Disney Princess Names With Pictures: Official Disney Princesses List in Order
Last updated March 22nd 2025
How many Disney Princesses are there, and what are their names?
Disney Princess names are instantly recognizable: from Snow White and Cinderella to Merida and Moana, we all have our favorites. But how much do you know about them?
This Disney Princess list includes all the official Disney Princesses' names with pictures, ages, character origins, name meanings, love interests, theme songs, fashion styles, fun facts and more!
The original Disney Princess lineup in 2001 consisted of a total of 10 characters, including the 8 first Disney Princesses on the list of names below, as well as Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and Tinker Bell (Peter Pan).
Here are the Disney Princesses in order of age: Snow White is the youngest at 14. Ariel, Aurora, Jasmine, Merida, Moana and Mulan are all around 16. Belle is 17. Pocahontas, Rapunzel and Raya are 18. Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest at 19.
How many Disney Princesses are actually princesses?
10 out of the 13 Disney Princesses were either born a princess or became one through marriage. Moana, Mulan and Pocahontas are not actually princesses. Mulan is the daughter of a retired soldier, whereas Moana and Pocahontas are the daughters of chiefs.
What are the Disney Princess names in alphabetical order?
Snow White is a gentle and caring young princess (the first Disney Princess) with a romantic disposition and a motherly touch. She's very fond of animals, and they're very fond of her.
Escaping from her jealous stepmother, the Evil Queen, Snow White finds shelter in the cottage of the seven dwarfs. Her fondest wish is to reunite with her true love, the Prince.
Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Age: 14
Name meaning: Snow White was so named by her mother because her skin was as white as snow.
Appearance: Snow White has brown eyes and short, curled hair as black as ebony, accented with a red headband with a bow. Her skin is as white as snow, her lips as red as the rose.
Style: sixteenth-century Tudor
Dress: Snow White's iconic dress features a blue bodice, puffed red and blue sleeves, a flowing yellow skirt and a high white collar with a dark maroon cape.
Character origins: Snow White is based on the character Schneewittchen from the German fairytale by the brothers Grimm, published in 1812.
Snow White fun fact: Snow White is the only Disney Princess with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In fact, she was the first fictional female character to receive such an honour on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' 50th anniversary in 1987.
Cinderella is a patient dreamer with a kind heart full of hope and optimism. She can always depend on her many animal friends, in particular the mice Jaq and Gus, to cheer her lonely hours. Even as her cruel stepmother confines her to the attic and forces her to do chores all day, her spirit remains unbroken.
One night, her Fairy Godmother appears and, with a wave of her magic wand, transforms her rags into a beautiful gown and sends her off in a coach to the castle for a royal ball, where she falls in love with Prince Charming.
Movie: Cinderella (1950)
Age: 19
Name meaning: Cinderella's birth name is Ella, but her stepsisters mockingly nicknamed her Cinderella because she was often covered in cinders from curling up near the fireplace to stay warm. Ella is a shortened form of Eleanor, meaning "light".
Likes: happy dreams, singing, dancing
Friends: Gus, Jaq, other mice, birds
Parents: Father unknown (gentleman, deceased); mother unknown (deceased); Lady Tremaine (stepmother, living)
Appearance: Cinderella has blue eyes and shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair with bangs (bright blonde in 2012 redesign). She's the only blue-eyed blonde Disney Princess.
Style: Victorian
Dresses: Cinderella's first ballgown once belonged to her late mother. It's a pink, sleeveless gown with pink sashes and bows. The mice and birds help restore it for her to wear to the ball, but it's torn to shreds by her wicked stepsisters. The dress is later transformed by the Fairy Godmother into a sparkling silvery ballgown with high, puffed sleeves.
Character origins: Cinderella is based on the character Cendrillon from the 1697 French fairytale by Charles Perrault.
Cinderella fun facts: Cinderella is the first Disney Princess who isn't born into royalty. In early drafts of the movie, one of her friends was a turtle named Clarissa.
Aurora is a soft and graceful princess. She was raised by the three Good Fairies in the woods, where she spent a great deal of her time singing and daydreaming alongside her animal friends. Her beautiful voice charmed the free-spirited prince Phillip, whom she had met before, once upon a dream. When a curse from the vengeful fairy Maleficent sends her into a deep sleep, only he can wake her with True Love's Kiss.
