Later , Harry Potter and Ginerva Weasley named their youngest son after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape . Harry confesses to his son Albus Severus that Severus Snape was the bravest man he ever knew even though while still at school , Snape had been the teacher that Harry had hated the most because of Snape 's bad behavior towards Harry . In the epilogue to Deathly Hallows , set nineteen years after Harry defeats Voldemort , Harry has named his second-born son Albus Severus , after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape .