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Originally Posted by Boromir88

How about Voldemort? 'mort' from the french 'mourir' = death...'vol de' has several translations...either 'flight of,' 'wings of,' something along those lines. So Voldemort = 'flight/wings of death'

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As a side note
I would say flight of death /deathflight is probably the desired translation - Rowling would certainly be aware of a very famous French novel by Antoine de St Exupery (author of "The Little Prince") called "Vol de Nuit" or night flight. However voler is polysemic and can mean to steal. Voldemort could translate as theft of death which is possible given Riddle's desire for immortality.