Why His Name Is VOLDEMORT - Harry Potter Theory & Etymology

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Hey guys, thanks for watching! I did a lot of analysis on his name in this video, so even if you know a bit about his name already you will definitely still learn something!

[@shuvamacharya8001]

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[@blitz1392]

Can u pls do a video of when Hermoine, Ron and Harry were on the train to Hogwarts and Hermoine said “Harry is under the impression that Lucius Malfoy is a Deatheater” “You saw it” Said Harry “I told you I don’t know what I saw” said Hermoine” I think this was in the Order of the Phoenix or the Half blood Prince but what did Hermoine mean by I don’t know what I saw, what did she see and can u do a video of explaining what she meant by that pls

[@blitz1392]

Shahvez Akhtar Thanks

[@mabrrrrr911]

Nice Video!

[@amiechambers2894]

It says in HP movies and books it say that his name Tom marvolo riddle actually can rearrange to spell l am lord voldemort There is the reason

[@zock_zock9147]

Lucius Malfoy: The dark Lord Hagrid: You know who Harry: Voldemort Dumbledore: Tom

[@kgxgen2062]

Peeves: Voldy's gone moldy

[@unfimcgeady7658]

kg xgen Voldy’s gone baldy

[@ladanski]

Me : Thomas

[@zock_zock9147]

@@ladanski is it actually thomas?

[@ladanski]

@@zock_zock9147 it has to be. Tom has to be short for something 😂 Thomas, Thompson, Tomato... 😂

[@chippychapchap390]

Voldemort is like an edgy teenage girl. He has a tiara, a cup, a ring, a favourite pet, and a diary. And let's not forget: An obsession with a famous teenage boy. (i didn't make this up but I had to share it)

[@thebluecamo905]

Yessss finally someone that understands I thought I was the only one

[@dimo333]

And he screams for no reason

[@dimo333]

And don’t forget, he called Cedric/Robert Pattinson “such a handsome boy” 🤣

[@lordvoldemort5725]

So old....

[@royal3594]

Excuse me

[@willemhorijon5771]

7:48 Bellatrix is also Latin for ‘female warrior’ or ‘skilled at war’. Edit: same for filius, which is Latin for ‘son’ (I don’t know why and how this is related to Flitwick.)

[@Arrowww__1]

i knew that too because i have latin in school

[@thesecondromuluan8216]

More like "crazed bi*ch" or "insane psychopath".

[@Dunkelelf3]

and the name of a star like basically all other black names, sirius, regulus, bellatrix, pollux, cassiopeia, cygnus, etc. funny enough narcissa is one of the few who doesn't share her name with a star.

[@isabelljansson9308]

Dunkelelf3 Its also a galaxy that are named Androbeda Like Belatrix and Narcissisa’s sister

[@fleetstreet11]

Filius is Flitwick's first name.

[@azerdraco3146]

Question: If Voldemort put a taboo on his name to catch those that fought against him... AND If he truly hated the name Tom Riddle... AND If bot Harry and Dumbledore knew that Tom and Voldemort were the same person... Why didn't they just call him "Riddle" and thus nullify the taboo?

[@PhilBagels]

@jack rogers That doesn't really answer my question. What happens if you pronounce it wrong, or say something that sounds close to his name? Does the taboo have auto-correct?

[@moyoakande5506]

Hi

[@lostcinema5189]

@@PhilBagels they would not come. Ron interruted Harry many times when Harry say Voldemo nothing happend

[@varric]

They don't call him Riddle because the number of good people that knew that Voldemort and Riddle are the same person is reduced to Dumbledore, Slughorn, Harry, Ron and Hermione.

[@sbud1]

@@PhilBagels it took me 2 minutes to work out you were trying to say of all the mort(….)

[@Bb-xq7gk]

Minerva is actually the Roman interpretation of Athena.

[@dawickedj]

Which is cool because Minerva is both wise and great at fighting

[@isabelljansson9308]

Yeh! her name really make sense.

[@12jswilson]

@@dawickedj Minerva isn't the Roman goddess of war like Athena is though. That role got split off and given to Bellona.

[@MulToyVerse]

Ironic that the actress who played her also played the goddess who fought Perseus in the original version of "Clash of the Titans."

[@Bb-xq7gk]

@@12jswilson She was still equated with and worshipped as a war Goddess in Britain though, Britannia for example.

[@BergenVestHK]

I was waiting to write in the comments that "Vold" means violence in Norwegian, but you actually managed to get that in, too. Impressive! Good video!

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Id have just gone with Vold . The mort part makes it sound silly .

