130+ Best Hufflepuff Names That Are A Perfect Fit For Your Character

Dolly Chhatwani
Feb 16, 2024 By Dolly Chhatwani
Originally Published on Feb 10, 2023
Edited by Anusuya Mukherjee
Hufflepuffs are popular for their loyalty, patience, and just nature
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Why Hufflepuff Names?

Hogwarts' Hufflepuff house students are known to be sweet, gentle, friendly, and willing to learn. Hufflepuffs show unwavering loyalty and patience and have a strong sense of right and wrong.

Helena Hufflepuff founded the house based on the values of friendship, honesty, and justness. The badger represents this house because of its tenacity, persistence, and protective nature.

If your child loves everything Harry Potter and wants to name their character after a Hufflepuff in the Hogwarts legacy game, then these names that embody Hufflepuff virtues are a great place to start. You can also name your bundle of joy after your favorite Hogwarts house with a name that represents these qualities.

What Parents Need To Know

Hufflepuff was second only to Gryffindor in the number of students who stayed back to defend Hogwarts from the death eaters, showing their fierce loyalty.

The house is often underrated and seen as boring, but has housed many influential witches and wizards, like Nymphadora Tonks and Cedric Diggory.

The warm and cozy Hufflepuff common room is close to the kitchen and Hufflepuffs share a good rapport with the kitchen elves. This demonstrates their kind and compassionate nature.

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Hufflepuff is rooted in the value of inclusivity. The house welcomes anyone willing to try to hone their skills.

Hufflepuffs make excellent, loyal friends who are always delighted to share what they have. They stand by their friends and never turn their back just to fit in with the crowd.

Hufflepuffs make outstanding secret keepers but are always honest when the situation demands it.

The students of this house aren't boastful or fierce competitors. They are more interested in the fun and togetherness of events.
Most Famous Hufflepuff Names

1. Cedric Diggory - competed in the prestigious Triwizard Tournament and represented Hogwarts with Harry Potter. Robert Pattinson played the character in the movie.

2. Ernie Macmillan - a member of Dumbledore's Army.

3. Hannah Abbott - a member of Dumbledore's Army. She is also Neville Longbottom's spouse.

4. Newton Scamander - the famous magizoologist of the wizarding world. He is the author of the Hogwarts textbook 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them'. He is also known for dueling the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Scamander is the protagonist of the Fantastic Beasts movie franchise. Eddie Redmayne plays the character.

5. Nymphadora Tonks - an Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She was married to Remus Lupin and is Teddy Lupin's mother. Tonks was a beloved character and a Metamorphmagus, meaning she could change her appearance whenever she felt like it.

6. Susan Bones - a member of Dumbledore's Army.

7. Teddy Lupin - son of Remus Lupin and Tonks. He was a popular character in the book 'The Cursed Child'.

8. Zacharias Smith - a Chaser on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team and a member of Dumbledore's Army.

