Emma Girl
EH-muh
“whole, universal” · Germanic
#3
Royal Girl Names
129 namesGirl
Queens, princesses and empresses have kept many of these names in steady use for centuries. Elizabeth, Victoria and Mary each named reigning queens of England, and their long associations with the crown still give them a sense of dignity. Isabella recalls the queen of Castile who ruled alongside her husband and helped shape modern Spain, while Eleanor brings to mind Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful women of medieval Europe, who was queen of both France and England.
Other names arrived through royal marriages. Charlotte and Caroline were both carried by German princesses who became British queens in the eighteenth century, and Alexandra was the name of a Danish princess who became queen consort of Britain as well as the last empress of Russia. Katherine recalls several royal wives, including Katherine of Aragon. Emma was an early medieval queen of England, Sophia was the electress whose descendants inherited the British throne, and Sofia is the name of a modern queen of Spain.
Royal girl names are easy to personalize because most have grown a family of forms. Anna, Isabelle and Amelia each sit close to royal originals, and Elizabeth alone has produced a long list of short forms in English and other languages. If you love the formality of a full royal name but want something relaxed for everyday life, choose one with a nickname you enjoy.
Most popular right now
Sophia Girl
soh-FEE-uh
“wisdom” · Greek
#5
Isabella Girl
ih-zuh-BEH-luh
“God is my oath” · Spanish
#7
Charlotte Girl
SHAHR-luht
“free man” · French
#2
Amelia Girl
uh-MEEL-yuh
“work” · Germanic
#4
Elizabeth Girl
ih-LIH-zuh-buhth
“my God is an oath” · Hebrew
#17
Sofia Girl
soh-FEE-uh
“wisdom” · Greek
#9
Victoria Girl
vihk-TAW-ree-uh
“victory” · Latin
#54
Anna Girl
AN-uh
“grace, favor” · Hebrew
#107
Eleanor Girl
EL-uh-nor
“uncertain; from Old French Alienor” · French
#12
All 129 names
Sorted by current popularity. US rank uses 2025 data for the name's most common sex; the trend compares births with five years earlier. Tap a column heading to re-sort.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | US rank 2025 | 5-yr trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | whole, universal | Germanic | 3 | ↓ -19% |
| Sophia | wisdom | Greek | 5 | → -4% |
| Isabella | God is my oath | Spanish | 7 | ↓ -13% |
| Charlotte | free man | French | 2 | → +2% |
| Amelia | work | Germanic | 4 | → -1% |
| Elizabeth | my God is an oath | Hebrew | 17 | ↓ -8% |
| Sofia | wisdom | Greek | 9 | ↑ +18% |
| Victoria | victory | Latin | 54 | ↓ -24% |
| Anna | grace, favor | Hebrew | 107 | ↓ -28% |
| Eleanor | uncertain; from Old French Alienor | French | 12 | ↑ +20% |
| Caroline | free man | French | 96 | ↓ -21% |
| Katherine | uncertain; often linked to pure | Greek | 186 | ↓ -16% |
| Alexandra | defender of men | Greek | 237 | ↓ -33% |
| Isabelle | form of Elizabeth; my God is an oath | French | 166 | ↓ -19% |
| Alice | noble | Germanic | 65 | ↑ +8% |
| Mary | uncertain; often said bitter or beloved | Hebrew | 125 | → 0% |
| Josephine | he will add | French | 53 | ↑ +35% |
| Isabel | my God is an oath | Spanish | 177 | → -1% |
| Margaret | pearl | Greek | 112 | ↑ +11% |
| Juliana | feminine of Julian | Latin | 256 | ↓ -21% |
