J.K. Rowling originally had a different name for Hermione Granger and it was bad!

We knew her as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter, but J.K. Rowling wasn’t always intending for that name to be; the surname Puckle was originally picked.

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The Rowling Library on X: Happy Birthday Hermione Granger !🥳🎉✨ Did you know her original surname was “Puckle”, but .K. Rowling felt the name “did not suit her at all”, so Granger