9. Helega Hufflepuff - one of the four founders of Hogwarts and founder of the Hufflepuff house.

Names Of Past Hufflepuff Wizards

10. Fat Friar - the ghost of Hufflepuff

11. Bridget Wenlock

12. Pomona Sprout - Harry's professor of Herbology

13. Silvanus Kettleburn

14. Hengist of Woodcroft

15. Justin Finch-Fletchley

16. Leanne - Katie Bell's friend.

17. Artemisia Lufkin

18. Giffort Abott

19. Grogan Stump

20. Theseus Scamander

21. Bunty Broadacre

22. Jane Court

23. Diego Caplan

24. Penny Haywood

25. Chiara Lobosca

26. Beatrice Haywood

27. Tamsin Applebee

28. Patrick Bagby

29. Martin Beccles

30. Wayne Bostock

31. Robin Botesdale

32. Trisha Buttermere

33. Melvin Catterick

34. Poppy Caxton

35. Linda Chaddesley

36. Luke Cholderton

37. Martine Copplestone

38. Rohit Das

39. Irene Denholm

40. Thora Dinnet

41. Nitin Divekar

42. Nicola Dodworth

43. Craig Dunn

44. Haruka Endoh

45. Annabel Entwhistle

46. Sullivan Fawley

47. Amelia Fittleworth

48. Rhonda Fladbury

49. Kay Formby

50. Michael Frimley

51. Trudy Galston

52. Brendon Halkirk

53. Gwendoline Hedgeflower

54. Raashid Hussain

55. Doris Irlam

56. Matthew Kettletoft

57. Hamish Knighton

58. Duncan Knottingley

59. Karl Limpley

60. Heidi Macavoy

61. Sisi Makerere

62. Bernard Maltby

63. Benjamin McEwen

64. Gregory Munslow

65. Grace Nutley

66. Harvey O'Brien

67. Maxine O'Flaherty

68. Hecate Oakham

69. Kouta Ohnishi

70. Madeline Ormskirk

71. Gillian Ossett

72. Anthony Otterburn

73. Manoj Pandit

74. Ashish Patel

75. Bhavana Patel

76. Edna Patridge

77. Sean Peakes

78. Eldon Pembroke

79. Gareth Pewsey

80. Gayle Pocklington

81. Malcolm Preece

82. Gladys Prescott

83. Sidney Puckeridge

84. Caroline Purvis

85. Anthony Rickett

86. Graham Romsey

87. Lynette Sawley

88. Satinder Singh

89. Adrian Speke

90. Manish Sreenivasan

91. Aki Sugiyama

92. Natsumi Suzuki

93. Gabriel Tate

94. Siobhan Templeton

95. Alistair Thaxted

96. Agatha Thrussington

97. Isabella Tintwistle

98. Lesley Toddington

99. Jessica Tring

100. Darrel Turner

101. Zara Valli

102. Eugene Warmsley

103. Dora Williams

104. Katsuji Yamazaki

105. Kousuke Yoshioka

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Hufflepuff Names For Boys

107. Adil ( Arabic Origin) - meaning 'righteous, fairness, justice'.

108. Aragam (Unknown Origin) - means 'a helpful and loyal being'.

109. Besnik (Albanian Origin) - meaning 'the true meaning of loyal and faithful'.

110. Dhruv (Indian Origin) - means 'pole star, immovable, faithful'.

111. Howin (Chinese Origin) - meaning 'loyal swallow'.

112. Iman (Arabic Origin) - means 'belief and faith'.

113. Martia (Iranian Origin) - meaning 'human, honest'.

114. Joost (Dutch Origin) - meaning 'just'.

115. Leal (French Origin) - in English, it translates to loyal.

116. Sadiq (Arabic Origin) - means 'loyal and true'.

117. Seiji (Japanese Origin) - means 'lawful and just'.

118. Codey/ Cody (Gaelic Origin) - means 'helpful person, descendant to the helpful one, decent one'.

119. Ezrah (Hebrew Origin) - means 'a helpful person'.

120. Hansuke (Japanese Origin) - means 'very helpful friend'.

121. Hyousuke (Japanese Origin) - means 'a helpful soldier'.

Hufflepuff Names For Girls

122. Amity (Latin Origin) - meaning 'friendship'.

123. Bergliot (Norse, Norwegian Origin) - means 'helpful light'.

124. Etelvina (Spanish Origin) - meaning 'noble friend'.

125. Fideline (French Origin) - meaning 'loyal'.

126. Sabira (Arabic Origin) - a feminine variation of Sabir. It means 'patient'.

127. Aide (German Origin) - means 'noble, kind, and assistant'.

128. Whina (Maori Origin) - means 'helper'.

129. Socorro (Spanish Origin) - means 'helper or aid'.

130. Amica (Latin Origin) - means 'beloved friend'.

131. Dakota (Sioux Origin) - means 'friend'.

132. Alverna (Hebrew Origin) - means 'wise friend'.

133. Raya (Hebrew Origin) - means 'friend or queen'.

134. Ruth (Hebrew Origin) - means 'friend, friendship, or a compassionate friend'.

135. Leya (Spanish Origin) - means 'loyal to the law or lion'.

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Written by Dolly Chhatwani

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English Language and Literature, Master of Arts specializing in English Literature

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Dolly ChhatwaniBachelor of Arts specializing in English Language and Literature, Master of Arts specializing in English Literature

A skilled professional-client manager, Dolly brings a wealth of experience to any team. Holding a Master's in English Literature, she has worked in various customer relations and operations management roles throughout her career. With a degree in both English and Psychology, she is passionate about promoting mental health. Dolly is an avid reader, particularly of classic literature, and enjoys writing book reviews. Additionally, she maintains a food blog and is active on social media.

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