Alternate name: Briar Rose (the three Good Fairies renamed baby Aurora to hide her from Maleficent until her 16th birthday)
Movie: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Age: 16
Name meaning: Aurora's parents named her after the dawn because she filled their lives with sunshine.
Likes: animals, nature, singing
Friends: forest animals, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (adoptive aunts)
Appearance: Aurora has violet eyes and waist-length, wavy, golden blonde hair.
Style: medieval European
Dresses: Aurora's maiden dress features a beige blouse under a black strapless bodice with front lacing, and a brown skirt. Her royal dress, sometimes pink, sometimes blue, features a fitted bodice with a white off-the-shoulder collar, long sleeves and an a-line skirt.
Character origins: Aurora is based on the character Aurore from the 1697 French fairytale The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault.
Aurora fun fact: Aurora is the only Disney Princess with violet eyes.
Ariel is an adventurous mermaid who loves to explore strange places and collect strange things with her best friend Flounder. Her romantic and rebellious nature inspire her with longing to be part of the human world.
After rescuing and falling in love with the handsome human prince, Eric, Ariel strikes a deal with the sea witch Ursula to trade in her fins for legs in the hope of winning his heart.
Movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)
Home: Atlantica
Age: 16
Name meaning: The name Ariel is of Hebrew origin. It means "lion of God", and can be used for a boy or girl.
Likes: collecting human objects
Friends: Flounder (a tropical reef fish), Scuttle (a seagull), Sebastian (a crab)
Appearance: Ariel has aqua-blue eyes and flowing bright red hair.
Style: Victorian
Character origins: Ariel is based on the unnamed character from the 1837 Dutch fairytale The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.
Ariel fun facts: Ariel is the first Disney Princess who wasn't born human. She's also the first red-haired Disney Princess, but originally she was meant to have blonde hair, not red.
Belle is a smart and independent young woman who loves to read books, which offer her an escape from her provincial life. When she finds herself imprisoned in the castle of a mysterious beast, cursed by an enchantress for his selfishness, her generous heart and open spirit help her to see the beauty that lies beyond his rough exterior.
Movie: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Homeland: France
Age: 17
Name meaning: Belle is a French adjective that means "beautiful" as well as a noun that means "beauty". In the classic French fairytale, she's sometimes referred to as la Belle (the Beauty).
Likes: reading
Friends: The castle's enchanted staff, including Cogsworth (the Beast's majordomo, transformed into a pendulum clock); Lumiere (the maître d', transformed into a candelabra); Mrs. Potts (the head housekeeper, transformed into a teapot); Chip (Mrs. Pott's young son, transformed into a teacup)
Appearance: Belle has hazel eyes and long brown hair, usually tied in a ponytail with a ribbon. She's the only Disney Princess with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Style: 18th century French
Dress: Belle's most memorable dress is the golden yellow ballgown she wears when she shares her first dance with the Beast. It features a voluminous, floor-length skirt and off-the-shoulder sleeves, accessorized with a golden headpiece, small round earrings and long gloves.
Character origins: Belle is based on the character Belle from the 1740 French fairytale The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.
Belle fun facts: Belle is the only one in her little town who wears the color blue, reinforcing the idea that she doesn't quite fit in. She's also the first brunette Disney Princess and the second princess who isn't royal by birth (the first being Cinderella).
Jasmine is the headstrong daughter of the Sultan of Agrabah. This bold and daring free-thinker is never afraid to speak her mind. When she ventures beyond the comfort and security of her palace walls, she meets streetrat Aladdin, who shows her a whole new world.
Nickname: Jaz
Movie: Aladdin (1992)
Home: Agrabah
Age: 15 (going on 16)
Name meaning: Jasmine's name comes from the jasmine flower, a sweet-smelling flower that represents purity and innocence, and is often associated with love.
Appearance: Jasmine has brown eyes and long black hair, usually worn in a ponytail in two sections tied with teal bands, and adorned with a jeweled headband.
Style: Ottoman Empire
Outfit: For most of the movie, Jasmine wears loose turquoise pants, a matching top with off-the-shoulder straps and golden shoes that curl at the toe. Her accessories include a turquoise headband adorned with a sapphire, large gold earrings and a gold necklace.
