Royal Caribbean filings show long list of potential ship names
Trademark records include dozens of names ending in of the Seas, although many have never appeared on a Royal Caribbean vessel.
According to an account of United States Patent and Trademark Office records, Royal Caribbean has filed dozens of potential ship names ending in of the Seas since 1999. None of the listed unused trademarks has become the name of one of its ships. Journey of the Seas was initially filed on Feb. 16, 2001.
The report says Royal Caribbean trademarked Fun of the Seas, Happy of the Seas, Idol of the Seas and Love of the Seas in January 2023 but has not used any of them.
Royal Caribbean President and CEO Michael Bayley said the company once paid a third party to produce possible names using analytical data, but later began developing names itself. Bayley said Royal Caribbean maintains a list of submitted names, evaluates or researches potential choices and seeks agreement before selecting one.
The report identifies Legend of the Seas as the company’s newest ship as of September 2026. An earlier Royal Caribbean vessel with the same name launched in 1995 and measured less than 70,000 gross tons. The original Legend of the Seas left the fleet in 2017. According to the report, Royal Caribbean refiled a patent for the name on Feb. 4, 2025, more than 30 years after the original filing on April 4, 1994.
