Is Hermione a real name or did J.K Rowling make it up?

Question

Just curious

Answer 1

Yes it is a real name. At first i thought that it was a made up name as well but yup its real!

Answer 2

It is a real name. Hermione (hərmī'ənē) , in Greek mythology, the only daughter of Helen and Menelaus. When Helen eloped with Paris, Hermione was abandoned to the care of Clytemnestra. She later married Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. In Euripides' Andromache, she is carried off by Orestes who marries her after he has contrived the murder of Neoptolemus at Delphi.

Answer 3

Hermione is a very old name. There was an actress called Hermione Gringold.

Answer 4

It's a real british name and it's not that old fashioned either.The origin is greek. Infact it comes from greek mythology where Hermione was a very clever woman with power of prophesying things.

Answer 5

Hermione is a real name. I know a few girls who are called so.
In Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Helene and Menelaus. She appears in the the play "Andromaque" by the French writer Racine.

Answer 6

It's a real name, from Greek mythology. Many of her names have root in mythology, like Minerva.

Others I think came from places. I think Snape was the name of a town, or something derived form the name of a town.

Answer 7

How about the old comedienne Hermione Gingold?

Answer 8

It is a real name, one of my friends in the UK's name is Hermione.
:-)

Answer 9

It is a real name. Black is a real last name, Potter is a common English last name. Ronald, Fred, George, Percy, Colin, all real names. It's names like Tonks and Dumbledore I'm not sure about.

Answer 10

Yes it's a real name/ You can find it in some old English novels