What's Harry Potter's dad's name?

The story behind the answer

James Potter is Harry’s father. He married Lily Evans and was killed by Voldemort in Godric’s Hollow while protecting his family—the event that made Harry “the Boy Who Lived.” At Hogwarts, James was a Gryffindor and one of the Marauders; he was an unregistered Animagus who turned into a stag, earning the nickname “Prongs.”

To remember this, note that Harry’s full name is Harry James Potter—he literally carries his dad’s first name as his middle name. Also, father and son share the stag symbol: James’s Animagus form and Harry’s Patronus. Think “James = stag = Potter.”