Character origins: Jasmine is based on the character Badroulbadour from the Middle Eastern folk tale One Thousand and One Nights, first published in English in 1704.
Jasmine fun facts: Jasmine is the first non-European Disney Princess. She's also the first princess who wears pants. Singer and actress Lea Salonga played the singing voice of Jasmine as well as Mulan.
Pocahontas enjoys all that nature offers. Always on the lookout for adventure, she loves to go swimming and canoeing with her friends Nakoma, Meeko and Flit. Her open mind and eagerness to learn more about the world around her has made her wise beyond her years.
Her chance meeting with Captain John Smith leads to an unlikely friendship that changes their lives and the lives of those around them.
Movie: Pocahontas (1995)
Age: 18
Name meaning: The name Pocahontas means "playful one" in Powhatan, an Algonquian language.
Likes: canoeing, running, swimming
Friends: Nakoma, Meeko (a racoon), Flit (a hummingbird), Percy (a pug)
Appearance: Pocahontas has dark brown eyes and long, straight raven-black hair.
Style: 17th-century Native American
Dress: Pocahontas wears a tan-colored one-shouldered fringe dress with a belted waist. For most of the movie, she wears her mother's turquoise necklace.
Pocahontas fun facts: Pocahontas is the only Disney Princess based on a real person. Although included in the official Disney Princess lineup, she isn't a princess.
Mulan is a brave and loyal young woman with a sturdy heart and a noble spirit. Her determination sees her through the most difficult obstacles as she takes her father's place in the army to fight the Huns under the disguise of a soldier named Ping.
Full name: Fa Mulan
Movie: Mulan (1998)
Homeland: China
Age: 16
Name meaning: The name Mulan means "wood orchid".
Friend/guardian: Mushu (a dragon)
Parents: Fa Zhou (retired soldier, living); Fa Li (living)
Pets: Little Brother the dog, Khan the horse, Cri-Kee the cricket
Appearance: Mulan has dark brown eyes and long, straight black hair.
Style: 8th to 10th century Chinese
Character origins: Mulan is based on a Chinese legend, the first written record of which is a folk song called the Ballad of Mulan, believed to have been composed between 386 and 535 AD.
Mulan fun fact: Mulan is the first Disney Princess raised by both her parents through her childhood (all other princesses before her having lost one parent or both parents sometime during their childhood, with the exception of Aurora, who was raised by the three Good Fairies).
Tiana is a patient and resilient young woman with a passion for cooking. A fateful kiss with a frog prince, who's desperate to be human again, leads her on the adventure of a lifetime through the bayous of New Orleans. In the end, through hard work, she achieves her dream of opening her own restaurant.
Nickname: Tia
Movie: The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Home: New Orleans, Louisiana
Age: 19
Name meaning: Tiana may be a short form of Tatiana, which is of Latin origin. Tatiana is the feminine derivative of the name Tatius, whose meaning is unknown.
Likes: baking, cooking
Friends: Charlotte (her childhood friend), Louis (a trumpet-playing alligator) and Ray (a Cajun firefly)
Rapunzel is the charmingly high-spirited princess of Corona. She enjoys many different activities, such as painting, baking, reading and dancing. Never too far is her trusty friend Pascal the chameleon.
With the help of the kingdom's most wanted bandit Flynn Rider, she escapes the tower where the wicked crone Mother Gothel has kept her locked away most of her life, and journeys to see the floating lights that appear in the sky every year on her birthday.
Movie: Tangled (2010)
Age: 18
Name meaning: Rapunzel was named after the edible plant rapunzel, a species of bellflower.
Appearance: Rapunzel has green eyes and long, magical golden blonde (but naturally brown) hair. She's the only Disney Princess with green eyes.
Style: 16th century German
Dress: Rapunzel's dress features a corsetted purple bodice laced with pink ribbon, juliet sleeves (long, tight sleeves with small striped pink and purple puffs at the shoulders) and a purple skirt.
Character origins: Rapunzel is based on the character from the 1812 German fairytale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm, itself inspired by a French fairytale by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698).
Rapunzel fun facts: Rapunzel's hair is 70 feet long. Tangled is the first Disney princess film to be animated by computer imagery.
Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the lords of the land, causing chaos in the kingdom and a rift between her and her mother. When she consults a witch for help, she inadvertently curses her mother, but soon sets things right again.
