Last modified: 17 April 2017
Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2012.
* = new
Births
| Date | Name | Parents | Place |
| January 1 | Martha Elisabeth Maria Walburga Luise | Count Ludwig and Countess Alexandra Luise von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee | Berlin, Germany |
| January 7 | Zayed | Emir of Dubai and Princess Haya of Jordan | |
| January 12 | Heinrich V | Hereditary Prince Heinrich XIV and Hereditary Princess Johanna Reuss | Vienna, Austria |
| January 24 | Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie | Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark | Rigshospital, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| January 28 | Antoinette Léopoldine Jeanne Marie | Duke and Duchess de Vendôme (France) | Vienna, Austria |
| January 29 | Maximilian Hugo Paul Antonio | Count Wolfgang and Countess Amaya von Schönborn | München, Germany |
| February 1 | Kira Sofie Countess zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | Unknown | Klinikum Lippe, Germany |
| February 9 | Anna | Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Estelle of Austria | Lyon, France |
| February 22 | Isabelle | Duke and Duchess d’Anjou (France) | Lisbon, Portugal |
| February 23 | Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland | Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden | Karolinska Hospital at Solna, Stockholm, Sweden |
| March 13 | Lucie Louise | Prince Lukas and Princess Nathalie von und zu Liechtenstein | |
| March 29 | Isla Elizabeth | Peter and Autumn Phillips (Great Britain) | Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Great Britain |
| March | Philippa Alexandra Ilse Christina Johanna | Prince Johannes and Princess Katharina von Schönburg-Hartenstein | |
| March | Andrew | Raymond and Ashley de Bourbon (Bourbon-Sicilies) | |
| April 15 | Jaroslav Gérard Liutwin Benoît Marie | Hereditary Prince Vladimir and Hereditary Princess Alix Lobkowicz | Prague, Czechia |
| April 24 | Eloise Johanna Eleonore Leonille | Fürst Philipp and Fürstin Leonille zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | Giessen, Germany |
| May 2 | Elisabeth Anne Anke Barbara Henriette | Count Sebastian and Countess Inken von Platen Hallermund | |
| May 9 | Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria | Duke and Duchess of Parma | Bronovo Ziekenhuis, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| May 9 | Benedikt Dominik Nikolaus Paul Maria | Altgraf Philipp Hieronymus and Altgräfin Valerie zu Salm-Reifferscheidt- Raitz | Stuttgart, Germany |
| May 18 | Josias | Prince Alexander and Princess Tanja zu Waldeck und Pyrmont | |
| May 20 | Rashed | Sheikh Saeed bin Dalmouk bin Juma Al-Maktoum and Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed Al-Maktoum of Dubai (UAE) | |
| May | Dana | Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Sheikha Mariam bint Nasser Al-Ahmad Al-Thani of Qatar | |
| June 4 | Hamdan | Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Juma al Maktoum of Dubai and his wife | |
| June 6 | Mohammed | Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain and Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed al Maktoum of Dubai | |
| June 6 | Hamad | Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain and Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed al Maktoum of Dubai | |
| June 6 | Ziya Resad Efendi | Prince Muhmud Efendi Sultan of Turkey and his wife Genevieve | Queen Charlotte Hospital, London, Great Britain |
| June 14 | Maximilian | Prince Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança and his wife Fernanda | |
| July 4 | Julian Emilius Wilhelm Klaus Alexander | Prince Christian and Princess Lena zu Schaumburg-Lippe | Hamburg, Germany |
| July 6 | Ferdinand Josef Constantin Octavian Johannes Maria | Prince Nikolaus and Princess Theresa Lobkowicz | Prague, Czechia |
| July 30 | Leon | Prince Alexandre von Fürstenberg and his fiancée Ali Kay | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| July 31 | Heinrich Emanuel Ulrich Nikolaus | Prince Emanuel and Princess Sonja von und zu Liechtenstein | |
| August 9 | Paul-Ferdinand Joost Alexander Nikolaus | Prince Anton Ulrich and Princess Elisabeth zu Waldeck und Pyrmont | |
| August 22 | Leonhard Florian Douglas Wichard | Count Leonhard and Countess Melissa von Harrach | |
| August 24 | August | Hereditary Prince Donatus and Hereditary Princess Floria von Hessen | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| September 22 | Lorenz Friedrich Wolfgang Maria | Prince Leopold and Princess Barbara von und zu Liechtenstein | |
| September 24 | Leonard | Count Dirk and Countess Berit von Platen Hallermund | Krankenhaus Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany |
| September 29 | Abdullah | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar, and Sheikha Al Anoud bint Maha Al Hajiri | |
| October 13 | Alexandra | Prince Felix zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Cristina Gutiérrez- Maturana-Larios | Madrid, Spain |
| November 3 | Zein | Prince Hamzah bin Hussein and Princess Basmah of Jordan | |
| November 10 | Casimir Constantin Conradin | Prince Constantin and Princess Friederike zu Salm-Salm | |
| November 20 | Vinzenz Alexander Hironymus Felix Maria | Prince Louis and Princess Philippa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | Salzburg, Austria |
| November 21 | Talma Laurence Sarah Eleonora Maria | Tristan and Shira de Bourbon Parme | London, Great Britain |
| November 23 | Alexander | Prince Antonius and Princess Matilde zu Fürstenberg | Turin, Italy |
| October / November | Matias | Prince Ferdinand (Fernando) von Auersperg and Mercedes Gracia Gebelin | |
| December 7 | Maximiliana Marina Nicola Maria-Rosa Viviana | Hereditary Count Ignaz and Hereditary Countess Robinia zu Toerring-Jettenbach | München, Germany |
| December 12 | Faisal | Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Princess Sahab bint Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | |
| December 14 | Isabella Vita Marina | Duke and Duchess of Apulia (Italy) | Paris XV, France |
| Unknown | Valentina | Archduke Johannes and Archduchess Katharina of Austria | |
| Unknown | Louis Ferdinand | Duke Paul and Duchess Pilar von Oldenburg | |
| Unknown | Friedrich Wilhelm | Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen and Anna Catharina Prinzessin von Preussen | |
| Unknown | Alexander | Prince Louis and Princess Elisabeth von Schönburg-Hartenstein |
Christenings
| Date | Name | Parents | Place |
| January 7 | Elisabeth | Count Johannes and Countess Ivonne von Schönburg-Glauchau | Ingelheim, Germany |
| February 11 | Antoinette Léopoldine Jeanne Marie | Duke and Duchess de Vendôme (France) | Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria |
| May 20 | Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie | Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark | Møgeltønder Church, Denmark |
| May 22 | Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland | Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden | Slottskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden |
| June 8 | Amedeo, Duke of Abruzzo | Duke and Duchess of Apulia (Italy) | Basilica di San Marco, Milan, Italy |
| July 1 | Isla Elizabeth | Peter and Autumn Phillips (Great Britain) | Cherington, Gloucestershire, Great Britain |
| September 1 | Philippa Alexandra Ilse Christina Johanna | Prince Johannes and Princess Katharina von Schönburg-Hartenstein | Pfarre Strobl, Austria |
| September 29 | Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria | Duke and Duchess of Parma | Battistero of the Cathedral of Parma, Italy |
| October 21 | Isabelle | Duke and Duchess d’Anjou (France) | Igreja dos Lóis, Évora, Portugal. |
| Unknown | Aurelia | Count Moritz and Countess Regina zu Ortenburg | München-Bogenhausen, Germany |
