Winifred: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus Sabrina: From Sabrina the Teenage Witch & Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Sarah: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus Ravenna: From Snow White and the Huntsman Mary: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus Kotake and Koume: Ganon’s surrogate mothers, from Legend of Zelda Jadis: White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia They all work as first names, but they also make for beautiful, quirky middle names too. Plus, a lot of them have historical legend behind them. Pop culture loves witches - we’re looking at you, Halliwell sisters and Sanderson sisters! - and these witchy names are gorgeous. Whether you’re into magic and sorcery or just like beautiful names from pop culture, we bet that at least one of these magical names for babies will leave you spellbound.
This sense of wizard is a good word to use to avoid using similar terms that are sometimes considered forms of cultural appropriation, such as ninja and guru.From Arthurian legend and Greek mythology to Disney movies and Tolkien, we’ve sourced a ton of awesome witchy names. Some people use pop culture-related terms like rockstar and jedi. The word virtuoso is especially used of musicians, but can be used in any context.
If the skill level is very high for the person’s age, you could use prodigy. When this sense of wizard is used in the context of mental or intellectual wizardry, a close synonym is genius. The word wiz is a shortening of this sense and can be used in the same way (as can the spelling variant whiz). This sense of wizard is commonly used in terms that specify what the person is good at, such as math wizard or computer wizard. In this way, the word magician can be used to mean the same thing, as can sorcerer and sorceress. The word warlock typically refers to a male witch.Ī less common but very cool word for a wizard is thaumaturge.Ĭalling someone a wizard to indicate that they’re extremely skilled at something suggests that they’re so good that it’s almost like magic. Sometimes, a distinction is made in which the word wizard is used for males and the word witch is used for females, but both wizard and witch can be used regardless of gender. The word necromancer is often specifically used to refer to someone who uses magic to raise the dead-or other dark doings.
If not, you might call them an evil wizard or a dark wizard or an evil magician. In contrast, the words wizard and magician usually imply that such figures use their powers for good. In fantasy books and movies, these words are often used for evil characters. The words sorcerer and sorceress often (though not always) refer to figures who practice so-called black magic-magic used for evil purposes. Sorcerer and enchanter also have female-specific versions: sorceress and enchantress (which is more commonly used than enchanter). In the context of magic, synonyms for wizard include magician, sorcerer, enchanter, and conjurer. The word wizard is most commonly used to refer to someone who can perform magic, but it also has a modern sense meaning someone who is highly skilled.
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