I wanted it to be an anagram of my name, but that would only have worked if I’d conveniently been given the middle name of ‘Marvolo’, and then it would have been a stretch. Our actual middle name is Morfin, if you’re curious.
Morfin is a Riddle family name, so we can probably rule out Eliezer choosing it for its anagrams. Nevertheless, might as well have some fun:
I wonder if he’s just getting a new name for arbitrary reasons (like HPJEV, Bellatrix, etc.), for just this sort of anagram fun, or for some story-related significance to his mother naming him after her brother instead of her father?
Morfin is a Riddle family name, so we can probably rule out Eliezer choosing it for its anagrams. Nevertheless, might as well have some fun:
Tom Morfin Riddle
Mini from toddler
Firm doom tendril
Mind meld for riot
Mind for time lord
Dirt mod of Merlin
MOR died from lint
Mr. Flirted in Doom
What else?
Norm Modifier, Ltd.
Dim dolt informer
Find old Mortimer
Doom mind trifler
I’m Milton Redford
I’m Milford rodent
Florid Tinder mom
And, ultimately …
Lord Tim, [the] Informed
“There are some who call me … Tim.”
On Reddit, Eliezer endorsed these:
Firm dildo mentor
Always the one you least expect...
Maybe it was a horcrux.
Terraforming tool?
Not that dissimilar to what set up the confrontation in the hallway...
’Mort dried no film
I wonder if he’s just getting a new name for arbitrary reasons (like HPJEV, Bellatrix, etc.), for just this sort of anagram fun, or for some story-related significance to his mother naming him after her brother instead of her father?
Her maiden canon name is Black, not completely arbitrary.
Bella wasn’t entirely arbitrary, it was to set up a joke when Harry thought Quirrel was talking about Sirius.