Victorian Royal Baby Names
Queen Victoria named six of nine children after either herself or her husband Prince Albert, making the royal baby names from the 19th and early 20th centuries a cozy bunch. The full list of royal names from the Victorian era includes:
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Adelaide
Adelaide is now heading straight uphill on the coattails of such newly popular sisters as Ava, Ada, and Audrey, and in the company of Adeline and Amelia. It was chosen by actress Katherine Heigl... Read More
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Adolpha
Nein.Read More
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Albert
This name remained stylish for over eighty years, but with its serious, studious image (think Einstein, Schweitzer), it's far less fashionable today, though it still ranks at Number 474. Still,... Read More
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Alberta
This jazzy old name could make a comeback, the way Josephine and Ella have. In England the name was popularized by Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, after whom her... Read More
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Alexandra
Alexandra, the feminine form of Alexander, fell out of the Top 100 for the first time since 1983 in 2015. But make no mistake: Just shy of 3000 newborns were named Alexandra in 2016, so it's still... Read More
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Alfred
Alfred is up off his recliner! If you're looking for a path to Fred, you can go directly to Frederick or take the long way around with the so-out-it's-in-again Alfred. While Alfred is near the... Read More
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Alfreda
Alfreda means elf power? We weren't crazy about it even before we knew that. Read More
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Alice
Alice is a classic name that's both strong and sweet, which got a big bounce via Tina Fey's choice of the name for her daughter. In the past decade Alice has jumped nearly 300 places in the... Read More
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Alix
Several members of European royal family have borne this name, including Alix of France, Alix, Duchess of Brittany, and Alix of Hesse, Empress consort of Russia. More recent are Alix... Read More
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Anton
Cultured and cultivated in an old-style, Old World way. Sometimes associated with the classic writer Anton Chekhov. Al Pacino has a son with this name.Read More
