Classical Names in Harry Potter PowerPoint presentation is the second in the Classical World of Harry Potter series . J.K. Rowling gave names to her characters that give readers and viewers insight into their personalities. Some of the names exhibit a surprising and often humorous combination of the classical and the mundane: Filius Flitwick, Cornelius Fudge, Dedalus Diggle, Horace Slughorn. Rowling draws character names from mythology, history, astronomy, literature, and world languages, inclu