[@jaredwilliams6853]

Having a French parent I always saw his name as Vol de mort. Which can mean flight of death or theft of death.

[@theaword2644]

Best hp youtuber

[@cocowang8568]

Lucius: what kind of dark lord are you? Harry Potter slipped right under your nose! Voldemort: Well.... wait under my WHAT? Also I just realized that my grandpa is 1 year younger than Voldemort 0-0

[@sudeepdalbanjan8595]

Can u make a video on how Voldemort found the chamber of secrets

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

The fact that “ TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE” is an anagram for “ I AM LORD VOLDEMORT” always blew my mind. JKR must have chosen one name or the other first, and created the second as an anagram. But with that in mind, both names are so fitting on their own.

[@andrewsimmons405]

You need to do more etymology videos... I love this!

[@LucySimmonds]

Your content is some of the best Harry Potter content on KZbin, you never fail to give us such amazing videos. You are highly underrated, and deserve way more subscribers than you have.

[@sarahriddle7211]

I love learning the meaning behind names! It just adds an entirely new layer to the situation. For example, mine means “Princess” and I’m just like “YES”.

[@thebluecamo905]

Why don’t you make a video on the gaunt family tree or other wizarding family trees

[@RicoPresents]

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[@durian830317]

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? What a joke. Voldemort. See, nothing ha--

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

Are you okay or did Voldemort kill y--

[@micahkrueger7158]

@@AlphaFX-kv4ud are yall ok? should i not say voldemort? imma cal-

[@caitlynpotter3616]

@@micahkrueger7158 did Voldemort catch y-

[@qlutch2998]

Fck voldemort

[@teammystictv5484]

Voldemort could never kill m-

[@jensanruby6739]

It might be four in the morning but I am vibing.

[@gabrieladerre2862]

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[@thebluecamo905]

Minerva is actually the Roman variant of Athena the GREEK goddess of battle strategy and wisdom but it is a common mistake as the Romans copied the Greeks

[@LegioXXI]

No, the most common mistake is the belief that the romans "copied" the greek. Its true that Greece had an influence on latin culture (they had influence on almost everything by having colonies all over the Mediterranean and spreading their culture via syncretism), but the roman mythology is completely separate from the greek one, with own legends, origin stories, heroes (godly) locations and the relationship from the gods towards each other. Especially seen after Rome conquered Greece. The Romans actually still built additional, separate greek temples afterwards. Greek mythology still co-existed within the Roman Empire as separate religion. This would have never happen if the only difference were the names of the gods. Saying Rome copied Greece its like saying the Japanese copied the Chinese, or that Christians copied the Jews. "Being influenced by" and "taking inspiration of" or even "based on" is not the same as plain copying. Even modern copyright differentiates this. For good reason.

[@cosmictheorist6091]

Wow the video was amazing I loved it and feel like learned a lot in a fun way. Excellent subject matter, presentation and research.

[@ghostassassin9752]

Keep up the good vids G!!!

[@likeasomebooodeeee]

I think everything about the many names of Tom are brilliant. The fact that we rarely hear or see anyone call him by his real name of Tom Marvolo Riddle or just Tom as well as his self-given name of Lord Voldemort only adds to the mystique of his real and self-given names and the character of Voldemort in general.

[@steamseiji]

"vold" obviously came from his hair...

[@DAN-dy7pz]

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[@antoniorenteria6799]

Lupin’s first name is Remus, as in Remus and Romulus. The mythical brothers who founded Rome, and were raised by a wolf.

[@nicmagtaan1132]

ahh yes the wonderful city of reme, and the remans

[@vincentmeyer518]

Lupin was turned into a werewolf by Fenrir Greyback, Fenrir being a giant wolf in Norse mythology

[@xiphos8219]

​@@nicmagtaan1132 Reman that hole.

[@lethal_motionz4137]

Also the wolfs name that found the brothers was named lupa

[@VintageRubyFilms]

Morsmordre was and still is my favorite Potterverse spell. Not only that it gave us David Tennant's sexiest scene on film (I'm weird, don't ask) but its linguistic explanation is brilliant. It literally translates to "Take a bite out of death," or "Death Eater."

[@koppadasao]

In my conworld of Illte, Lord Voldemort, translated Welauneqi, is one of the gods in the Illomi pantheistic religion. He is the god of the dead and the collector of souls, the end of all life. Swearing by Welauneqi is highly taboo, except in certain cases. In a court of law, f.ex, any oaths sworn are sworn by Welauneqi. One of the Illomi sayings is "Welauneqi neqi aj hami nauti", Lord Voldemort kills as he pleases, which every potterhead know to be true

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

Amazing video and I would love to see a video about etymology in Harry Potter from you! Morsmordre can also be broken down in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages to mother and murderer. That is also pretty fitting I think.

