Badass princess names fit an image that not only appeals to contemporary little girls but to parents.
Like hipster cowboy names, badass princess names are appealing not so much because of their sound or their style but because of the complex image they convey. These are girl names that are both decidedly feminine and rooted in tradition, but are not at all conventional or conservative. They’re creative and edgy, but not invented or unorthodox like Blue or Bellamy.
Rather, these are names that could be — that in many case are — used for royalty, yet they’re a lot, well, badder than names like Elizabeth and Victoria.
The badass princess names are classy and sassy, cosmopolitan yet earthy, chic but never trying too hard. It’s an image that many an urbane parent can embrace for her daughter, and that a little girl can have fun living up to, in Halloween costume and beyond.
The Best Badass Princess Names
Ambrosia
Anastasia
Andromeda
Araminta
Augustina
Aurora
Beatrix
Celestina
Corisande
Cosima
Delphinia
Elettra
Estelle
Eulalia
Frederica
Georgiana
Guinevere
Henrietta
Hyacinth
Isadora
For more names fitting for your little prince or princess, check out our lists of Princess Names, Royal Names for Girls, and Royal Names.
Pamela Redmond
Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.
Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.
