Harry Potter Kids Names Explained

James Sirius

James Sirius Potter is the oldest son of Ginny and Harry Potter and named after Harry's father (James Potter) and godfather (Sirius Black). He is a Gryffindor like most of his family. He seems to have inherited a bit of the 'Weasley obnoxiousness'. As he sees Victoire (Fleur and Bill Weasley's daughter whose name means 'victory' in French) kissing Teddy Lupin (son of Tonks and Remus Lupin), he has to tell everybody about it ;-) He also teases his younger brother Albus mercilessly, that he could end up being selected into Slytherin House, something that Albus fears. Their mother Ginny Potter (neé Weasley) exclaims in the book “You are so like Ron ...”

Albus Severus

Albus Severus Potter is Ginny and Harry's second son and named after the two headmasters Hogwarts had during Harry's and Ginny's time there, Prof. Albus Dumbledore and Prof. Severus Snape. He fears, for unknown reasons, to be selected into Slytherin House, to reassure him Harry says: “Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.” He also explains to Albus that the sorting hat takes a student's wishes into account, as he knows this from his own experience.

Lily Luna

Lily Luna Potter is the youngest child and only daughter of Ginny and Harry. She is named after Harry's mother (Lilly Potter neé Evans) and, my guess, Luna Lovegood, an original member of Dumbledore's Army and friend of Ginny and Harry. In the book she wants to go to Hogwarts NOW and is not really reassured, as her parents tell her that it is 'only two years' until she can join her two brothers at school.

As for the timing of this last chapter, it appears that it plays in the year 2017, which makes it, at the time of writing, actually still playing in our own future. And it gives us, by deduction, and from what it says in the book, the following dates for the kids:

• James Sirius was born around 2005 and went / will go to Hogwarts around 2016.

• Albus Severus was born 2006 and went / will go to Hogwarts in 2017.

• And Lily Luna was born 2008 and will go to Hogwarts in 2019.

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