Harry Potter

Harry is J.K. Rowling's favorite boy name. The name Harry is of Anglo-Saxon origin and means "power."

There was also a magician named Harry Houdini in the 1900s. Medieval English form of Henry. In modern times it is used as a diminutive of both Henry and names beginning with Har. Famous bearers include the American president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), who was named after his uncle Harrison, and the British royal Prince Harry (1984-), who is actually named Henry.

It is also the name of the boy wizard in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Henry: From the Germanic name Heimirich meaning "home ruler", composed of the elements heim "home" and rih "ruler". It was later commonly spelled Heinrich, with the spelling altered due to the influence of other Germanic names like Haganrich, in which the first element is hag "enclosure". Heinrich was popular among continental royalty, being the name of seven German kings, starting with the 10th-century Henry I the Fowler (the first of the Saxon kings), and four French kings. In France it was usually rendered Henri from the Latin form Henricus. The Normans introduced the French form to England, and it was subsequently used by eight kings, ending with the infamous Henry VIII in the 16th century. During the later Middle Ages it was fairly popular, and was generally rendered as Harry or Herry in English pronunciation.

• The Boy Who Lived
• Born: July 31, 1980 (38 days younger than his cousin, Dudley Dursley
• Parents: James and Lily Potter
  • Killed October 31, 1981 by Voldemort
  • Voldemort's attempt to kill Harry backfired
    • Voldemort's body destroyed
• Retrieved from home in Godric's Hollow by Hagrid
  • brought to Number Four Privet Drive around midnight between the 1st and 2nd of November
  • Hagrid flies on huge motorcycle borrowed from Sirius Black
  • Harry fell asleep while flying over Bristol
• The Dursleys are Lily's sister's family.
  • Dudley Dursley, his cousin, is a few months older than Harry
• Famous before he can walk and talk (says McGonagall)
  • Says Harry Potter will be famous, a legend, there will be books written about him, every child in our world will know his name
    • A JK Rowling prediction that pretty much came true.
• Lightning bolt shaped cut on his forehead
  • Under a tuft of jet black hair
  • "He'll have that scar forever."
• Albus Dumbledore leaves a letter for the Dursley's in hopes that they will tell Harry about his parents, Voldemort, and about him being a wizard.
  • Doesn't happen...

• Is asleep the first two times mentioned.