Baby Names Meaning King
Baby names that mean king carry that quality as a quiet wish for a child. Our collection holds 187 names tied to king, drawn from cultures around the world — each with its own meaning, origin and numerology. Browse them below and follow any name for its full profile.
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Names meaning king
HenryRuler of the home, estate ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearGerman · Numerology 7RyanLittle king — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIrish · Numerology 22AdeCrown, royal — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 1AdebowaleThe crown returns home — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 5AdekunleThe crown has filled the house — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 1AdewaleThe crown comes home — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 6AdewumiThe crown is pleasing to me — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 4AdeyemiThe crown befits me; royalty suits me — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 8AdipatiA lord, a duke, a regent — a classic with a fresh edgeIndonesian · Numerology 33AelfricElf ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 9AhuraLord; (the wise lord, Ahura Mazda) — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 22AlaricRuler of all — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulGerman · Numerology 8AmirPrince, commander — memorable across culturesArabic · Numerology 5AmunThe hidden one; (the king of the gods) — memorable across culturesEgyptian · Numerology 4ApoA chief, an elder, a master — warm, characterful and easy to wearFilipino · Numerology 5Arawn(the king of the otherworld) — memorable across culturesWelsh · Numerology 3AriiA king, a chief — memorable across culturesTahitian, Polynesian · Numerology 1ArikiA chief, a high-born lord — understated and quietly elegantMaori · Numerology 3ArnauEagle power, eagle ruler — rooted yet ready to travelCatalan · Numerology 1Ashur(the chief god of Assyria) — a name with quiet staying powerAssyrian · Numerology 22AtaneqA king — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 22AthanaricNoble ruler — a name with quiet staying powerGerman · Numerology 3AtkaA guardian spirit; a king — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 6AttilaLittle father; (the Hun king) — distinctive without trying too hardHungarian · Numerology 9AvirajFearless king; king of the sun — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 7BaltasarGod protects the king; (one of the Magi) — a classic with a fresh edgeSpanish · Numerology 2BasRoyal, kingly; (Sebastian) — understated and quietly elegantDutch · Numerology 4BasilRoyal, kingly — distinctive without trying too hardGreek · Numerology 7BatuhanFirm ruler; (a khan) — timeless and effortless to sayTurkish · Numerology 22BekLord, chief — understated and quietly elegantTurkic · Numerology 9BekzodOf noble, royal birth — timeless and effortless to sayUzbek · Numerology 9BhaveshLord of existence; (Shiva) — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 11BhuvneshLord of the world — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 9CemA king; (Jamshid) — a name with quiet staying powerTurkish · Numerology 3ChibuezeGod is king — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 7CynanChief; high one — timeless and effortless to sayWelsh · Numerology 3CyrilLordly, masterful — memorable across culturesGreek · Numerology 4CyrilleLordly, masterful — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulFrench · Numerology 3DagdaThe good god, the great father — memorable across culturesIrish · Numerology 8DarioPossessing goodness; wealthy — a name with quiet staying powerItalian, Persian · Numerology 11DariusPossessing goodness; wealthy — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 9DatuA chief, a sovereign — a small name carrying real depthFilipino · Numerology 1DevendraKing of the gods (Indra) — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 1DeveshLord of the gods — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 9DevrajKing of the gods (Indra) — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 6DietrichRuler of the people — understated and quietly elegantGerman · Numerology 4DirkRuler of the people; (Theodoric) — warm, characterful and easy to wearDutch · Numerology 6DuarteWealthy guardian; (Edward) — timeless and effortless to sayPortuguese · Numerology 6EadricWealthy, blessed ruler — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 4EdouardWealthy guardian — understated and quietly elegantFrench · Numerology 5EmirPrince, commander, ruler — distinctive without trying too hardArabic · Numerology 9EmyrKing, ruler, lord — a name with quiet staying powerWelsh · Numerology 7EnzoRuler of the home; winner — warm, characterful and easy to wearItalian · Numerology 6ErikEternal ruler — full of character and easy to loveOld Norse · Numerology 7ErmenrichWhole, universal ruler — memorable across culturesGerman · Numerology 3ErueraWealthy guardian; (Edward) — a small name carrying real depthMaori · Numerology 5EttaRuler of the home; little one — soft-sounding with strong rootsGerman, English · Numerology 1Fereydoun(a heroic king of legend) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 5FreyrLord; (the god of plenty) — a classic with a fresh edgeNorse · Numerology 9Ganapati(Ganesha); lord of the hosts — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 33GatA lord, a noble title — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulFilipino · Numerology 1GauthierRuler of the army — a name with quiet staying powerFrench · Numerology 8Gaya(a Numidian king) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulBerber · Numerology 7GetachewTheir lord and master — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 9Guarocuya(a Taino chief) — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 4GustiLord, master; royalty — warm, characterful and easy to wearIndonesian · Numerology 22HakuA lord, a master; to compose — timeless and effortless to sayHawaiian · Numerology 5HendraThe great king; (Indra) — warm, characterful and easy to wearIndonesian · Numerology 5HenriettaRuler of the home — soft-sounding with strong rootsGerman · Numerology 1HenrikRuler of the home — timeless and effortless to sayScandinavian · Numerology 11HoangYellow; royal, imperial — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 9Hoang TuA prince — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 5HormozThe wise lord; (Ahura Mazda) — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 5HorusThe distant one; (the falcon sky god) — rooted yet ready to travelEgyptian · Numerology 9Hung VuongA heroic king — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 3IdwalLord of the wall; ruler — memorable across culturesWelsh · Numerology 22ImreGreat king; universal ruler — rooted yet ready to travelHungarian · Numerology 9Indra(the king of the gods) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 1IolaniThe royal hawk; the heavenly soaring one — a classic with a fresh edgeHawaiian · Numerology 33Itzamna(the creator god) — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 3Izanagi(the creator god) — distinctive without trying too hardJapanese · Numerology 4JagannathLord of the universe; (Vishnu) — soft-sounding with strong rootsOdia · Numerology 4JagdishLord of the universe — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 4JamshedShining; (a legendary king) — understated and quietly elegantTajik · Numerology 6JamshidShining; (a legendary king) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 1Jupiter(the king of the gods) — timeless and effortless to sayLatin · Numerology 9KaanRuler, king — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 9KapenaA captain — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulHawaiian · Numerology 3KasraA king; (Khosrow) — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 5KenverGreat leader, great chief — full of character and easy to loveCornish · Numerology 3KgosiKing, chief — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 7KhalifaA successor, a leader — a classic with a fresh edgeArabic · Numerology 3KhanA leader, a ruler, a prince — warm, characterful and easy to wearPashto · Numerology 7KhashayarRuler of heroes; (Xerxes) — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 11KianKing; ancient, enduring — full of character and easy to lovePersian, Irish · Numerology 8KingsleyThe king's meadow — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 3KingstonKing's town — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 1Kukulkan(the feathered serpent god) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 3LadislavGlorious rule — warm, characterful and easy to wearCzech · Numerology 8LagiThe sky, the heavens — full of character and easy to loveSamoan · Numerology 2LakanA noble, a paramount chief — memorable across culturesFilipino · Numerology 3LatuA chief, a noble — a small name carrying real depthTongan · Numerology 9LazloGlorious ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearScandinavian · Numerology 3Lech(the legendary founder of Poland) — a small name carrying real depthPolish · Numerology 1LlewellynLeader; lion-like — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulWelsh · Numerology 3LokeshLord of the world — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7Mahadev(Shiva); the great god — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 9MahendraGreat Indra; great lord — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 1MalikKing, sovereign — a small name carrying real depthArabic · Numerology 1MalkoA king — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAssyrian · Numerology 7MallkuA condor; a chief, a leader — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 7ManouchehrThe heavenly-faced; (a king) — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 7MareduddGreat lord — warm, characterful and easy to wearWelsh · Numerology 7Min KhantA composed king — rooted yet ready to travelBurmese · Numerology 9Minh QuanA bright ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 7MongkutA crown — rooted yet ready to travelThai · Numerology 11NanaKing, chief; grandparent — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 3NantanA chief, a spokesperson — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 1NkosanaPrince — full of character and easy to loveZulu · Numerology 3NkosiKing, lord — a classic with a fresh edgeZulu, South African · Numerology 5Nuada(a king with a silver hand) — distinctive without trying too hardIrish · Numerology 5NwabuezeA child is a king — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 7OheneA king — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 11OlisaGod, the supreme being — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 2OrkhanA great leader — a name with quiet staying powerAzerbaijani · Numerology 4OsricDivine ruler — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 1ParthPrince; son of Kunti (Arjuna) — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 9PashaA lord, a master — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 9PrabuA king, a monarch — soft-sounding with strong rootsIndonesian · Numerology 22PraneshLord of life and breath — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 9RagnvaldRuler by divine counsel — a name with quiet staying powerScandinavian · Numerology 7RangatiraA chief, a noble leader — distinctive without trying too hardMaori · Numerology 8RangiThe sky; (the sky father) — rooted yet ready to travelMaori · Numerology 4RatuChief, lord — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulFijian · Numerology 6ReggieRuler's advisor (Reginald) — distinctive without trying too hardGerman · Numerology 6ReginaldCounsel power; ruler's advisor — a small name carrying real depthGerman, Latin · Numerology 7RexKing — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 2ReyaanGates of paradise; little king — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit, Arabic · Numerology 1ReyesKings; (the Epiphany) — a classic with a fresh edgeSpanish · Numerology 9RiaanLittle king; gates of paradise — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit, Arabic · Numerology 7RiccardoBrave ruler, strong king — memorable across culturesItalian · Numerology 8RiwalWorthy king — a name with quiet staying powerBreton · Numerology 9RoderickFamous ruler — rooted yet ready to travelGerman · Numerology 11RodrigoFamous power, renowned ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearSpanish · Numerology 5RomoloOf Rome; (Romulus) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulItalian · Numerology 7RomulusOf Rome; (the founder of Rome) — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 11RoryRed king — soft-sounding with strong rootsIrish · Numerology 4RoyRed; king — a small name carrying real depthScottish, French · Numerology 22RoyceSon of the king; rose — understated and quietly elegantEnglish, French · Numerology 3RuairiRed king — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIrish · Numerology 4SardorLeader, commander, chief — rooted yet ready to travelUzbek · Numerology 3SargonThe true, legitimate king — a classic with a fresh edgeAssyrian · Numerology 11SarveshLord of all — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 11SerdarCommander, leader — a name with quiet staying powerTurkmen · Numerology 11ShahzaibAdorned like a king — warm, characterful and easy to wearUrdu · Numerology 11SoeTo govern, to rule — timeless and effortless to sayBurmese · Numerology 3SutanA sultan, a king — memorable across culturesIndonesian · Numerology 3TarquinAn ancient Roman king's name — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin · Numerology 1TheodoricRuler of the people — full of character and easy to loveGerman · Numerology 7ThierryRuler of the people — timeless and effortless to sayFrench · Numerology 4
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+What are some baby names that mean king?
Names in our collection associated with king include Henry, Ryan, Ade, Adebowale, Adekunle. Each links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many baby names meaning king are listed here?
We currently list 187 names tied to the meaning king, spanning many cultures and both boys' and girls' names, and the collection keeps growing.
+Are names that mean king for boys or girls?
Both — the meaning king appears across boys', girls' and unisex names. Use the gender note on each card, or our tools, to narrow your shortlist.