[@floreece8567]

If the Gaunt's are descendants from Slytherin then where did the Slytherin name come from and where did it go?

[@sebastiandiaz9263]

I think a female Slytherin married a male Gaunt

[@rhiannon_]

It has gone extinct in the male line ( kreacher told me )

[@Dee-nonamnamrson8718]

Where did you come, from where did you go, where did you come from cotton eye joe.

[@lostcinema5189]

The male line of Slytherin died. Woman from the Slytherin line take the last name of the husband.

[@themythplayzzz]

Slytherin is a descendant of Herpo the Fowl

[@animeumbreon8224]

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[@zimonzieclown1633]

Excellent analysis. Well done!

[@FaltaziusLalotte]

I always wonder why so many villains in Harry Potter have French names 😆 Voldemort = Theft/flight of death Malfoy = Bad faith Lestrange = The weird one Rosier = rose tree Etc.

[@jamalgillis14]

I know the answer but I’m gonna watch

[@HarryPotterTheory]

I threw in a lot of extra information / theories about the name that you may not have heard.

[@jamalgillis14]

Harry Potter Theory ok

[@juliie007]

I just realized that the main protagonist and antagonist names are also used in a common saying “every Tom, Dick & Harry” to denote the ordinary though Voldermont and Harry are anything but ...

[@Avatarlover1997]

Perfect name for a fanfic though

[@hindolroy8260]

Me too

[@chrishess5526]

He spent his whole life running from death and in doing so just ended up running right to it.

[@a1pha654]

I love how he complicates this but in reality...he just didn't want to have the name of his muggle father....so he re-arranged letters of his name and got "I am Lord Voldemort"

[@zenaamer5882]

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[@sidharthsingh2729]

@@RicoPresents no one cares.

[@joshualynch1107]

I wonder if anyone ever thought to tell Voldemort that Tom is probably short for Thomas, so his anagram that he used to come up with his name is actually missing 3 letters.

[@cainmaude8720]

Also, this is just an idea, but when you used lupus to describe lupin, it made me think of the disease lupus. I think of it as showing the disease or gift (depending on your views) of being a werewolf. Again just an idea

[@ellieparry1463]

wow this analysis in this video is an english teacher's dream

[@UnknownSchleswiger]

Minerva is Roman Athena is Greek

[@TheRedComyn]

The linguistic origins of the names she uses is interesting and one of the things I appreciate about Harry Potter. I love Latin and use it regularly (Mass), so the spells in my head when reading the books are in ecclesiastical Latin. Ha!

[@VVen0m]

I always thought that Tom Riddle just wanted to give himself a nickname that was an anagram of his full name, realised that he can make "Lord" out of it and then just made up something from the rest of the letters

[@micheleminor1106]

Good video on the analysis of Lord Voldemort's name and the possible meanings of it. The majority of the names in the Harry Potter series seem to have some sort of meaning behind them that would apply to that character. Even the name of the orphanage that Tom Riddle grew up in could also have some sort of meaning. The last name of the main character in the 1941 book The Passionate Witch by Thorne Smith and Norman Matson as well as the 1942 movie I Married a Witch is Wooly which is about a mortal who marries a witch. Tom Riddle was the product of a witch marrying a muggle (mortal). Veronica Lake who played the witch in the movie I Married a Witch is blonde where that could come into play in the Fantastic Beasts films since Queenie is blonde as well. The meaning behind name of one of Harry's classmates could become clear in a future Fantastic Beasts film and even foreshadow a new character that will be introduced in FB 3. The name of the main character in the British version of Bell, Book and Candle is Anthony and he is put under a love spell by a witch who falls in love with him and in the 1920s generally an illegitimate child would take their mother's last name so Anthony Goldstein could foreshadow a child that is born to Queenie out of wedlock whose father would be a muggle. Sir Henry Tonks is the name of the facial injury artist who drew before and after pictures of soliders who underwent plastic surgery during WWI. and Tonks in Harry Potter is a metamorphagus who can change human shape at will, which is something a plastic surgeon can do permanently.

[@mom2chris1mike2]

Love your video. Great job. Will look forward to other name origin videos

[@cormacmacsuibhne5796]

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[@Drew_Thompson]

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[@cormacmacsuibhne5796]

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[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

So, love potion sex makes sociopath or psychopath baby?

