Honorific

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"Mrs — Miss — Bagshot?"

— Harry Potter to Bathilda Bagshot^[src]

Harry-potter2-mr & mrs granger — Mr Weasley and Mr and Mrs Granger, who were called honorifics

An honorific is a polite title that is given before a person's name. They included "Mr", "Sir", "Esquire", "Lord", "Mrs", "Miss", "Ms", "Dame" and "Lady". Sometimes "Madam"^[1] and "Professor" could also be used.^[2]

Remus Lupin mentioned that "there are no wizarding princes" to Harry Potter when discussing the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, aka Severus Snape.^[3] As "prince" is a title that usually refers to the heir of a royal kingdom, it can therefore be inferred that there are no wizarding kings or emperors either.^[4]

People by title[]

Male[]

Baron[]

Count[]

Earl[]

Earl of Paunchley^[7]

Duke[]

Vincent Duc de Trefle-Picques

Lord[]

Sir[]

Female[]

Dame[]

Lady[]

Duchess[]

Dutchess Cunningham^[17]

Gender-neutral[]

Doctor[]

Behind the scenes[]

The ghost of Helena Ravenclaw was also known as the "Grey Lady",^[5]^[19] but it is unknown if she was called that during her lifetime. The same applies to the Fat Lady, whose portrait was only known by that name, with no other identifiable information.^[1]
Tom Riddle styled himself as "Lord Voldemort", but he was not actually a noble lord, as he was descended from the middle-class Riddle family on his father's side.^[20]
- Interestingly, Tom and Severus Snape, who were alike in many ways, both falsely assumed a noble title when they weren't nobility.
Real-world actors and actresses who possessed honorific titles include Sir Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), Dame Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall), Dame Julie Walters (Molly Weasley), Sir John Hurt (Garrick Ollivander) and Dame Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge).
Giving their pets an honorific before their name was a common practice within the wizarding world, such as with the amphibians Sir Ribbithe and Sir Fitzroy.

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Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 9 (The Midnight Duel)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)
↑ Prince on Wikipedia
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
↑ Wonderbook: Book of Spells
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 Hogwarts Legacy
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 35 (The Auror Programme)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)
↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
↑ In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "THE TRIALS OF SIR CADOGAN", Jacob's sibling was knighted by the portrait of Sir Cadogan
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
↑ "Very early draft of Philosopher's Stone (Page 1)", by J. K. Rowling
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt)