When it comes to names that might be considered quintessentially “fairytale,” what monikers come to mind?
There’s Briar-Rose, aka the originalSleeping Beauty.
There’s Disney’s Princess Aurora, yet another incarnation of the same.
Some peopleeven pronounce itas the far more common (but still lovely) Celia.
(Kind of like a reverse Santa, no?).
This harrowing tale ultimately has a joyful ending: Vasilisa marries a prince and lives happily ever after.
Though it’s never been popular per se, the namedid enjoy a surprising surgefrom about 2012-2016.
Her disguise is eventually uncovered, and she marries a prince.
), your little one is sure to be snug as a bug/princess in a rug.
Instead, she rescues a shipwrecked Odysseus, and the rest, as they say, is mythological history.
Your little Nausicaa might just be able to swim before she can talk.
The name also, of course, evokesAesop’s Fables, and the magic of storytelling in general.
WhileNameberrycalls it simply “a word name” that encapsulates veritable volumes of lore and history.
Then there’s acclaimed Israeli poetAmira Hess, among others.
Which just goes to show that princesses, beauty, and brains do indeed go together.
And will surely combine just as magically for your little bundle of royalty.
In his absence, the princess lets down her hair and again becomes royalty.
But he eventually realizes who she is, and with his help, her true identity is revealed.
Young Conrad is therefore something of a hero, in his way.
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Does Shakespeare’sA Midsummer Night’s Dreamtechnically count as a fairytale?
Eventually, however, all things end happily.