Movie: Brave (2012)
Likes: archery, horseback riding
Home: DunBroch
Age: 16
Name meaning: The name Merida is derived from the name Mairead, the Irish form of Margaret, meaning "pearl".
Moana is the free-spirited daughter of the Chief of Motunui. When her island is threatened, she sets out on a daring mission to save her people with the help of the shape-shifting demigod Maui, and in so doing fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors.
Movies: Moana (2016); Moana 2 (2024)
Age: 16
Name meaning: The name Moana is of Polynesian origin, meaning "sea, ocean, large lake".
Likes: sailing, wayfaring, family
Home: Motunui
Friends: Maui (a demigod), Loto, Moni, Kele and Kotu (her "Canoe Crew")
Parents: Chief Tui & Sina (living)
Siblings: 1 younger sister Simea
Pets: Pua (a pot-bellied pig) and Heihei (a rooster)
Antagonist(s): the Kakamora; giant crab Tamatoa; Nalo the God of Storms; demigod Matangi
Appearance: Moana has dark brown eyes and long, wavy black hair.
Style: ancient Polynesian
Dress: Moana's main outfit features a strapless red top adorned with seashells, and a red sash over a beige skirt.
Moana fun facts: An early concept for the movie featured Moana as a contemporary girl who time-travels to the old world to discover her ancient culture. Like Pocahontas and Mulan, Moana is included in the official Disney Princess lineup, even though she isn't a princess. Moana herself disputes the idea of her being a princess in a scene from her movie!
The last Disney Princess is Raya, a fierce warrior trained by her father, Chief Benja of the Heart tribe, to become a guardian of the Dragon Gem. When the gem is broken, Raya sets out to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and unite its people.
Movie: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Age: 18
Name meaning: In the Malay language, Raya means "celebration".
Likes: dragons, martial arts, adventure
Home: Heart, Kumandra
Friends: Boun, Little Noi, Tong
Parents: Chief Benja (living); mother unknown
Pet: Tuk Tuk (a pug, pill-bug and armadillo hybrid)
Antagonist(s): the Druun
Appearance: Raya has dark brown eyes and long black hair.
Style: traditional Southeast Asian
Raya fun fact: Raya's is the shortest Disney Princess name.
There you have it: all 13 uniquely beautiful Disney Princesses!
To recap, the official Disney Princess list of names in order is: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana and Raya.
The only Disney Princesses with biological siblings are Ariel, Merida and Moana. Merida and Moana have younger siblings, whereas Ariel has older siblings.
The majority of Disney Princesses have long hair (though Rapunzel has them all beat in terms of length). The most common hair color is black (there are 7 raven-haired princesses), and the most common eye color is brown (also 7 brown-eyed princesses).
Aurora has the shortest screen time (appearing on screen for a little less than 18 minutes), while Moana has the longest (appearing on screen for over an hour).
The last three Disney Princesses (Merida, Moana and Raya) are the only ones with no love interests.
Pocahontas and Tiana are the only Disney Princesses with childhood best friends who are human (Nakoma and Charlotte, respectively).
All the Disney Princesses have animal companions.
Disney Princess Names Fun Facts
The most popular Disney Princess names in the United States are Aurora, which peaked at #22 in 2023, and Jasmine, which peaked at #25 in the 1990s.
Two Disney Princesses are named after flowers: Jasmine and Rapunzel.
The longest Disney Princess names are Cinderella, Pocahontas and Snow White. The shortest Disney Princess name is Raya.
Latest Disney Princess Info
New and Upcoming Movies
2 Disney Princess movies are scheduled for release. "Moana" will receive the live-action treatment on July 10th 2026. "Frozen 3" is slated for release in late 2027.
The Latest Disney Princess
The most recent addition to the Disney Princess lineup is Raya. In 2022, the Disney Parks blog announced that she was "making her official debut as a Disney Princess".
The Next Disney Princess
There are no known upcoming movies featuring new Disney Princess characters.
Asha ("Wish" - 2023) is the latest Disney heroine. Although she isn't a princess, she does meet the "rules" to qualify as a Disney Princess - having an animal sidekick (a pet goat named Valentino) and a theme song of her own ( This Wish). However, it's unlikely that Asha will ever join the lineup.
Disney Princess Pictures
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