Short answer: No single creator of the Malfoid trend has been verified. Know Your Meme documents @grizz056’s Female Draco drawing from March 2024. The Malfoid name became familiar much later, after several artists posted their own versions in September 2026.
2024: Female Draco artwork predates the meme
On March 10, 2024, X user @grizz056 posted art imagining Draco Malfoy as a girl. Know Your Meme describes it as one of the earlier notable examples of this interpretation. That is evidence that the broader Female Draco idea existed earlier; it does not establish that the Malfoid meme or its name began in 2024.
September 2026: the Malfoid name catches on
Posts began circulating on X in late September 2026. On September 22, @redteneri drew Malfoid teasing Harry; Know Your Meme later reported that the post had reached approximately 89,000 likes in about a week. @spaz141 brought Hermione into the joke, @tns2804 added another look, and @masoq095 showed several versions in one post. On September 29, the meme reached r/dankmemes.
How a drawing became a meme
- 01Earlier Female Draco art
@grizz056 had drawn the idea in 2024, before the Malfoid nickname caught on.
- 02A viral September drawing
@redteneri's September 22 post gave the later wave a widely shared focal point.
- 03More artists join
Follow-up posts and new artists showed that the design was open to interpretation.
- 04Harry and Hermione scenes
Familiar relationships turned a redesign into jokes and short visual stories.
- 05Reddit crossover
A September 29 r/dankmemes post carried the joke beyond X art circles.
- 06Explainers document it
Know Your Meme brought the posts and dates together on September 30.
Who created Malfoid?
No source establishes one person as the inventor. The earlier drawing is evidence that fans had already gender-swapped Draco; it does not prove that the word “Malfoid” or this meme format existed in 2024. Know Your Meme’s entry is still under research and evaluation, so its account may change as more posts are documented.
Follow the dates
The full Malfoid timeline links each documented event. To see the drawings in sequence, open the original post trail.