Royal Forename
28,320th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,394 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Royal Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Regal. (Old French) Of kingly character.
Royal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 9,131 | 1:39,704 | 2,431 |
| Nigeria | 80% | 5,785 | 1:30,694 | 2,685 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,474 | 1:64,455 | 5,095 |
| India | 92% | 1,897 | 1:640,421 | 47,929 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 1,412 | 1:6,829 | 1,025 |
| Egypt | 62% | 1,193 | 1:77,033 | 3,817 |
| Russia | 99% | 954 | 1:151,188 | 2,493 |
| Canada | 100% | 922 | 1:35,936 | 2,691 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Ghana | - | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Pakistan | 69% | 576 | 1:337,427 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 75% | 459 | 1:118,808 | 9,090 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 328 | 1:21,805 | 2,223 |
| Indonesia | - | 308 | 1:837,544 | 54,706 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 225 | 1:68,550 | 5,484 |
| Cambodia | 89% | 161 | 1:101,077 | 4,454 |
| Philippines | 69% | 158 | 1:670,946 | 20,520 |
| England | 93% | 145 | 1:383,468 | 8,938 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| Botswana | 100% | 127 | 1:17,200 | 2,174 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82% | 114 | 1:71,512 | 6,783 |
| Afghanistan | 63% | 113 | 1:288,704 | 6,291 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| China | - | 67 | 1:20,388,892 | 60,391 |
| Namibia | - | 58 | 1:41,451 | 2,767 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Kazakhstan | 77% | 32 | 1:554,589 | 7,795 |
| Israel | 65% | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Uganda | 96% | 29 | 1:1,412,308 | 21,370 |
| Brazil | - | 28 | 1:7,651,291 | 103,685 |
| Nepal | 93% | 26 | 1:1,095,667 | 22,700 |
| Georgia | 100% | 24 | 1:155,769 | 4,717 |
| Liberia | 100% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Romania | - | 21 | 1:954,856 | 21,329 |
| Australia | - | 20 | 1:682,881 | 9,609 |
| Congo | 89% | 20 | 1:250,460 | 6,428 |
| Jordan | 92% | 20 | 1:441,339 | 3,660 |
| Peru | 100% | 20 | 1:1,589,573 | 17,785 |
| Netherlands | 84% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17 | 1:7,302,613 | 25,172 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Tanzania | 80% | 15 | 1:3,519,221 | 24,304 |
| Thailand | 100% | 15 | 1:4,671,054 | 89,574 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 14 | 1:2,174,996 | 61,888 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:3,659 | 559 |
| Kenya | - | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Italy | 85% | 11 | 1:5,551,099 | 24,143 |
| Germany | 89% | 10 | 1:9,667,788 | 33,442 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| France | - | 9 | 1:7,385,593 | 25,788 |
| Poland | 88% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Singapore | - | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7 | 1:764,338 | 8,248 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Argentina | - | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Belgium | - | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Austria | 75% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Finland | 75% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Ireland | 88% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 77% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 68% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Royal (47,947) may also be a surname.
Royal Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Regal. (Old French) Of kingly character.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Royal Forename Popularity
Royal Demographics
Average Royal Salary in
United States
$41,526 USD
Per year
Rank:
230,258 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00266324
Rank: 2,305 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
95.4%
Sample size: 5,287 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Royal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Royal in the Russian language | ||
| Роял | roal | - |
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