Disney Princess List: Ultimate Royal Guide (2024)

Ready to uncover the magic behind every official Disney Princess? From Snow White, the original Disney Princess, to the latest addition to the Disney Princess franchise, this official Disney Princess list reveals fascinating details about each beloved character.

Discover the tales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the groundbreaking African American Disney Princess, Tiana. Delve into the adventures of princesses who marry Prince Eric, Prince Naveen, and other Disney princes.

This expert guide to all the official Disney princess lineup will transport you through the enchanting world of Walt Disney Pictures’ most iconic Disney movies.

List of Disney Princesses

Official Disney Princesses

1. Snow White (Snow White and Seven Dwarfs)

• Iconic Line: “Anyone could see that the prince was charming. The only one for me.”

• Fun Fact: Critics, certain of the failure of this Disney film, dubbed it "Walt Disney's Folly. Snow White is associated with the seven dwarfs and the Evil Queen.

2. Cinderella (Cinderella)

• Iconic Line: "A dream is a wish your heart makes."

• Fun Fact: Cinderella is the second Disney princess in the Disney princess line, but she broke the mold as first Disney princess without royal lineage. She's associated with the fairy godmother, which story was based on a European fairy tale.

3. Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

• Iconic Line: "I wonder what this life is all about."

• Fun Fact: Three Disney fairies raised Aurora as a peasant to protect her until Prince Phillip saved her. In the original story, Aurora is cursed by a splinter, but the Disney version is less dark.

4. Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

• Iconic Line: "Part of your world."

• Fun Fact: Princess Ariel, daughter of King Triton, is the fourth Disney Princess and was the first new princess in over thirty years since Aurora, who was introduced by the Walt Disney Company in 1959.

5. Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

• Iconic Line: "Be our guest."

• Fun Fact: Belle is the fifth Disney princess on the official Disney princess list. She became a royalty after she marries Prince Adam on the Beauty and the Beast movie.

6. Princess Jasmine (Aladdin)

• Iconic Line: "Meeting friends like this is new to me, I quite like it."

• Fun Fact: Jasmine is known for her teal outfits, which match her bold personality.

7. Pocahontas (Pocahontas)

• Iconic Line: “I'll always be with you. Forever.”

• Fun Fact: Pocahontas is the first Disney princess based on a real historical person. In the film, she was associated with John Smith, and one of the only Disney princesses with human best friends.

8. Mulan (Mulan)

• Iconic Line: "Loyal, brave, and true."

• Fun Fact: Among the princess characters, Mulan is the 8th to be officially part of the Disney princess franchise and the only Disney Princess who isn't royalty by birth or marriage. She's also based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan.

9. Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)

• Iconic Line: “The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.”

• Fun Fact: Tiana is the first Disney princess with African-American roots. in the Princess and the Frog film, she became a princess consort after marrying Prince Naveen (the frog prince).

10. Rapunzel (Tangled)

• Iconic Line: “I have magic hair that glows when I sing.”

• Fun Fact: Rapunzel is a German fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. She's associated with Flynn Rider.

11. Merida (Brave)

• Iconic Line: "I don't need a man to rescue me!"

• Fun Fact: Merida, along with Moana and Raya, is the only princess without a prince charming. She's also the only Pixar princess.

12. Moana (Moana)

• Iconic Line: "You've got to be stronger than the waves"

• Fun Fact: Moana is the first princess from Polynesia and was introduced as one of the official Disney princesses during the 2022 Disney World Princess Week.

13. Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon)

• Iconic Line: "I believe in the heart of Kumandra."

• Fun Fact: Raya is the third Disney princess born as a chief's daughter. But in the official princesses list, she's the 13th official Disney princess and a proud guardian of the Dragon Gem.

Unofficial Disney Princesses

14. Asha (Wish)

• Iconic Line: "The stars are there to guide us, to inspire us, to remind us to believe in possibility."

• Fun Fact: Asha is the newest Disney Princess. She's not official yet since Asha isn't royalty, compared to other Disney princess stories.

