What is the name of Cinderella's fairy godmother?

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What is the name of Cinderella’s fairy godmother? In Disney’s story, she is called the Fairy Godmother.

The character does not receive a personal name in Disney’s 1950 animated film; “Fairy Godmother” is her official descriptive title. She appears when Cinderella has been left behind and is distressed about missing the royal ball. With the magic phrase “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” she transforms Cinderella’s pumpkin into a coach and prepares her for the evening.

Her magic also changes Cinderella’s torn clothing into a ball gown and transforms animals into attendants and horses. The enchantment has a strict limit: everything returns to normal at midnight, which creates the film’s central time pressure.

Viewers sometimes confuse her with other Disney magical figures. The Blue Fairy belongs to Pinocchio, Tinker Bell is associated with Peter Pan, and Glinda is the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz. In Cinderella, “Fairy Godmother” is therefore both the character’s title and the canonical answer.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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