It was named "Rue du Lycée" from Thermidor 2, Year VI (July 20, 1798) to April 27, 1814; then it was called "Rue de Valois-Palais-Royal" to distinguish it from Rue de Valois-Saint-Honoré (disestablished in the 1850s) and Rue de Valois-du-Roule (merged into Rue de Monceau in 1868).