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Names That Mean Ruler or Royal

Names with royal meanings are not necessarily actual royal baby names, such as George and Charlotte, but names that mean king, prince, queen, royal, or ruler. There can be some overlap — Henry, the birth name of Prince Harry, has the royal meaning "estate ruler."

Along with Henry, other names that mean ruler or royal in the US Top 1000 include Aubrey, Frederick, Kingsley, Malik, Queen, Reagan, Rory, and Sarah. Unusual but fashionable names with royal meanings include Eulalia, Juno, Laszlo, and Riordan.

Choosing a baby name with a royal meaning is one of the many positive ways you can give your child a name to live up to. There are names that mean ruler or royal in every style, from a range of cultures, for girls and for boys. A complete list of our names that mean royal or ruler is here.

Origin:English and Scottish, short form of any name ending with -etta: Henrietta, Loretta etc.
127
Hattie

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:English, diminutive of Harriet
153
Isolde

Meaning: ice ruler

Origin:Welsh, German
128
Orla

Meaning: golden princess

Origin:Irish
231
Juno

Meaning: queen of the heavens

Origin:Latin
324
Harriet

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:English variation of French Henriette
175
Iphigenia

Meaning: of royal birth

Origin:Greek
2064
Kinsley

Meaning: king's meadow

Origin:English
525
Royal

Meaning: royal

Origin:English word name
1
Mira

Meaning: admirable; peace; female ruler; ocean

Origin:Latin, Slavic, Arabic, Sanskrit
114
Zara

Meaning: blooming flower; God remembers

Origin:Hebrew and Arabic
141
Eulalia

Meaning: sweetly speaking

Origin:Greek
460
Reina

Meaning: queen; pure; wise

Origin:Spanish, Yiddish or Japanese
874
Avery

Meaning: ruler of the elves

Origin:English
233
Morrigan

Meaning: phantom queen

Origin:Irish
828
Darius

Meaning: possessing goodness

Origin:Latin, Greek, Persian
194
Rory

Meaning: red king

Origin:Irish
572
Laszlo

Meaning: glorious ruler

Origin:Hungarian
424
Zeno The meaning of Zeno is ‘gift of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin: Anglicized form of Greek Zenon, related to Zeus, king of the gods
493
Eero

Meaning: eternal ruler

Origin:Finnish variation of Eric
477