Royal baby names Mary 3/1 for a girl

I think they'll have alice for a girl or Alexander for boy

Fergie and Andrew went a bit off-piste with Beatrice and Eugenie

Rumour has it the reason it took days for the names to be announced was that the names they originally wanted (or at least that Fergie wanted) were not on the approved list and were vetoed. They chose some of the most unusual off the approved list. Anne got away with Zara, but then Anne didn't accept titles for her children and very much set it up for them to be able to be unrecognised and able to have normal lives. Any child of William and Catherine's won't be that lucky.

I think since it’s very unlikely this child will be monarch they will relax the naming a little.

As a pp said, some of the outer royals have some more modern names and I think they (Kate and William) can find a good balance.

I think Alfred too. It’s a royal name, a nice name and nn could be Freddie

Maybe Alfred? I don’t know why I’m assuming boy.

Fergie and Andrew went a bit off-piste with Beatrice and Eugenie and William and Kate might decide to follow suit and go for an older Royal name which is less common.

Louis maybe - both Andrew and Edward have Louis in their name.

Or Caroline, Adelaide, Augusta for girls?

Would be nice if a slightly wider palette of names was used. It's not a binary choice of "Elizabeth/Charlotte/Anne" versus "Kylie/D'shawna/Tiffanie-Mae"--there are loads of nice well established names out there that would sound fine with "Princess" in front of them.

They are quite a boring "safe" couple though, so I don't expect anything exciting.

Maybe not long to wait - barriers are up outside the hospital in Paddington

Victoria for a girl.
David for a boy

With Charlotte they were very clever in giving her a name that had connections to both sides of the family I thought.

Charlotte - feminine version of Charles, same “family” of names as Carole, Pippa’s middle name
Elizabeth - Kate’s middle name, Carole’s middle name, Queen’s name
Diana - ok - that is just Diana

So I reckon we need to look for names on both sides.....

Phillip / Philippa is an obvious one
James
and James’s middle name is William.

Reckon at least one of these will be used but not sure which.

Arthur is derived from Welsh/Latin according to my names book.

Princess Myfanwy or Prince Taliesin would be awesome! They never will though. Is Arthur Welsh?

It would be great if they used a Welsh name given their declarations about it being their special place.

Its always sad they won't use John since it has too many sad associations in the family. Princess Alice was one of Queen Victoria's daughters as well as Prince Philip's mother, Mary would be lovely, Alexandra, Matilda, Elizabeth with a known as nickname just as Prince Harry has always been known as Harry, Eleanor, Victoria. There were two Princess Henriettas, two Amelias, two Sophias and a Caroline, none of which have been used in a while. But I suspect they'll play it safe.

For a boy, Arthur seems the most likely, or Philip.

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Matilda has Scottish links? I thought there was a Queen Matilda of England in the Middle Ages.

Matilda too popular but Scottish links so maybe. . Beatrice (Fergie’s daughter so no), Alice is my call. For a boy particularly, something from the UK royal family.

Alice Victoria Caroline for a girl.
Arthur Michael Charles for a boy.

Can't see them using Diana or Elizabeth as those as charlottes middle names.

I'm pretty sure that Charlotte is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

Diana?

Ooh I like Freddie but Prince Freddie seems a bit weird. Maybe that's because I'm not used to it.

So, any bets on the baby arriving today then?

Frederick/Freddie has a historical precedent I think.

I think Alice, Eleanor, Matilda or Alexandra would all be more likely than Mary.

Mary just doesn't fit with George and Charlotte.

No idea for a boy. Frederick?

I can't imagine them having a Prince Albert

I think Arthur Philip or Alice Mary

I guessed George and Charlotte correctly but I can't decide with this one. For a girl I thought Alice or Victoria but didn't know about Philip's mother.

For a boy I don't think Henry because it's Prince Harry's name. I had thought James but didn't know about Prince Edward's son and I think it's unlikely now.

If we think King's names we have to go back to Richard I think before we find a name that isn't currently used by one of the Queen's sons or grandsons already. Edward VIII's real name was David but even now I think it's unlikely they'd want that association. George VI's real name was Albert and there hasn't been one of those for a while.

TLDR: I think Alice or Victoria for a girl, Richard or Albert for a boy.

Plus I'm way too invested for someone who always says they can't be arsed with the Royal Family 😆😆😆