Did 'Sleeping Beauty' have a name, what was it?

Charles Perrault was the author of The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, and that was the source of the tale for the Disney movie. She's pretty much called “Princess” in the tale. Her daughter is named Aurore (Dawn), though some translations may call her Morning or just Dawn. read more

Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Game (1958) is a Parker Brothers children's board game for two to four players based upon Sleeping Beauty. The object of the game is to be the first player holding three different picture cards to reach the castle and the space marked"The End". read more

The Sleeping Beauty did not have any name actually. But later on, when disney created Sleeping Beauty movie, they had to give her a name. So, the name in the disney movie was Aurora(dawn). She has been named differently in the other version of stories. In the Grimms fairy tales, she was named as Brianna/ Briar Rose. read more

"Sleeping Beauty" is adapted from both the Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm versions of the classic fairy tale. In Perrault, the princess's name is Aurora; in Grimm, it's Briar Rose. In the movie, she's born Aurora but takes on Briar Rose as an alias during the years she spends hiding out from Maleficent. read more