Royal - Meaning of Royal

What does Royal mean?

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[ 2 syll. ro-yal, roy-al ] The baby girl name Royal is also used as a boy name, and it is more often a boy name. It is pronounced R-OYaeL †. Royal's language of origin is English. Royal is a form of the name Royale.

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Royal is a somewhat popular baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2010s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2016, 0.025% of baby girls were named Royal. It was #628 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #805 with a usage of 0.018%, and it was the most regularly used out of all girl names in its family. In the last century Royal has primarily been a boy name. In 2017, 31% more boys than girls were given the name Royal.

Baby names that sound like Royal include Royale, Raele, Raelle, Rahel (German, Hungarian, and Polish), Rahil (Slavic), Raleigh, Raley, Raylee, Raylie, Rayly, Reiley, Reilley, Reilly (English), Reily, Reli, Rella, Rhiley, Rhylee, Rhyley, and Richele (English).

† English pronunciation for Royal: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; OY as in "toy (T.OY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"