Lucius Malfoy
Name comes from the root of Lucifer
Bellatrix LeStrange
Name means female warrior
Draco Malfoy
Name comes from the word for dragon
Luna Lovegood
Name comes from the Latin word for moon
Sirius Black
Name comes from the “Dog Star”
Narcissa Malfoy
Name comes from a youth in love with his own face
Andromeda Tonks
Name comes the princess saved by Perseus
Nymphadora Tonks
Name comes from the Greek wood sprites
Regulus Black
Name comes from another star
Xenophilius Lovegood
Name means lover of the strange in Greek
Cornelius Fudge
Ministry of Magic head whose name comes from a famous Roman clan name
Voldemort
Name comes from the Latin roots “flight from death”
Victor Krum
Name comes from the Latin American root for winner
Albus Dumbledore
Name comes from the Latin word for white
Severus Snape
Name comes from the Latin word for strict
Minerva McGonigall
Name derives from the Roman goddess of wisdom
Pomona Sprout
Name comes from the Roman goddess of fruit
Filius Flitwick
Name comes from the Latin word for son
Sibyll Trelawney
Name comes from the prophet at the Delphic Oracle
Rubeus Hagrid
Name comes from the Latin word for red
Argus Filch
Name comes from the Greek monster with one hundred eyes
Quirinius Quirrell
Name comes from the alternative name for the Roman god Janus
Aurora Sinistra
Name comes from the Roman goddess of dawn
Septima Vector
Name comes from the Latin word for seventh
Horace Slughorn
Name derives from a famous Latin poet
Remus Lupin
Name derived from that of Romulus’s brother
Poppy Pomfrey
Name derived from the Latin word papaver
Alecto Carrow
Name derived from one of the Greek Furies
Amycus Carrow
Name derived from a centaur who was a glutton for punishment
Dolores Umbridge
Name derived from the Latin word for sorrows
Charity Burbage
Name derived from the Latin word for love of humanity
Severus Snape
Professor of Potions (first through fifth years); Defense against Dark Arts (sixth year); Headmaster (seventh year)
Minerva McGonigall
Professor of Transfiguration
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster (first through beginning of fifth year)
Rubeus Hagrid
Professor of Care of Magical Creatures
Quirinius Quirrell
Professor of Defense against Dark Arts (first year)
Sibyll Trelawney
Professor of Divination
Argus Filch
Caretaker
Remus Lupin
Professor of Defense against the Dark Arts (third year)
Filius Flitwick
Professor of Charms
Pomona Sprout
Professor of Herbology
Gilderoy Lockhart
Professor of Defense against the Dark Arts (second year)
Aurora Sinistra
Professor of Astronomy
Poppy Pomfrey
Matron/Healing Magic
Horace Slughorn
Professor of Potions (sixth year)
Septima Vector
Professor of Arithmancy
Alastair Moody
Professor of Defense against the Dark Arts (fourth year)
Charity Burbage
Professor of Muggle Studies (first through sixth years)
Dolores Umbridge
Professor of Defense against the Dark Arts (fifth year); Headmistress (sixth year)
Amycus Carrow
Professor of Defense against the Dark Arts (seventh year)
Alecto Carrew
Professor of Muggle Studies