Voldemort

In Swedish, mord means "murder." In French, mort means "death." If you translate each section of the name in French, vol de mort means "flight from death" (meaning escaping death). Also, in French, vol translates to "the act of stealing," giving Voldemort's name the alternate meaning "stealing from death." In Norwegian and Danish, vold means "violence." In Danish, volde means "to cause" and could be derived from the Latin valde, meaning "great, exceedingly, strongly, powerfully." Using these definitions, Lord Voldemort's name would then mean "excessive, great, or extreme death."

• The ending t should not be pronounced

• First, and generally, referred to as "You-Know-Who"
  • Later also called "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"
• First mentioned by Tiny old wizard in a violet cloak to Vernon Dursley just outside Grunnings
  • "Don't be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! Rejoice, for You-Know-Who has gone at last! Even Muggles like yourself should be celebrating, this happy, happy day!"
• First named by Albus Dumbledore while insisting that Minerva McGonagall is a sensible person
  • "My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this 'You-Know-Who' nonsense--for eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort. It all gets so confusing if we keep saying 'You-Know-Who.' I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort's name."
  • "I know you haven't, but you're different. Everyone knows you're the only one You-Know--oh, alright, Voldemort, was frightened of."

• Kills James and Lily Potter
  • Reluctantly killing Lily
    • Reluctantly, at request of Severus Snape
• Goal to kill Harry Potter
  • Prophesy
• Lily sacrifices herself in attempts to save Harry
  • Provides protection against Voldemort
  • Voldemort's killing curse backfires against Harry and destroys Voldemort's body