What's Voldemort's name?

After all, it was by mixing his wizarding and Muggle names that he created his new moniker: 'Tom Marvolo Riddle', becoming 'I am Lord Voldemort'.
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Is Voldemort's name Tom or Thomas?

Voldemort was born Tom Marvolo Riddle on December 31, 1926. "I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of "Tom Marvolo Riddle". (See "name and anagram" below.) He began to assume the identity of 'Lord Voldemort' during his latter years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, using the title amongst his close "friends".
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Why did Tom Riddle change his name?

However, this hatred hailed in comparison with what he felt toward his father. The Heir of Slytherin saw his father as another filthy muggle, and the fact that the name Tom Riddle was a muggle name drove Riddle to fashion a new one.
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Why can't they say Voldemort's name?

In the books, Deathly Hallows introduced that a Taboo curse was placed on Voldemort's name. The curse made it possible for anyone who said his name to instantly be located by the Death Eaters, giving them the ability to find whoever said it.
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What does Voldemort mean?

From the evil wizard Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, whose name in turn is a compound derived from French vol de mort (“flight/theft of death”).
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Was Lord Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin. More questions on Quora: Harry Potter: Did Tom Riddle open the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago?
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Is Voldemort Tom Riddle's son?

Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt, is Salazar Slytherin's direct descendant, and his father is Tom Riddle, a Muggle. During this time period, Voldemort is known by his birth name, Tom Marvolo Riddle.
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What does Hogwarts call Voldemort?

His worst fear is death." Throughout the series, Rowling establishes that Voldemort is so feared in the wizarding world that it is considered dangerous even to speak his name. Most characters in the novels refer to him as "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" rather than say his name aloud.
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What is Voldemort's Child Called?

Delphini, nicknamed Delphi, is the titular main antagonist of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Although she initially introduces herself as the niece of Amos Diggory, Delphi is in fact, the child of Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange and has only one goal, restoring her father.
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Does Dumbledore say Voldemort's name?

But for wizards and witches, he is "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" – unless you're Harry and Dumbledore, walking around, blurting out the word "Voldemort", much to the shock of everyone around you.
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What does Tom Riddle spell backwards?

When Tom Marvolo Riddle, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets flicked his want and rearranged the letters of his name to form "I AM LORD VOLDEMORT," most of us sat down to tally the letters. This, however, was not the only name in Harry Potter with hidden meanings in its anagram.
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What disorder does Tom Riddle have?

Pyschopathy is caused by physical features of the way the brain is wired. Tom appears to be a psychopath up to 1981; he is cold, rational and socially adept and charming, and has gone to the bad because lack of individual attention in the orphanage left him with no moral compass, and he was corrupted by his own power.
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How is Tom Riddle the heir of Slytherin?

Tom Riddle was a descendent of Slytherin through the Gaunt family.
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Why did Tom Riddle become evil?

At 16 years of age, Tom sought out the magical side of his family, discovering his grandfather had died. He learned more about his parents and their relationship from his uncle and became enraged. Out of pure hatred for his father, Tom tracked down and murdered him and his grandparents.
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How did Tom Riddle become Voldemort?

Lord Voldemort's first Horcrux was created when he was still at Hogwarts, known then as Tom Riddle. After murdering a schoolgirl called Myrtle, with the help of the ancient monster that dwelled within the castle, the Basilisk, his soul was split for the first time.
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How old is Dumbledore when he dies?

While she originally said in an interview that Dumbledore was around 150 years old when he died, we know from Pottermore that he was actually around 115 years old when Snape fired the killing curse at him on top of Hogwarts' astronomy tower.
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Who killed Delphini?

The plan is to prevent Cedric from winning the Triwizard Tournament and reaching the portkey. They go back in time several times, and on one attempt, Cedric actually ends up attacking Delphini.
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Was Bellatrix pregnant with Voldemort?

When was Bellatrix Lestrange pregnant with Voldemort's child? So we all know by now that Delphi Diggory ain't Delphi Diggory. Nope, she's the child of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, who was born at Malfoy Manor just before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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What does Snape call Voldemort?

Curiously, when Snape calls Voldemort "the Dark Lord," Harry makes an accusatory statement, claiming to have only heard the Death Eaters call him that.
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What did Voldemort call muggles?

Mudblood is just a slur for magical Muggles. Did Lily and James Potter know that Voldemort wanted to kill their baby son? They did, because Dumbledore told them.
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Who is Tom Riddle's daughter?

Delphini (b. March 1998), known by the nickname Delphi, was a British half-blood Dark witch, the daughter of Tom Riddle and Bellatrix Lestrange. Being the only child of Lord Voldemort, she was able to speak Parseltongue, and she became the only known living heir of Salazar Slytherin after the demise of her father.
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How old is Snape?

According to the author, Severus Snape's birthday is 9 January 1960 and he died on 2 May 1998 at the age of 38.
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