The Royals are pretty big news at the moment: we’ve got the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle coming up, not to mention the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s third child, which is due any day now.
Unsurprisingly, the royal family are known to have a pretty heavy cultural influence; not only where fashion and beauty are concerned, but also in terms of baby names. The Telegraph noted, for instance, that Charlotte had become their readers’ most popular baby name following the birth of the young princess in 2015.
So if you’re looking to follow suit – and are keen on choosing a name with a regal feel that’s steeped in tradition – how about any one of the following options, which baby naming site Nameberry has highlighted as having been used by British royalty over the past few centuries. Don’t worry, there are a few less obvious ones than just ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Charles’ in there:
Royal boys names (in alphabetical order)
1. Adrian
2. Alfred
3. Arthur
4. Augustus
5. Charles
6. Edgar
7. Edmund
8. Edward
9. Ernest
10. Frederick
11. Geoffrey
12. Harold
13. Henry
14. Humphrey
15. Jasper
16. John
17. Leopold
18. Lionel
19. Nicholas
20. Philip
21. Richard
22. Robert
23. Rupert
24. Stephen
25. Thomas
26. Victor
27. William
Royal girls names (in alphabetical order)
1. Adela
2. Adelaide
3. Agatha
4. Alice
5. Amelia
6. Anne
7. Augusta
8. Beatrice
9. Blanche
10. Caroline
11. Catherine
12. Cecily
13. Charlotte
14. Clementina
15. Dorothea
16. Edith
17. Eleanor
18. Elizabeth
19. Emma
20. Eugenie
21. Frances
22. Helen
23. Isabella
24. Joan
25. Judith
26. Louisa
27. Margaret
28. Matilda
29. Maud
30. Philippa
31. Sarah
32. Sophia
33. Victoria
Head to Nameberry’s royal boys names and royal girls names pages for more information on the royal history behind each one.
by CATRIONA HARVEY-JENNER