| Stephanie | crown, wreath | French | 557 | ↓ -23% |
| Esther | possibly 'star' | Persian | 119 | ↑ +24% |
| Catherine | often said to mean 'pure' | Greek | 314 | ↓ -16% |
| Diana | divine | Latin | 244 | → +3% |
| Anastasia | resurrection | Greek | 163 | → +4% |
| Rory | red king | Irish | 199 | ↑ +77% |
| Maeve | she who intoxicates | Irish | 76 | ↑ +92% |
| Catalina | Spanish form of Katherine; often linked to pure | Spanish | 111 | ↑ +54% |
| Jane | God is gracious | English | 221 | ↑ +18% |
| Christina | follower of Christ | Latin | 770 | ↓ -27% |
| Adelaide | noble kind | French | 289 | ↓ -7% |
| Camilla | from a Roman family name, perhaps 'young attendant' | Latin | 361 | ↓ -28% |
| Helen | uncertain; often linked to 'torch' or 'light' | Greek | 462 | ↓ -7% |
| Amina | trustworthy, faithful | Arabic | 315 | → +3% |
| Tatiana | uncertain; from the Roman name Tatius | Latin | 1,106 | → -3% |
| Matilda | strength in battle | Germanic | 365 | ↑ +31% |
| Anne | grace, favor | French | 619 | → +2% |
| Edith | prosperous in war | Old English | 499 | ↓ -8% |
| Marie | uncertain; French form of Mary | French | 618 | → +0% |
| Octavia | eighth | Latin | 308 | ↑ +6% |
| Beatrice | she who brings happiness; blessed | Latin | 508 | ↑ +8% |
| Irene | peace | Greek | 651 | ↓ -6% |
| Isabela | form of Elizabeth; my God is an oath | Spanish | 664 | ↑ +30% |
| Astrid | divinely beautiful | Old Norse | 376 | ↑ +19% |
| Elisabeth | my God is an oath | Hebrew | 925 | ↑ +8% |
| Meghan | pearl | Welsh | 1,906 | ↓ -66% |
| Kristina | follower of Christ | Swedish | 1,724 | ↓ -31% |
| Livia | from the Roman family name Livius | Latin | 820 | → -1% |
| Adele | noble | French | 751 | ↑ +5% |
| Giovanna | God is gracious | Italian | 878 | ↓ -17% |
| Noor | light | Arabic | 659 | ↑ +44% |
| Ingrid | Ing is beautiful | Old Norse | 1,121 | ↓ -17% |
| Louise | famous warrior | French | 516 | ↑ +39% |
| Joan | God is gracious | English | 987 | ↑ +35% |
| Ann | grace, favor | English | 1,076 | → +2% |
| Theresa | uncertain; perhaps 'harvest' | Greek | 1,559 | ↓ -13% |
| Soraya | the Pleiades | Persian | 868 | ↑ +60% |
| Marjorie | pearl | English | 1,019 | ↑ +17% |
| Roxanne | bright, shining | Persian | 1,315 | ↓ -21% |
| Tamara | date palm | Hebrew | 1,816 | → +4% |
| Theodora | gift of God | Greek | 726 | ↑ +17% |
| Beatrix | she who brings happiness | Latin | 1,360 | ↓ -19% |
| Juana | God is gracious | Spanish | 1,223 | ↑ +29% |
| Blanca | white | Spanish | 1,857 | → +5% |
| Elinor | uncertain; form of Eleanor | English | 1,502 | → -1% |
| Candace | title of the queens of Kush | Latin | 3,173 | ↓ -28% |
| Yolanda | uncertain; possibly violet | Spanish | 3,248 | ↓ -25% |
| Berenice | bringer of victory | Greek | 4,784 | ↓ -56% |
| Katharine | form of Katherine; often linked to pure | English | 4,935 | ↓ -40% |
| Roxanna | bright, shining | Persian | 2,856 | ↓ -9% |
| Rania | gazing, looking | Arabic | 2,682 | ↓ -19% |
| Wilhelmina | resolute protector | German | 1,517 | ↑ +31% |
| Tamar | date palm | Hebrew | 2,455 | ↑ +24% |
| Eleanore | variant of Eleanor | English | 1,398 | ↑ +46% |
| Antoinette | feminine form of Antoine (Anthony) | French | 3,002 | ↓ -22% |
| Viktoria | form of Victoria, victory | Latin | 2,892 | → -3% |
| Ysabella | variant of Isabella, God is my oath | Spanish | 3,456 | ↓ -18% |
