Royal names, where did they come from

[selrahc4]

Many seem to think that the name David in the British Royal Family is after the Duke of Windsor. But the Queen Mother's favorite brother was named David and it seems more likely to me that this other uncle may be the source.

[Josefine]

how about the new Belgium prince and the children of Astrid of Belgium or the Luxembourg family
and the children of WA brothers

[bigheadshirmp]

Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie

Emmanuel: i remember someone mention about the names coming from the bible
Leopold: past King of the Belgiums
Guillaume: HGD Guillaume of Luxemburg
François: no idea....
Marie:no idea....

[Oppie]

François - could be because he was born on the feast day of St. Francis of Asissi (sp?)
Marie - I think all the members of his family have it somewhere in there name

[Fie]

Originally Posted by bigheadshirmp

Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie

Emmanuel: i remember someone mention about the names coming from the bible
Leopold: past King of the Belgiums
Guillaume: HGD Guillaume of Luxemburg
François: no idea....
Marie:no idea....

Emmanuel: Is indeed a name from the Bible
Leopold: Philippe's godfather was Leopold III of Belgium and perhaps they decided on Leopold as Emmanuel was born in the year the Royal House made a special tribute to Queen Astrid, born princess of Sweden
Guillaume: HGD Guillaume of Luxemburg
François: Emmanuel was born on October 4th, I believe that's the Saints day of Franciscus of Assissi. He wrote a prayer which King Boudouin and Queen Fabiola read on a regular basis, it was also in the Burial service of King Boudouin
Marie: After the Virgin Mary, mother of Christ as the Belgian Royal Family is Catholic

[iannis]

As far as the greek royal family is concerned:

King Constantine was named after his paternal grandfather King Constantine I, who had been named after the last Byzantine Emperor Constantinos Paleologos

Queen Sofia of Spain was named after her paternal grandmother, Queen Sofia

Princess Irene's name is the greek word for peace (irine), because she was born during a war (the World War II)

Crown Prince Pavlos was also named after his paternal grandfather King Pavlos (Paul)

*I do not know why Constantine did not continue the greek tradition and named none of his daughters Frederika (by his mother)

[Roshanah]

It's hard to say as to weather or not Prince Hamzah of Jordan, was named after a relative. KH and QN chose names with beautiful and pious meanings, in order to define their childrens respective characters

Prince Hamzah: Hamzah means Lion

Princess Iman: Iman means: Faith, Free, Belief and Void of Care.

Princess Haya: Haya means Life

Princess Zein: I think means Goodness

Princess Aishah: named after the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.s. second wife A'ishah R.A (The first female Jurist in Islam)

Princess Noor Al-Hamzah: Noor means light. If you translate her full name Noor Al-Hamzah it translates as: Light of the Lion.

King Abdullah: Abdullah means Servant of Allah s.w.t.

King Abdullah's Wife Queen Rania Al-Abdullah: Rania means Princess. Her full name Rania Al-Abdullah translates as: Princess of the Servant of Allah s.w.t.

Prince Faisal:means Decisive

Prince Hashim: Hashim means Generous

Prince Ali: Ali means Nobile and Sublime

[hilal]

Originally Posted by Roshanah

It's hard to say as to weather or not Prince Hamzah of Jordan, was named after a relative. KH and QN chose names with beautiful and pious meanings, in order to define their childrens respective characters

Prince Hamzah: Hamzah means Lion

Princess Iman: Iman means: Faith, Free, Belief and Void of Care.

Princess Haya: Haya means Life

Princess Zein: I think means Goodness

Princess Aishah: named after the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.s. second wife A'ishah R.A (The first female Jurist in Islam)

Princess Noor Al-Hamzah: Noor means light. If you translate her full name Noor Al-Hamzah it translates as: Light of the Lion.

King Abdullah: Abdullah means Servant of Allah s.w.t.

King Abdullah's Wife Queen Rania Al-Abdullah: Rania means Princess. Her full name Rania Al-Abdullah translates as: Princess of the Servant of Allah s.w.t.

