![]() ![]() ![]() "Granger" is a somewhat common English and French name, an occupational name that refers to a farm worker who dealt with grain. "Jean" is also the middle name of Rowling's daughter Mackenzie, and it's rooted in a Latin word meaning "god is gracious." Prior to that, Rowling said in interviews that her middle name was actually "Jane," but she later changed it because she didn't want her to share a middle name with Dolores Umbridge. In the books, it wasn't encoded as "Jean" until "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," where she's in Dumbledore's will. ![]() Rowling also made sure the name was uncommon because she "didn't want a lot of fairly hard-working little girls to be teased if ever the book was published."Īt some point in drafting the books, Rowling changed Hermione's middle name. She said the name is a reflection of her parents, "a pair of professional dentists, who liked to prove how clever they were." The name itself is older than that - Hermione is the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus in Greek mythology. Rowling got the name "Hermione" from William Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale," but she doesn't think her character and Shakespeare's version have much in common. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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