Say whatever else you like about Harry Potter, but it cannot be denied that the characters are thoughtfully and generally very appropriately named: two examples that may come to mind are that of Hermione Granger, the genius witch with an eccentric but well-fitting name, and Draco Malfoy, a name meaning Dragon and bad faith that just oozes that snooty, old-blood, Dark wizard feel like nothing else. Interestingly, these two characters were once called very different things. Hermione began her life as Hermione Puckle, which makes her sound more like a well-meaning Hobbit than anything, something Rowling realizes and quickly changed. Meanwhile, Malfoy's majestic moniker was once a similarly clumsy Draco Spinks, which is all manners of bizarre. Spinks became Spungen in some later drafts not a massive improvement but ultimately was revised to the Malfoy we love to hate.