Your personal idea of a romantic baby name might be one that is a classic, timeless name that bring images of beauty, strength and courage to mind. Romantic names might remind you of characters in a heroic story, a long-ago queen ruling over her court, or perhaps even a person who has natural grace and charm. Boy or girl, literary or monarch, nature or wordly, you are sure to find the perfect romantic baby name.

Romantic Baby Girl Names

There are so many vintage baby names that never seem to lose their appeal and loveliness. Browsing the names of the female monarchs of old gives us a plethora of enduring names. Queenly names invoke images of intelligence and fortitude, as well as elegance. Victoria, Mary, Anne and Elizabeth are names of some former British queens. Victoria and Elizabeth also have the benefit of being easily shortened into any number of nicknames, such as Tori, Vicky, Liz or Beth. Other female rulers from around the world were named: Maria (Portugal), Catherine (Russia), Isabelle (Spain), Margaret (Sweden), Helen (Bosnia), Juliana (Netherlands), Beatrice (Portugal) and Joanna (Castile).

You can also get inspired by perusing names from literature. Shakespeare's plays and his other works are a treasure trove of classy names. For example, Viola from Twelfth Night, Lavinia from Titus Andronicus, Audrey from As You Like It, Imogen from Cymbeline and Miranda from The Tempest are a great start. Names from other authors and works are: Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland; Corinna, which was used by Roman poet Ovid and is mentioned in his love poetry; Orinda, which how 17th century poet Katherine Philips referred to herself in her poetry; Gloria, which made its first appearance in George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell in 1898; Darcy, which is used as a last name in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte, which was made popular by 19th century British novelist Charlotte Brontë.

Nature is also full of beautiful names to choose from, such as Iris, Fleur, Meadow, Rose, Sierra and Lily.

Romantic Baby Boy Names

Don't worry, boys can also have romantic names without sounding too pretentious or girly. If you, as we did with girl names, look to world leaders of the past as well as into classic literature, you can find many suitable names for your young son. British history is full of kings with strong and classic names such as Charles, George, Henry, Richard and James. Also consider the name Arthur, from the legend of King Arthur. There are other names from Arthurian legend as well, such as Gareth, Hector, Morien and Tristan.

You can also find male names from Shakespeare, such as Orlando from As You Like It, Lysander from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Lennox from Macbeth.

Some more romantic-sounding literary names come from authors and poets of the 18th and 19th century, such as Byron, Percy, Samuel, Oscar, William and Edgar. You can also look to nature for inspiration, such as Forrest, Wade and Brooks, or around the world with names like Valentin, Jonah and Aiden.

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