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Ella Black (née Max) was a pure-blood witch who married the pure-blood wizard Cygnus Black I, one of the early members of the House of Black.

Etymology[]

  • Ella means "all" and is short form of a name Alia.
  • Max is a short form of a name Maximilian. The name means "greatest".
  • Therefore Ella Max can be translated as "the greatest of all".

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Notes and references[]

  1. It is a safe assumption that Ella was pure-blood given that Cygnus I was not blasted off the tree.
  2. "Black Family Tree" on The Harry Potter Lexicon
  3. "'Empire' Magazine Feature on OotP" from The Leaky Cauldron
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