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Names That Mean Noble

Names meaning noble, royal, ruler or high-born. Read carefully: in most of these the word marked a legal rank rather than a compliment, and the flattering sense came centuries later.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

Rankings for

158 names, most popular first in United States

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Amelia Amelia is a girl's name most often explained as a blend of two older names: the Germanic Amalia, meaning "work" or "industrious," and the Latin Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Girl Germanic #4 in US
Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
Boy Germanic #5 in US
Owen Owen is a boy's name of Welsh origin, the anglicized form of Owain.
Boy Welsh #31 in US
Avery Avery is a name of English origin meaning "elf counsel," derived from the Norman French form of the Germanic name Alberich.
Unisex English #37 in US
Charles Charles is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," from karl.
Boy Germanic #48 in US
Sadie Sadie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Sarah, the Hebrew name meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Girl Hebrew #50 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl Germanic #59 in US
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
Girl Germanic #65 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Unisex Germanic #74 in US
Audrey Audrey is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "noble strength," from Æthelthryth.
Girl English #86 in US
Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Girl Hebrew #90 in US
Kinsley Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's meadow," from the Old English cyning, king, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #93 in US
Quinn Quinn is a name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendant of Conn."
Unisex Irish #97 in US
Ryan Ryan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Riain.
Boy Irish #99 in US
Allison Allison is a girl's name of Norman French origin, from Alis — the medieval form of Alice — plus a diminutive ending.
Girl Germanic #103 in US
Amir Amir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "prince" or "commander," from amara, to command.
Boy Arabic #105 in US
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
Unisex English #122 in US
Alina Alina is a girl's name with several origins. It functions as a short form of Adelina and so means "noble," from the Germanic adal; a Slavic line connects it to light or bright; and an Arabic reading gives "noble" from a different root entirely.
Girl Germanic #130 in US
Amira Amira is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "princess" or "commander."
Girl Arabic #132 in US
Aubrey Aubrey is a name of Germanic origin meaning "elf ruler."
Unisex Germanic #146 in US
Arya Arya is a name of Sanskrit origin meaning "noble."
Girl Sanskrit #159 in US
Ailani Ailani is a girl's name generally presented as Hawaiian, meaning "high chief" or "chief of the heavens," from ali'i, chief, and lani, sky or heaven.
Girl Hawaiian #168 in US
Ryker Ryker is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "rich" or "powerful."
Boy Germanic #182 in US
Adalynn Adalynn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed from the Germanic element adal, meaning noble, with the -lynn suffix.
Girl Germanic #184 in US
Sara Sara is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Girl Hebrew #198 in US
Rory Rory is a name of Irish and Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "red king."
Unisex Irish #199 in US
Kingston Kingston is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "the king's settlement."
Boy English #204 in US
Adaline Adaline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble."
Girl Germanic #209 in US
Ada Ada is a girl's name with two origins. In Germanic it is a short form of names beginning with adal, noble; in Hebrew, Adah means "adornment" and belongs to two women in Genesis.
Girl Germanic #220 in US
Brianna Brianna is a girl's name, the feminine of Brian, whose Irish meaning has never been securely established.
Girl Irish #222 in US
Griffin Griffin peaked in 2023, more recently than any other name in this group, and it is not named for the beast — the Welsh Gruffudd came first, and the resemblance to the griffin is coincidence.
Boy Welsh #222 in US
Richard Richard is a boy's name from Germanic roots meaning strong or brave ruler.
Boy Germanic #234 in US
Reagan Reagan means little king, and our data shows the opposite of what most people assume — American births more than halved during the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency and did not take off until a decade after he left office.
Unisex Irish #248 in US
Walter Walter is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning ruler of the army.
Boy Germanic #251 in US
Adalyn Adalyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #260 in US
Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."
Boy Norse #273 in US
Derek Derek is a boy's name from the Germanic Theodoric, meaning ruler of the people — and it is the same name as Terry and Thierry, three forms of one original that no longer resemble each other.
Boy Germanic #284 in US
Adelaide Adelaide means noble in kind, and it is one of only three names in this group our data marks as rising — 230th in Canada, 289th in the United States, 344th in England and Wales, 416th in France and 618th in Scotland, and setting its English peak in the most recent year we hold.
Girl German #289 in US
Kimberly Kimberly is a girl's name that reached America by way of a South African diamond town, which was itself named after a British colonial secretary.
Girl English #302 in US
Adelina Adelina is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #305 in US
Ali Ali is a name of Arabic origin meaning "exalted" or "high."
Unisex Arabic #306 in US
Hattie Hattie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."
Girl Germanic #334 in US
Bryan Bryan is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unsettled — noble and high are both proposed.
Boy Irish #336 in US
Brian Brian is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unsettled — noble and high are both proposed, and neither is secure.
Boy Irish #339 in US
Emory Emory is a unisex name of Germanic origin, a variant of Emery.
Unisex English #339 in US
Heidi Heidi is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble one."
Girl Germanic #341 in US
Adelyn Adelyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #357 in US
Erick Erick means ever-ruler, and the K-spelling is the Scandinavian one — Erik the Red named Greenland deliberately to attract settlers, which may be the earliest recorded use of a misleading brand name.
Boy Scandinavian #366 in US

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