Neeeea
June 10, 2014, 3:22am
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! I need names that sounds “royal” and please don’t give me the regular royal names such as [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or [name_m]Henry[/name_m]. What names sounds royal to you? [name_m]Both[/name_m] boy and girl names
The story I’m writing is taking place in a modern world, but with a bunch of royal families ruling the countries so just give me some names you think sound royal. I’m not looking for names that current royals have.
Maybe you could check out the current British [name_m]Royal[/name_m] Family!
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavius[/name_m]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you need some names that are rarely used/have been rarely used in real royal families? Or some other names that have a classy feel? Or new/made-up names? It’s not clear from your post, sorry.
Here are some names beyond [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]:
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
Nikolaos
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Oleg[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Waldemar[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]/[name_m]Harald[/name_m]
[name_m]Gustav[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Boris[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
Gleb
[name_m]Stanislav[/name_m]
[name_m]Fyodor[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Christian[/name_m]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sibylla[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Fredericka[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Julianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
Did you want modern/spunky sounding names or more vintage names? I really don’t have any ideas for boys names, seeing as [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], and [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] have already been suggested.
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]/[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Finola[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Leta[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]/[name_f]Delphina[/name_f]/[name_f]Delphinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]/[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Electra[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
Some additional real royal names:
[name_f]Magali[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zita[/name_f]
[name_f]Luana[/name_f]
[name_f]Zaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
Neeeea
June 10, 2014, 9:54pm
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I’m looking for names that current royal families aren’t using
system
June 11, 2014, 2:29am
8
That’s going to cut out a lot of names O___O
Right, let’s see, hopefully none of these are in use
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aline[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]/[name_f]Cicely[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Christiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Clemence[/name_f]/[name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]/[name_f]Clementina[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]/[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evita[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendoline[/name_f]
Gwenllian
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]/[name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
Ismeria/Ismerie
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Johannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
Kynborow
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lettice[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]/[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]/[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Osanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ottiline[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Perpetua[/name_f]
[name_f]Petronilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Selina[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sidonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]/[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
I’m not as sure with boys, I don’t really know what is and isn’t in use, but these are the lists I used for the girls, so they might come in handy:
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If I may be so bold, since you insist on royal names that aren’t in use, I’ll take the liberty of crossing off names of lawsonhaley’s (great) list. As far as I know, these are in use from that list:
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (the Dutch royal side of a Spanish royal house)
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] (sister in law of the current Dutch [name_m]King[/name_m])
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] - daughter of the Swedish [name_m]King[/name_m]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] - not entirely but there is a Märtha-[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] - ‘[name_f]Queen[/name_f]’ of Belgium (spouse to the [name_m]King[/name_m])
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] - no [name_f]Maude[/name_f], but there is a [name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] - [name_f]Silvia[/name_f] is the spouse to the [name_m]King[/name_m] of [name_u]Sweden[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] - former [name_f]Queen[/name_f] of the Netherlands, long gone but name is still in use within the family (middle names and such)