15. Elsa (Frozen)

• Iconic Line: "Let it go!"

• Fun Fact: Elsa is an unofficial Disney princess because she's a queen in the movie, and she gives up the crown for Anna.

16. Anna (Frozen)

• Iconic Line: "Do you want to build a snowman?"

• Fun Fact: Anna was introduced in the Ultimate Princess Celebration at various Disney Parks.

17. Sofia (Sofia the First)

• Iconic Line: "My will is strong. My heart is true. My love will be the end of you."

• Fun Fact: Sofia is the youngest of all the Disney princesses in the Walt Disney World.

18. Princess Elena (Elana of Avalor)

• Iconic Line: "Si se puede!" (Yes, we can!)

• Fun Fact: Elena is the first princess with Latin roots.

19. Esmeralda (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

• Iconic Line: "I ask for nothing, I can get by. But I know so many less lucky than I."

• Fun Fact: Esmeralda, a young Romani woman, is key in Victor Hugo’s novel and the Disney film.

20. Megara (Hercules)

• Iconic Line: “I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day."

• Fun Fact: Megara is a strong, independent Disney character inspired by Greek mythology (not a classic fairy tale). She's popular, appearing in various Disney parks.

21. Kida Midori (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

• Iconic Line: "Cookies are sweet, but yours is not."

• Fun Fact: Fans want Kida to be part of the official Disney Princesses for diversity, but Disney World executives feel she doesn't fit, likely due to the film's poor box office performance.

22. Jane Porter (Tarzan)

• Iconic Line: "And I was SAVED. I was saved by a flying, wild man in a loincloth."

• Fun Fact: Among the Disney princess names, Jane is the only human heroine who doesn't sing.

23. Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

• Iconic Line: "It would be so nice if something made sense for a change."

• Fun Fact: She's one of the unofficial Disney Princesses, but appears in some Disney Sing-a-Longs and in "It's Not Just Make-Believe."

24. Wendy Darling (Peter Pan)

• Iconic Line: “Peter Pan will save us!”

• Fun Fact: In 2020, Wendy was one of five unofficial Disney Princesses to get a Classic doll at the Disney store, along with Alice, Tinker Bell, Esmeralda, and Megara.

25. Tiger Lily (Peter Pan)

• Iconic Line: "To love someone was to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they had forgotten."

• Fun Fact: Ironically, Tiger Lily is the only member of her tribe in the "What Made the Red Man Red?" sequence with a realistic appearance and skin color.

26. Maid Marian (Robin Hood)

• Iconic Line: "Robin, promise you won't go."

• Fun Fact: Marian was originally a symbol of the Virgin Mary and became Robin's love interest in the 16th century.

27. Vanellope von Schweetz (Wreck-it Ralph)

• Iconic Line: “Everyone here says I’m just a mistake.”

• Fun Fact: In July 2017, Vanellope was crowned Honorary Disney Princess at the D23 2017 Expo.

28. Thumbelina (Thumbelina)

• Iconic Line: "I wish I had wings."

• Fun Fact: Thumbelina is created by Hans Christian Andersen, alongside "The Little Mermaid" and "The Emperor's New Clothes."

29. Anya (Anastasia)

• Iconic Line: "Men are such babies."

• Fun Fact: Anya was based on a true story. In reality, Anastasia had no descendants, and her death was the most tragically famous until Anne Frank (1929-1945).

30. Eilonwy (The Black Cauldron)

• Iconic Line: "I'm Princess Eilonwy. Are you a lord or a warrior?"

• Fun Fact: Eilonwy has magical abilities and skillfully uses a golden light sphere for protection.

31. Queen Nala (The Lion King)

• Iconic Line: "What else matters? You're alive. And that means...you're the king."

• Fun Fact: Nala jolts Simba back to his duties, which no other Disney princesses had done before.

32. Princess Kiara (The Lion King)

• Iconic Line: "If there's so much I must be, can I still just be me, the way I am? Can I trust in my own heart, or am I just one part of some big plan?"

