Royal names, where did they come from

[LaMinka]

More of the Norwegian Royals:
Crown Princess Märtha(1901): Märtha Sophie Louise Dagmar Thyra
-Märtha: Not to sure
-Sophie: After Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
-Louise: After Queen Louise of Denmark
-Dagmar: Not Sure
-Thyra: Not Sure

King Olav(1903): Alexander Edward Christian Fredrik
-Alexander: After his materal grandmother Queen Alexandra of Britan
-Edward: After his materal grandfather King Edward 7. of Britan
-Christian: His Uncle and father Carl(Christian ... ... Carl ...)
-Fredrik: He was a Danish prince... and maybe after his pateral grandfather King Fredrik??

Princess Ragnhild(1930): Ragnhild Alexandra
-Ragnhild: After the mother of Norways first King, Olav 1.
-Alexandra: After her great-greatgrandmother Queen Alexandra

Princess Astrid(1932): Astrid Maud Ingeborg
-Astrid: After her materal aunt Queen Astrid of Belgium
-Maud: After her grandmother Queen Maud Of Norway
-Ingeborg: After her materal grandmother Queen Ingeborg of Sweden

King Harald(1937): Harald
-Harald: After the Vikings, named Olav, Magnus, Haakon and Harald (Thanks to Josefine)

Princess Märtha Louise(1971): Märtha Louise
-Märtha: After her grandmother CP Märtha
-Louise: After CP Märtha and Queen Louise of Denmark

Crown Prince Haakon(1973): Haakon Magnus
-Haakon: after King Haakon 7. of Norway and Sonjas brother Haakon Haraldsen

Maud Angelica Behn(2003): Maud Angelica
Maud: After her great-great-greatgrandmother Queen Maud
Angelica: A name they liked?

Princess Ingrid(2004): Ingrid Alexandra
-Ingrid: A common norwegian name, many Norwegian princess is named that and MMs grandmother is named Ingrid Andrea Hoiby
-Alexandra: After King Olav

Leah Isadora Behn: Leah Isadora
Leah: After Princess Leia in Star Wars.. I think Märtha was just joked when she said that
Isadora: After Isadora Ducet (sp?) Ari have always been fasinated of her fantastic life and tragical dead

[iowabelle]

Originally Posted by LaMinka

Leah Isadora Behn: Leah Isadora
Leah: After Princess Leia in Star Wars.. I think Märtha was just joked when she said that
Isadora: After Isadora Ducet (sp?) Ari have always been fasinated of her fantastic life and tragical dead

It was after the famous dancer, Isadora Duncan. :)

[betina]

Originally Posted by LaMinka

More of the Norwegian Royals:
Crown Princess Märtha(1901): Märtha Sophie Louise Dagmar Thyra
-Märtha: Not to sure
-Sophie: After Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
-Louise: After Queen Louise of Denmark
-Dagmar: Not Sure
-Thyra: Not Sure

Dagmar and Thyra was the name of her maternal auts, Frederik 8. daughters Dagmar and Thyra. It can also be after Christian 9. daughters Dagmar (empress of Russia) and Thyra (of Hanover)

[tiaraprin]

Queen Victoria was named Alexandrina Victoria. Her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, had hoped to name their daughter Elizabeth, the name of a Queen. However, the Prince Regent had different ideas. He was disgusted with his brother and sister-in-law assuming their child was going to be a monarch someday.

The day of the christening came and the minister asked for the child's names. The Prince Regent had to pronounce the names, for he must approve of them. (His brother wrote him about the names Elizabeth, Augusta, Charlotte, and Georgiana, after the Prince Regent. The Prince Regent told his brother all would be settled at the christening). The Prince Regent proclaimed the child to be named Alexandrina, after her other godfather, the Tsar of Russia. The Duke of Kent spluttered, "that can't be her only name?" The Prince Regent then said, "let the child be named after her mother." The Duke of Kent asked for Georgiana after the Prince Regent, but he said his name could not come after the Emperor's nor the Emperor's after his.

Thus, Alexandrina Victoria became Queen Victoria.

[Marengo]

Madelaine was named after her godmother & close friend of the king and queen, Princess Madelaine Bernadotte. Daughter of Prince Carl Bernadotte, 1st cousin to the Kings of Belgium and Norway.

[Marengo]

The Hubertus in the King of Swedens name is after one of his Saxe-Coburg-Gotha relatives (I believe one of his mothers brothers was called Hubertus).