Prince Faisal:means Decisive

Prince Hashim: Hashim means Generous

Prince Ali: Ali means Nobile and Sublime

King Abdullah II.: was named after King Abdullah I., King Hussein's grandfather.
Prince Faisal: was named after King Faisal I. of Iraq.
Princess Zein: was named after her paternal grandmother Queen Zein Al Sharaf.
Princess Haya: was named after King Abdullah's daughter.
Prince Ali: was named after Ali ibn Hussein, King of Hijaz.

[RhapsodyBrat]

Princess Raiyah's name means "flag," so in a way her name means "flag of al-Hussein." i read about it in Queen Noor's book.

also mentioned in the book, they took a break from traditional family names to name Prince Hamzah, Princess Iman and Princess Raiyah. only Prince Hashim stayed in that way rather.

[Marengo]

Countess Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence van Oranje-Nassau: Sophie after her godmother, miss Sophie de Wauw, Beatrix after her paternal grandmother and Laurence after her maternal grandfather.

Count Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max van Oranje-Nassau: Claus after his paternal grandfather, Casimir is a traditional name in the house of Orange-Nassau, Benrhard is the father of Queen beatrix, Marius for the brother of Laurentien and Max after the godfather of Constantijn: Max Kohnstam.

Countess Emma Luana Ninette Sophie van Oranje-Nassau, Emma after Queen Emma of the Netherlands or for her godmother, Emma Bonino, the other names I do not know.

Anastasia Margriet Josephine van Lippe-Biesterfield van Vollenhoven: Margriet for her paternal grandmother and Josephine for her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Jose(phine) van den Broek-van Schendel.

Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Bieterfield van Vollenhoven: Maurits after his father, Pieter after his paternal grandfather and Henri after his maternal grandfather.

Felicia Juliana Benedicte Barbara, Juliana after Queen Juliana, the other names I can not explain, but somewhere it was suggestted that Benedicte was in honout of the new pope.

Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven: Juliana after Queen Juliana

Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven: Bernhard after the father of Queen Beatrix.

[CATS]

Okay, this may sound corny, but I was reading a book and the author believed that Prince Andrew and Sarah purposely named Beatrice so that could shorten it to Bea, as in the bees on the Ferguson family shield. Knowing Andrew's and Sarah's sense of humour, it could well be true, it wasn't the official given reason. Because Sarah liked the name when she was writing a book on Queen Victoria, it was around the same time she found she liked the name Eugenie.

[Piewi]

About the casiraghi trio and Alex

Andrea Albert Pierre: Andrea-name of a Stefano´s friend, who´ve died some time ago. Pierre-Caroline´s grandfather. Albert-not sure, but i could be for Prince Albert

Charlotte Marie pomeline: Charlotte-Caroline´s granmother. And about Marie pomeline i have not any ideas.

Pierre Stefano Ranier: Pierre-Caroline´s grandfather again,Stefano:for his father and Ranier for his grandfather.

I dont know all Alexandra names but she was named for all her godmothers (one of them are Charlotte, Virginia)

[sebastian]

Originally Posted by Piewi

About the casiraghi trio and Alex

Andrea Albert Pierre: Andrea-name of a Stefano´s friend, who´ve died some time ago. Pierre-Caroline´s grandfather. Albert-not sure, but i could be for Prince Albert

Charlotte Marie pomeline: Charlotte-Caroline´s granmother. And about Marie pomeline i have not any ideas.

Pierre Stefano Ranier: Pierre-Caroline´s grandfather again,Stefano:for his father and Ranier for his grandfather.