• Fun Fact: Kiara is Simba and Nala's daughter. She is a strong-willed lioness who will rule the Pride Lands.

33. Nakoma (Pocahontas)

• Iconic Line: “I lied for you once. Don't ask me to do it again.”

• Fun Fact: Nakona is the first human friend to a princess of Disney, followed by Charlotte La Bouff in "The Princess and the Frog."

34. Princess Melody (The Little Mermaid)

• Iconic Line: "That song. Where have I heard it? It's Atlantica. With merpeople and everything. Mother, you always said it was just an old fish tale."

• Fun Fact: Melody is the child of Princess Ariel. She's the first human-merperson hybrid in Disney's history [1].

35. Charlotte La Bouf

• Iconic Line: "Seems like only yesterday we were both little girls wishing our fairy tale dreams. And tonight, they're finally coming true."

• Fun Fact: Charlotte was originally meant to be a mean girl, bossing Tiana around. But she later became the second human friend to a princess, after Nakoma of Pocahontas.

36. Tinker Bell (Peter Pan)

• Iconic Line: “You all do things that are beautiful and magical and… and important. But me… there’s gotta be more to my life than just pots and kettles. All I’m asking you is that you give me a chance.”

• Fun Fact: Tinker Bell is one of the former Disney princesses, alongside Esmeralda and Jane Porter. Among the Disney fairies franchise, she got her own movies and even received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

37. Mirabel (Encanto)

• Iconic Line: "The truth is, gift or no gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family."

• Fun Fact: Mirabel is the first main Disney animated girl to wear glasses.

38. Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch)

• Iconic Line: "Our family’s little now, and we don’t have many toys."

• Fun Fact: Lilo is the fourth Disney character to pray [2], but she calls it making a wish. Snow White, Penny, and Esmeralda were the first three.

39. Penny (Bolt)

• Iconic Line: "You saved me again, Bolt."

• Fun Fact: Penny is named after the character from "Inspector Gadget," a show Disney now owns.

40. Kairi (Kingdom of Hearts)

• Iconic Line: "Don't ever forget. Wherever you go, I'm always with you.”

• Fun Fact: Kairi is the first princess from Disney to come from a video game.

FAQs

Is Elsa not a Disney Princess?

Elsa and Anna aren't officially Disney Princesses. They are queens of Arendelle. Elsa is the queen until she gives up the throne to Anna. But they're once princessess at some point (in the movie) since they have the "regal lineage."

Are Rapunzel and Elsa related?

No. Rapunzel and Elsa are not related. They have their own Princess film - Rapunzel is from "Tangled" and Elsa is from "Frozen."

Is Moana not a Disney Princess?

Moana is one of the considered official Disney princesses, alongside Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), and other Disney princesses. She's known for her strong spirit and connection to the ocean.

Is Mulan not a Disney Princess?

Mulan is actually a princess of the Walt Disney World [3]. She's unique as she disguises herself as a man to serve her country.

Is Mirabel a Disney Princess?

No, Mirabel from Encanto isn't a Disney official princess. Since she's a beloved character, many fans are hoping Mirabel to be part of the official Disney princesses list.

Which Disney Princess is the oldest?

The oldest princess of Disney is Snow White if in terms of the introduction date. Snow White were introduced in 1937 [4]. But in terms of their age in the films, Tiana and Cinderella are the oldest, both 19 years old. In the unofficial lineup, Elsa is considered the oldest at 24 years old, followed by Anna at 21 years old.

Final Thoughts

From the enchanting Snow White to the adventurous Moana, Disney Princesses have captured hearts worldwide. Hopefully, this comprehensive guide helps you explore the iconic characters, their inspiring stories, and fascinating trivia. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering the magic, this list is your ultimate guide to the Disney universe.

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References:

1. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Melody
2. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_Pelekai
3. https://kids.kiddle.co/Walt_Disney_World
4. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Snow-White-and-the-Seven-Dwarfs-film-1937