| Olga | holy, blessed | Russian | 3,201 | ↓ -7% |
| Izabela | Polish and Portuguese form of Isabella | Polish | 3,939 | ↓ -18% |
| Bernice | bringer of victory | Greek | 4,082 | ↓ -17% |
| Henrietta | feminine of Henry, home ruler | English | 2,666 | ↓ -10% |
| Philippa | lover of horses | Greek | 2,808 | → +3% |
| Alix | French form of Alice, "noble kind" | French | 5,247 | ↑ +14% |
| Annastasia | variant of Anastasia, "resurrection" | Greek | 3,526 | ↓ -6% |
| Eugenia | well-born, noble | Greek | 2,787 | ↑ +20% |
| Augusta | venerable, majestic | Latin | 3,215 | ↑ +26% |
| Theadora | variant of Theodora, gift of God | Greek | 2,170 | ↑ +23% |
| Jeanne | French feminine of John, God is gracious | French | 4,601 | ↓ -25% |
| Athalia | Yahweh is exalted | Hebrew | 2,103 | ↑ +107% |
| Gwenevere | variant of Guinevere, white and smooth | Welsh | 3,601 | → -4% |
| Kathrine | variant of Katherine, meaning uncertain | Greek | 7,312 | ↓ -17% |
| Bertha | bright, famous | Germanic | 4,569 | ↑ +7% |
| Eleonora | Italian form of Eleanor | Italian | 2,005 | ↑ +86% |
| Zenobia | often read as life of Zeus | Greek | 6,541 | ↓ -61% |
| Mathilda | mighty in battle | Germanic | 4,423 | → 0% |
| Kandice | variant of Candace, Kushite royal title | Latin | — | ↓ -100% |
| Carlota | form of Charlotte; free man | Spanish | 3,657 | ↓ -9% |
| Windsor | from an English place name | English | 5,714 | ↓ -39% |
| Ekaterina | Russian form of Katherine | Russian | 5,970 | ↑ +5% |
| Cleopatra | glory of the father | Greek | 3,590 | → +2% |
| Makeda | Ethiopian name of the Queen of Sheba | Amharic | 7,365 | ↓ -29% |
| Mathilde | mighty in battle | French | 5,845 | ↑ +17% |
| Maude | strength in battle | English | 3,367 | ↑ +171% |
| Haile | variant of Hailey; Amharic power | English | — | ↓ -100% |
| Vashti | queen in the Book of Esther | Persian | 8,823 | ↑ +50% |
| Teodora | gift of God | Spanish | 6,091 | ↓ -9% |
| Margret | variant of Margaret, pearl | Greek | 5,843 | ↑ +62% |
| Eleonore | form of Eleanor | French | 8,002 | ↓ -50% |
| Catharine | variant of Catherine; origin uncertain | English | — | ↓ -100% |
| Elizabet | variant of Elizabeth | Hebrew | 12,273 | ↓ -30% |
| Zita | little girl | Italian | 7,130 | ↑ +14% |
| Llewellyn | Welsh name, uncertain meaning | Welsh | 5,749 | ↑ +23% |
| Clementina | merciful, gentle | Latin | 8,477 | ↑ +50% |
| Marjory | form of Margaret, pearl | Scottish | 7,745 | ↑ +56% |
| Roxane | bright, shining | French | 14,591 | ↓ -25% |
| Blanche | white | French | 6,892 | ↑ +46% |
| Eugenie | well-born | Greek | 11,249 | ↑ +33% |
| Bess | short form of Elizabeth | Hebrew | 15,307 | ↓ -38% |
| Thyra | uncertain; Old Norse Thyri | Danish | 11,838 | ↓ -27% |
| Michiko | Japanese; meaning depends on characters | Japanese | 11,589 | new |
| Frederica | feminine of Frederick, peaceful ruler | Germanic | — | ↓ -100% |
| Margherita | Italian form of Margaret, pearl | Italian | — | new |
| Maud | medieval form of Matilda | Germanic | — | new |
| Dagmar | day maiden, or from Slavic Dragomir | Danish | — | new |
| Clotilde | famous battle | Germanic | — | new |
| Theresia | German form of Theresa | Germanic | — | new |
| Hedwig | Germanic, battle and fight | German | — | new |
| Yolande | French, possibly from violet | French | — | new |
| Mafalda | form of Matilda, mighty in battle | Portuguese | — | new |