I dont know all Alexandra names but she was named for all her godmothers (one of them are Charlotte, Virginia)

Marie of Charlotte Marie Pomeline is due to her aunt Stephanie second name: Stephanie Marie Elisabeth

As for Stephanie's children:

Louis Robert Paul : Louis - Stephanies great-grandfather (and one of her father's and brother's names) . Robert - Daniel's second name, Paul - Daniel's grandmother who was called Pauline ( and a bit in for Paul Belmndo, he was Stephanie's friend when her mom died)

Pauline Grace Maguy: Pauline - Daniel's grandmother , Grace - Stephanie's mother, Maguy - Daniel's mother

Camille Marie Kelly: Camille - some ancestor woman of the Grimaldi family, Marie - Stephanie's second name, Charlotte's second name, Kelly - Stephanie's mother's family name

[Josefine]

How about Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

Sverre is from one of the older norwigien kings but i think the name also can be found in matte marits family Magnus is from his father, did i get this right

[norwegianne]

Sverre Magnus is named after King Sverre, as well as one of his maternal great grandfathers. King Sverre Sigurdsson was king of Norway in the period 1177-1202. His claim to the throne was dubious, as a grown up his mother told him that he was the son of King Sigurd, and the church had trouble accepting illegitimate claimants... But he perservered, even if he got in trouble with the pope in 1194. Thus King Sverre is actually mentioned in the national anthem, "Sverre talte Roma midt i mot" "Sverre spoke against the actions of Rome.".

Magnus is also another traditional Norwegian royal name. Magnus Erlingsson was another claimant to the Norwegian throne at the same time as King Sverre. He was called Magnus V. The most recent Norwegian king called Magnus was Magnus VII, who was king of Norway from 1319-1355. He was also King of Sweden at the time.

[Aussie Princess]

I decided to start this thread after reading the one about what Mry and Frederik will name their baby....
Are there any sort of rules, either written or unspoken a sort of 'gentlemens law' or whatever you call it, when it comes to names...for example, a lot of people though that if Mary and Frederik had a girl, they might name her Ingrid after his grandmother, but others pointed out since Haakon and Mette-Marit named their daughter that, they probably wouldn't be able to do it.
Can only one royal familyat a time have someone with a particular name?
do certainly families have a sort of 'claim' on a name, I know there was a Queen Alexandrine in Denmark, and Queen Victoria was actually Alexandrina(even though they were alive at different times right?)When a royal baby is born, are there only certain names they really have to choose from?

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[crisiñaki]

Well, there's a tradition in Denmark that says that if the heir of the throne is male he should be named either Christian or Frederik in a succesion, I mean if the last king was Frederik (put the number here) his son would be named Christian (put the number here)

In Spain the Prince of Asturias received the names of Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso; Felipe (Philip in English) was the name of several great kings of Spain, he shall rule as Felipe VI; Juan was his father's name, Pablo was his maternal grandfather's name (King Paul of Greece); Alfonso has been the most used name for kings in Spain, the last one was Felipe's own great-grandfather Alfonso XIII...

I would say that the trend is use at least one of the grandparents or parent's names in the newcomers to state the continuity of the monarchy or use something equal for everyone like in the Spanish Royal Family, they are all called name 1, name 2, name "n", de Todos los Santos or the saint of the day: Elena is Saint Dominic of Silas, so she's called Dominica de Silos; Cristina is Saint Anthony of Padua, so she's called Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad and the same pattern has been done in all their children.

Another thing they do is to name their children for a great king/queen in the past; but everything changes from family to family

Also, the name has to be in the countries same language, I mean you won't know a Belgian king called Haakon (for example) or a Norwegian ruling queen named Maria del Rosario

[Josefine]

and now the little princ eof denamr has gotten a name

and how about prince lorent and princess claries bab boys

[purple_platinum]

Frederik & Mary proved to follow tradition in naming their first born son, Christian Valdemar Henri John.
the first two names is after kings of denmark, and of course Christian is to follow alternating christian-frederik names.
the last two names, Henri & John, are after the little prince's grandfather..

the tradition of naming after grandparents seems to be popular among today's crownprincely couples. Amalia has Beatrix & Carmen after her grandmothers.

[moosey60]

Hehe, it seems Frederik and Mary really liked Felix's name.

Christian Valdemar Henri John
AND
Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian

Reversed...:P