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Prince Names That Will Make Any Baby Boy Sound Royal

The prince names here are those chosen by royal families around the world for their little boys over the past decade or so. Your idea of prince names can be expanded to include those used over past generations—Charles and William, say—and to extend to fictional princes such as Phillip or...well, maybe not Charming.

Along with Charles and William, other prince names in the US Top 500 include Alexander, Carlos, Emmanuel, Felix, Louis, Magnus, Nikolai, and Pablo. Among the more extravagant recent prince names are Baudouin, Guillaume, Konstantinos, and Valdemar.

Some of the real little princes have three or four middle names, as used to be custom in the royal families. For more details, see our blog on prince names.

August

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:German form of Latin Augustus
16
Magnus

Meaning: greatest

Origin:Scandinavian from Latin
34
Brendan

Meaning: prince

Origin:Irish
919
Theo

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Diminutive of Theodore
36
Philip

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:Greek
153
Vincent

Meaning: conquering

Origin:Latin
52
Gabriel

Meaning: God is my strength

Origin:Hebrew
138
Nikolai

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Russian variation of Nicholas
428
Emmanuel

Meaning: God is with us

Origin:Hebrew
559
Casimir

Meaning: destroyer of peace

Origin:Polish, Slavic
108
Ernest

Meaning: serious, resolute

Origin:English from German
291
Valentin

Meaning: strength, health

Origin:French, German, Russian, Czech, Scandinavian variation of Valentine
726
Mael

Meaning: chief or prince

Origin:French or Breton
972
Henri

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:French and Finnish variation of Henry, German
2933
Marius Marius is a name of Latin roots and is given...
Origin:Latin, from a Roman family name related to Mars, the god of war
484
Guillaume The meaning of Guillaume is 'resolute protec...
Origin:French variation of William
2540
Leopold

Meaning: brave people

Origin:German
639
Christian

Meaning: anointed one or follower of Christ

Origin:Greek or English from Latin
441
Juan

Meaning: the Lord is gracious

Origin:Spanish and Manx variation of John
1689
Princeton

Meaning: princely town

Origin:English
3305