Once upon a time: 50 brilliant baby names inspired by fairy tales and fables
If you’re keen to choose a classic name for your newborn, something with some history, then why not look to fairy tales and fables for inspiration?
Happily ever after
Be they ancient fables, favourite Disney adaptations, beloved fairy tales or Shakespearian stories, we’ve plucked some of the best names from their pages and curated them for parents-to-be.
Experts tell us that fairy tales spark creativity, teach us lessons about morality and set a storytelling habit that can last a lifetime.
What better reason to name your baby after one?!
Fairy tale names for girls
- Alice – Alice in Wonderland
- Anna – Frozen
- Anastasia – Cinderella
- Anidori – The Goose Girl
- Ariel – The Little Mermaid
- Aurora – Sleeping Beauty
- Bambi – Bambi
- Belle – Beauty and the Beast
- Bianca – The Rescuers
- Briar – Sleeping Beauty
- Daria – The Princess and the Pea
- Esmerelda – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Gerda – The Snow Queen
- Giselle – Enchanted
- Gretel – Hansel and Gretel
- Leah – Sleeping Beauty
- Lisa – Rumpelstiltskin
- Ida – Little Ida’s Flowers
- Karen – The Red Shoes
- Jasmine – Aladdin
- Juliet – Romeo and Juliet
- Marion – Robin Hood
- Penny – The Rescuers
- Rose – Snow White
- Wendy – Peter Pan
Fairy tale names for boys
- Aladdin – Aladdin
- Arthur – The Sword in the Stone
- Bertie – The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Conrad – The Goose Girl
- Edward – Enchanted
- Eric – The Little Mermaid
- Figaro – Pinocchio
- Finn – The Snow Queen
- Florian – Snow White
- Guiseppe – Puss in Boots
- Gulliver – Gulliver’s Travels
- Jack – Jack and the Beanstalk
- Kai – The Snow Queen
- Hans – Frozen
- Hansel – Hansel and Gretel
- Henry – The Frog Prince
- Merlin – The Sword in the Stone
- Michael – Peter Pan
- Peter – Peter Pan
- Phillip – Sleeping Beauty
- Puck – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Robin – Robin Hood
- Romeo – Romeo and Juliet
- Sebastian – The Little Mermaid
- Tom – Tom Thumb
Now you just have to pick the perfect one for your wee bairn!
(You could even go super literal and go for Fable or Story?!)
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