Hagrid

Properly named Rubeus Hagrid, prefers just his surname

"Rubeus" means "red." Ruber is also Latin for "red" and can mean "ruddy" – a perfect representation of our favorite gamekeeper.

J.K. Rowling said, "Hagrid is also another old English word meaning if you were hagrid... you’d had a bad night. Hagrid’s a big drinker. He has a lot of bad nights." Grid was a Norse giantess known for having a terrible temper. "Ha" is a variant of the Old West Norse name element "half." So "Hagrid" may just mean "half-grid" or more notably, "half-giant." "Haggard" can also mean "appearing worn and exhausted, gaunt," "wild or distraught in appearance," and "a disheveled individual." From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, the Old English term hag-rid means "indigestion" and is found in the exact same paragraph as "Dumbledore." Coincidence?

• Half-giant
• Mother was a giantess
• Father was a tiny little man
• Almost twice as tall as a normal man, and at least five times as wide
  • Looks too big to be allowed
  • and so wild
• Long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face
• Hands the size of trash can lids
• Feet like baby dolphins in leather boots
• Vast, muscular arms

• Introduced while flying a huge motorcycle
  • Borrowed from Sirius Black
  • Bringing Harry Potter to Number Four Privet Drive
    • Retrieves Harry "right before the Muggles started swarmin' around."
  • Expects to return the motorcycle to Sirius
    • "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike back."
• Has an issue with saying more than he should
  • Tells Minerva McGonagall that he would be taking Harry to the Dursley's.
  • McGonagall thinks he's careless, even if his heart is in the right place.
• Albus Dumbledore trusts Hagrid with his life
• Sobs into a large, spotted handkerchief