[@cocowang8568]

-Gemberkoekje- well yes basically 😂😂😂

[@baileycalderon808]

If conceived under a lobe potion they can’t really feel love

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@baileycalderon808 lol, lobe potion

[@rats4_4]

I think its not a hard to get potion, maybe a lot of magic children are born in that way, but they are less dangerous

[@jiminbang5822]

"And so Lord Flight-Of-Death took up his wand and fired a blazing light into the sky-" "What is this pagan magic?" French Peoples

[@MRSNIPER1730]

Whatever you say about jk rowling dont forget how hard she must have tried with these names

[@Dgpo12]

Can't forget Fenrir, the wolf that killed Odin

[@amandalambkin4777]

The etymology of Harry Potter names is so interesting. My personal favourite is Regulus Black. Regulus is a star in the constellation Leo, aka the Lion. I've always taken this as a hint that Regulus could have been sorted into Gryffindor, but perhaps, similar to Harry choosing to be placed in Gryffindor despite the hat wanting to place him in Slytherin, Regulus chose to be placed in Slytherin, after seeing the way his parents treated Sirius for being placed in Gryffindor. That's my theory, anyway. After all, his actions regarding the locket show us that he was quite brave.

[@MountainFisher]

Regulus' middle name? Arcturus, alpha star of the Bootes constellation. Bellatrix of Orion, Andromeda a constellation and a galaxy. Sirius, easy brightest star in the night and his uncle Alphard in the Hydra constellation along with Rastaban (Lestrange) of the Draco Constellation and his son Scorpius. Pollux Black was grandfather to Sirius. Then there is Neville's great uncle Algie short for Algieba also in Leo. Neville's grandmother I bet Rowling didn't know, Augusta is a main belt asteroid. Here is an odd one, Tom Riddle's mother Merope one of the Pleiades stars. Cassiopeia Black was a member of the House of Black and Sirius’ great-aunt. Delphini is the daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange (according to The Cursed Child, does it count?). In astronomy, Delphinus (Latin for “the dolphin”) is a northern constellation.

[@leviticuspagelus]

FYI Minerva is the Roman counterpart to the Greek goddess Athena.

[@boocolo1046]

As a french person, we feel honored and absolutely don't mind the name since it doesn't sound childish and fits the antagonist

[@mom2chris1mike2]

Do y’all think that the fact that Dumbledore called him “Tom” was a way of trolling him?

[@mauricelecot9579]

yes i think so too, it's funny to view it this way

[@grievousarmy4061]

9:55 I thought for a second there he was going to say 'May the force be with you' lol

[@joelclifton6312]

Sirius Black. He's a member of the Black family, which is a family of dark wizards and witches, but Sirius is the brightest star, so he is the one who chose the light. Malfoy. Literally translates to "Bad Faith" or perhaps "faith in what is bad." Xenophilius. "lover of exotic and strange things," which sums up his character.

[@Saroku1000]

When I watched Movie 1 as a kid (didn't read the book before) I misheard it as "waldemord", which is german and could be translated as "Forest-murder", which for 11-year old me made some sense, since the forest near hogwarts was a part of the plot.

[@bellaobrien3124]

6:21 Look at Bellatrix Lestrange

[@bellaobrien3124]

Farhan Mckinnons if you look at the bit between her and Voldemort it looks like she’s wearing long pants

[@dorol6375]

Fun fact: voldemort's grandfather's name changes in languages with different kinds of symbols (for example; Hebrew and arabic). I only assume this because as a Hebrew reader, it was different.

[@flyingbanana7464]

Hey harry potter theory i have a question. During a duel could you just use the spell confringo or diffendo to break the opponents wand?

[@collybollyproductions9534]

Great videos! Keep up the good work!

[@robschoneck]

Tom, the twin, may be a sneaky way to allude to the fact that he and Harry's wands will be twin cores. Just a thought.

[@theradicalginger3060]

Subscribed as soon as i saw! I was like i already am..? OH ITS NEW NEW! :D

[@6sixtysix]

For a channel about Harry and you don’t know this… the name voldemort. The name is a curse that let him know where you are exactly and can teleport to your location. That’s why it’s not spoken….

[@ΧΙΗΙΧ]

In Dutch 'vol' is full, 'de' is the and 'moord' (which is spoken the same as mort) is murder, so it sounds like weird way to say full of murder. But in Dutch 'vul' means to fill and it sounds a bit the same. And voel (oe makes an English u/oo/ou sound) means feel. So if a Dutch speaker would here Voldemort, they would first here a grammatically incorrect 'full the murder' then think he/they meant 'fill the murder' and possibly think of 'feel the murder'. So that's mennacing, and not at al what Rowling thought of, and you do really have to think it through and I don't know what I am getting at with this...

