Tom Riddle

Tom Riddle is the birth name of Lord Voldemort, the main villain in the Harry Potter series.

The name appears when characters discuss his origins or confront his past: He was born Tom Riddle, but he became something else entirely.

The character rejected this "common" name as he embraced dark magic and reinvented himself.

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Opposites
moral alignment in the Harry Potter universe

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Fictional adolescent sorcerer

Lily Potter · Albus Dumbledore · Molly Weasley · James Potter · Neville Longbottom

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Tom, Riddle, riddle, riddles, riddled, riddling, riddler

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG