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Archie and 57 other royal boy and girl names for your baby

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The recent birth of the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry , has revolutionized the British. Many of them have made bets on the gender of the baby and the name it would bear, but the bets were not correct because the couple surprised with an unusual name among royalty: the boy is called Archie Morrison .

You don’t have to be a guesser to predict that Archie will become one of the most popular names among the British this year. But in addition to this, many couples are inspired by the names of royalty when choosing the name of their babies. We bring you some boy and girl names for the king or queen of your house.

Royal names for girls

  • Adela : Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was a member of British royalty in the 19th century, mother of Queen Mary, consort of King George V.

  • Alexandra : Princess of Hanover, and also one of the names of Queen Elizabeth.

  • Alice : mother of the Duke of Edinburgh and princess of Greece.

  • Amalia : second daughter of King William Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.

  • Anne : the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

  • Astrid : only daughter of the former King of the Belgians, Albert II and his consort, Queen Paola.

  • Beatrice : Queen of the Netherlands and named after Princess Beatrice of York, eldest daughter of the Duke of York.

  • Blanca : if we do a bit of history Blanca de Castilla, was Infanta of Castile and queen consort of France by her marriage to King Louis VIII in the Middle Ages.

  • Camilla : Duchess of Cornwall, second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.

  • Charlotte : Charlotte is the name of the second son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and Prince William. Her name became the most popular in 2015 in the UK, the year Charlotte of Cambridge was born.

  • Carolina : name of the Princess of Monaco, eldest daughter of Princes Raniero III and Grace of Monaco.

  • Catalina : Spanish name of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge. It is also the name of the first-born of the kings of Holland.

  • Cristina : name of María Cristina de Borbón, daughter of the kings of Spain Juan Carlos I and Sofía. Also named after the queen of Sweden in the seventeenth century.

  • Diana : Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the British crown.

  • Elena : eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain.

  • Elizabeth : traditional name of the British royalty and name of the current Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Estefanía : name of the youngest daughter of Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco.

  • Eugenie : Princess of York, second daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.

  • Grace : Grace of Monaco, Princess Consort of Monaco by her marriage to Prince Raniero III.

  • Ingrid : Queen consort of Denmark in the 20th century.

  • Princess Irene of the Netherlands.

  • Elizabeth : name of Elizabeth II, eldest daughter of the Dukes of York and current Queen of the United Kingdom. She is the longest-lived monarch in British history. Also Maria Isabel is the name of the crown princess of Denmark.

  • Juana : by Juana I of Castile, born in the 15th century and popularly known as Juana ‘la Loca’.

  • Juliana : Juliana of the Netherlands was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 who abdicated in favor of her daughter Beatrice in 1980.

  • Leonor : name of the first daughter of Prince Felipe de Borbón and Queen Letizia. Also Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England in medieval times, and Eleanor of Castile, daughter of Ferdinand III the Saint born in the 13th century.

  • Magdalena : princess of Sweden.

  • Margaret : name of the queen of Denmark.

  • Mary : Mary is the third name of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Marit : princess of Norway.

  • Matilde : Queen of Belgium.

  • Maximum : Queen of Holland.

  • Meghan : Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry.

  • Paola : princess of Belgium.

  • Rania : Queen of Jordan.

  • Silvia : Queen of Sweden.

  • Sofia : name of Queen Sofía and the second daughter of Prince Felipe de Borbón and Queen Letizia.

  • Tatiana : princess of Greece.

  • Victoria : first-born of Carlos Gustavo and Silvia of Sweden, and heir to the throne. It was also named after the queen of Queen Victoria, the longest-ruling monarch in British history before she was surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter, Elizabeth II.

Royal names for boys

  • Archie : is the name of the first newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

  • Albert : Albert II is the current sovereign prince of Monaco.

  • Alfonso : name of several members of Spanish royal families. Alfonso XIII was the grandfather of King Juan Carlos.

  • Andrew : Duke of York, third son of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Arthur : popular name in British royalty that is reminiscent of the legendary King Arthur. It is among the secondary names of Prince Charles and Prince William.

  • Charles : Prince of Wales. Juan Carlos is also the name of the King of Spain, father of the current King Felipe VI.

  • Christian : eldest son of Federico and María Isabel and heir to the throne of Denmark.

  • Constantine : name of the last king of Greece.

  • Edward : Earl of Wessex, fourth son of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Enrique : Harry is the English name of the Duke of Sussex.

  • Frederick : Crown Prince of Denmark.

  • Felipe : name of the Duke of Edinburgh, consort of the queen. It is also the name of the current King of the Belgians and King Felipe VI of Spain.

  • Fernando : it is a traditional name within the Spanish royalty like Fernando de Aragón called “the Catholic”, married to Isabel de Castilla.

  • Froilán : Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos is the first-born son of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar.

  • William : William in English is the name of the Duke of Cambridge, second in line of succession, after his father Charles, Prince of Wales. William Alexander is also the name of the King of the Netherlands.

  • Jaime : James in English is the name of the second and only son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and fourth son of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • George : George (in English) is the name of the first-born of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and Prince William.

  • Louis : Louis (in English) is the name of the third son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and Prince William.

  • Nicolás : prince of Greece, second son of Constantine II and Ana María of Denmark.

  • Paul : crown prince of Greece, second son of Constantine II and Ana Maria of Denmark.

  • Ricardo : traditional name in British royalty starting with Ricardo I Corazón de León.

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