named Luna last year.

No baby girls were named Hermione in 2000 in the US, and 115 were named Hermione in 2022. In the UK, the name enjoyed somewhat more use pre-Harry Potter: 21 baby girls were named Hermione in 1996, the year before the first book appeared, a number that increased to 57 in 2022. Hermione peaked in the UK in 2004, arguably the height of the Harry Potter craze.

. While no baby boys in the UK were named Draco either before or after Harry Potter, in the US the number of boys named Draco went from 8 in 1997 to 15 in 2000 to 132 in 2022.

Lavender and Andromeda are also enjoying popularity in the US, but that's along with other botanical and astronomical names.

In the largest sense, Harry Potter inspired parents to look further back in history for names for their babies, an influence that will continue far into the future. Here is the full collection of Harry Potter names.

Names From Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling for baby girls and baby boys, including Luna, Hermione, and Draco (Page 5)