[lula]

Spanish Real house Prince Felipe and the son of Infanta Elena already are, other members of the family:

Infanta Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos:

Elena: was the name that Reina wanted to put to her first daughter I believe that because was the name of a doll that she had of girl
María: the mother of de King
Isabel: the name of the two queens of Spain
Dominica de Silos: Spanish traditional saint, I don´t know if he has some specific relation with the Royal Family


Doña Cristina Federica:

Cristina: a traditional name of the family, and the name of her godmother
Federica: the mother of Reina Sofía

Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón:

Victoria: by the Queen Victoria Eugenia, grandmother of the King
Federica: The mother of Queen Sofía

Juan Valentín:

Juan: The King and his father
Valentín: a saint who was ancestor of Iñaki Urdangarín

Pablo Nicolás:
I imagine that both names by the Greek family

Miguel: Iñaki´s brother name

Irene: Because it liked their parents, it means "who brings the peace" and is the name of Queen´s sister

About the name of Reina Sofía an anecdote, her mother wanted to call she Olga but the day that was born the citizens they arrived at the place and they began to shout Sofía.

[juliamontague]

Maybe they named he, Elena because in greek Helena means "greek", I think.

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by juliamontague

Maybe they named he, Elena because in greek Helena means "greek", I think.

Hellas is Greece in Greek, at least that's what I've learned... So maybe it's something close to that, but I don't know.

[Danielane]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

Hellas is Greece in Greek, at least that's what I've learned... So maybe it's something close to that, but I don't know.

Yes, but the words Hellas and Eleni (current Greek pronounciation) don't have the same roots (but I should verify, I'm supposed to be be a specialist of ancient Greek and Latin linguistic)

[bigheadshirmp]

Danish Royals

Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark

Nikolai: no idea why...probably they like the name?
William:
Alexander: a male version of his mother's name (Alexandra)?
Frederik: probably after his uncle and great grandfather King Frederik IX

Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian of Denmark

Felix: a name they like?
Henrik: after his grandfather Prince Henrik
Valdemar:name after past kings of denmark...
Christian: past kings of denmark have that name.....also one of his godparents Count Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig ...also one of the names of Prince Joachim (Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian)


any ideas?

[juliamontague]

O.K. I looked it up and it seems as helena doesn't mean greek

[betina]

Originally Posted by juliamontague

O.K. I looked it up and it seems as helena doesn't mean greek

Helena means the beautiful

[Gloriana]

Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Thorildur Ingrid)
Margrethe = Queen Margrethe of Sweden(queen Ingrids late mother)
Alexandrine = Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (king Frederik 9.s late mother)
Thorhildur = at that time the Faeor islands was in union with Denmark and Greenland
Ingrid = Queen Ingrid of Sweden (queen Margrethes late mother)

Actually, Ingrid's mother was called Margareta (born Margaret of Britain), but the names mean the same, of course. And she died a Crown Princess.

Also, I presume you mean Iceland.:)

[Gloriana]

Zara was a name that was thought of by Prince Charles, it means bright as dawn.

Really? I didn't know that, very interesting. :)

[wymanda]

Prince Harry
Henry - Possibly after the late Duke of Gloucester
Charles - His father
Albert - The given name of his great grandfather George VI
David - The name by which the Duke of Windsor was known in the family. Also Viscount Linley's given name.

Princess Beatrice (Elizabeth Mary)
Beatrice - Queen Victoria's youngest child who was the mother of Queen Ena of Spain
Elizabeth - For her Grandmother & Great-Grandmother
Mary - For Queen Mary

Princess Eugenie (Victoria Helena)
Eugenie - After Empress Eugenie of France
Victoria - Queen Victoria {Victoria-Eugenie was also the given name of Queen Ena}
Helena - Third daughter of Queen Victoria, she was known in the family as Lenchen

[sebastian]

Anybody know why Princess Stephanie of Monaco has the firstname : Stephanie ???

Even my sister doesn't know ;-)

Caroline, I see it's ancestors
Albert is clear as well...

but: Stephanie ??? I thought it might have been a name en vogue in the mid-60s, but I'm not sure. Anyone????

[rarotonga]

Originally Posted by sebastian

Anybody know why Princess Stephanie of Monaco has the firstname : Stephanie ???

Even my sister doesn't know ;-)

Caroline, I see it's ancestors
Albert is clear as well...

but: Stephanie ??? I thought it might have been a name en vogue in the mid-60s, but I'm not sure. Anyone????

She was named after Stephanie Louise de Beauharnais, brother of Grand Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden. Parents were Princess Marie Amelie Elisabeth Caroline of Baden and Duke William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton.

[sebastian]

Originally Posted by rarotonga

She was named after Stephanie Louise de Beauharnais, brother of Grand Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden. Parents were Princess Marie Amelie Elisabeth Caroline of Baden and Duke William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton.

Thanks very much for this information ! :)

[Amira]

King Mohamed VI Morocco : after the prophet and his grand father the late King Mohamed V
Prince Moulay Hassan : after his grand father , late king Hassan II