[@ryanfloch6054]

In French, it's "a robbery of death"

[@Alan_Skywalker]

“His name was only mentioned by the bravest or the most foolish.” Dumbledore: *Tom*

[@shoe5672]

Tom, Thomas, meaning twin, I think would more likely be a reference to his "twin" nature with Harry, not necessarily that he has a twin.

[@sebastiandiaz9263]

When your destiny is to become a Dark Lord murder before fifteen is as imperative to get as a driver's license.

[@puniat]

7:58 Not greek mythology. It is roman mythology. The greek goddess of wisdom was "Athena".

[@dawickedj]

Wisdom and war

[@puniat]

@@dawickedj Yes, but I thought this was clear.

[@projectxspectre]

Not sure if you knew this, but the Black family is named after stars and constellations. For example: Bellatrix is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion and it means "Female Warrior" in Latin.

[@learnenglishwithme2974]

voldemort vol: thieft voler: steal de: of mort: death It can also be interpreted as death thief or death thieft

[@sallywhat2]

Was wondering this the other day, was to lazy to search it up. Thanks for the interesting videos. Edit: too*

[@lostcinema5189]

I tought he first opend the Chamber and then he found the Gaunts. The Dairy was his first horcurx and then the Ring. When this scene with Slughorn was Tom had made his first horcurx. He only wanted to know if he can make more then one.

[@BB-un2ts]

But Dumbledore told Harry Tom killed his father when he was 15, and he oppened the Chamber when he was 16.

[@lemsipps]

what's that picture of harry in 00:4?? I'm just confused becasue it says "tom marvolo riddle"

[@BoyKagome]

I think he was re-arranging his name one day and got to "I am lord" but there were a bunch of letters left... so he took the remaining ones and got Voldemort.

[@ivanbarrios857]

Everybody: has a thought provoked name Cho Chang: .......

[@AAPCeg]

I was not aware that Voldemort was unable to love because he was conceived via a love potion. Wild

[@RealBenShapiro]

Thank you Forensics Class for teaching me "mortis" means "death" so I picked up on the "mort" part of Voldemort quickly.

[@DotTiuri]

In Dutch we have the word: Moord which literally translates to: murder. So yeah even in Dutch it somehow sounds scary

[@akgamer1825]

Hes called voldemort cuz its the best name u can make with the letters in his name Tom marvolo riddle = I am lord voldemort The "i am lord" takes half of the letters. He only had "tom vo rdle" left, so there werent very many choices.

[@rainbowvamps8988]

9:06 Twin in Latin Gemini

[@mr.boomguy]

Heck, even in Danish, it translates to Vold -> Violence, a 'e' in the middle, then Mord -> Murder.

[@Jacobthebear246]

His name is Voldemort because that's how J.K.ROWLING wrote it lol

[@madisonatteberry9720]

Or maybe Tom did have a twin at one point, but either died in child birth or as an infant.

[@trevormcconnell972]

Tom Marvelo Riddle. Voldemort. It's his name, reordered with letters from each. The books even reference this at some point. :D Good video doe!

[@Nebuhalanezar]

Severus was not only a Roman name or title but also means „serious“ or „strict“

[@oblixxx1505]

i luv ur content

[@Upliftmofo89]

He was an edgy teenager who never grew up

[@vatrenmaganic]

I wonder if Voldemort is the only one concieved under the influence of a love potion or there are other cases? If there is someone else does it mean that person will also become dark wizard?

[@fabricks5090]

Do You Also Have Other Channels Such As Star Wars Theory???

[@orangecitrus8056]

As a Chinese person I couldn't help to be reminded that our translation of Voldemort literally means "ground hugging demon"😂

[@timschwartz5]

Thomas being a twin might not be a sibling. It could be foreshadowing the twin core that his wand shares with Harry’s.

[@wystxrr]

TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE I AM LORD VOLDEMORT That’s the reason

[@RyanHaney55]

Argus had a thousand eyes in Greek mythology.

[@crystalwaites4731]

2:39 wait did Tom love his mother?

[@lbdarknessboy6797]

It says his name in the second book. "I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of "Tom Marvolo Riddle"

[@darrenmadden82]

rowling is simply genius

[@TruthNeverFade]

Why does Voldemort always steal my shampoo?

[@Cloud_Alchemy]

If Tom was an orphan where did he stay during the summer when he wasn't at school?

[@avaschlamberger3125]

If you put the words Vol De Mort from french to english in a translator you get "Flight of death".

[@noobmcnooberson3908]

Actually Minerva is the ROMAN goddess of war and wisdom