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To feel sorry for anyone with a new baby named Charlotte?

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Totality22 · 04/05/2015 19:12

It's a popular name anyway but is it set for the number 1 spot?

And will Mum be privy to a lifetime of "oh you named her after the princess"

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Totality22 · 04/05/2015 19:13

Sorry privy wasn't the right word....

And will Mum be subjected to a lifetime of "oh you named her after the princess"

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Sirzy · 04/05/2015 19:14

Well I assume they picked the name as they liked it so surely if anything they should see it as a compliment.

It's always been a popular name so can't see it making a lot of difference

PtolemysNeedle · 04/05/2015 19:15

I don't think no they need you to feel sorry for them. They have lovely squishy newborns and have presumably chosen a name they like. The new princess is going to have nothing to do with them, so no reason why it should have any effect on their lives.

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Totality22 · 04/05/2015 19:16

Whoops - already been done www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2370880-To-be-thoroughly-pissed-off-they-called-the-new-Royal-Baby-Charlotte

And the OP is Mum to a 4 month old Charlotte so I guess that answers my question!

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madmother1 · 04/05/2015 19:16

I dont think it'll matter. My Mother named me after Jackie Kennedy and there are loads of Jackie's born in the 60's. I quite like telling people that's where my name comes from.

Gruntfuttock · 04/05/2015 19:19

Well they had to name the baby something! What ever name they'd chosen, there would be others who had chosen the same name, wouldn't there? I don't think it matters really.

Sparklingbrook · 04/05/2015 19:22

Meh. it's just a name. Give it a few weeks and nobody will even make a connection.

Coumarin · 04/05/2015 19:24

No-one will remember or make a connection. It's a very common name so not like it'll stand out.

Bearbehind · 04/05/2015 19:25

The royal baby name options were pretty limited.

It was never going to be Princess Sharon!

If you've chosen to give your daughter a 'regal' name in the last few weeks it was always a risk but is really a big deal.

Bearbehind · 04/05/2015 19:25

Really not a big deal.

Mehitabel6 · 04/05/2015 19:26

It is just a lovely name, very popular, and so I can't see why it makes a difference. (It would if it was something odd or very different and then people would be thought to have copied.)

zara020 · 04/05/2015 19:26

agree with sparklingbrook... think the connection will last a few weeks, months maybe. my cousin had a charlotte in march and she Is delighted that her daughter shares a name with and was born in the same year as a princess! bet all the elizabeths born the same year as the queen love telling people that!

DinkyDye · 04/05/2015 19:29

YABU! They had to name the baby something. And after George l think it's great they chose a nice name Smile

ender · 04/05/2015 19:30

YABU. My grandmother was born the same week as the Queen and was called Elizabeth. She said no one's ever remarked on it.

2rebecca · 04/05/2015 19:33

Why are people getting their knickers in a twist because the baby's called Charlotte? She was always going to have a traditional name. She was never going to be Peekaboo Twinkletoes.

Blueberrybaby · 04/05/2015 19:37

I honestly don't see it's an issue. If we have another daughter we will call her Charlotte. I'm not changing my mind because of this. I actually think a lot of people will steer clear of the name because they are irrationally worried about it and that it will become less popular.

I know someone who had a George about 10 days before Prince George came along. It was really only a topic of conversation for about 30 seconds. By the time autumn rolled around people stopped making the connection. Her little George just carried on as normal. It's such a non issue.

ProfessorPickles · 04/05/2015 19:37

I had it for a while after DS was born, all I got was "ooh named after the prince" when I had picked the name 5 months before the prince was born.
Very annoying but it's stopped now Grin
I often wonder if people are thinking it still but just not saying

PixiePuffs · 04/05/2015 19:38

Yes yes but Wills and Katie really wanted to call the lovely girl 'Princess Chardonnay' which is much more regal IMO

Hulababy · 04/05/2015 19:38

Charlotte was number 21 in the top 100 names in 2013.

Anyone naming their child Charlotte is unlikely to be overly concerned about it being too popular, surely?

Justusemyname · 04/05/2015 19:38

You are being a bit silly to think people need others feeling sorry for them because they happen to have a child with the same name as a princess.

Eustasiavye · 04/05/2015 19:45

No I don't think people will make the connection.
I know lots of harrys, Williams and George's and I never think oh you are name after the royal princes.

Charlotte is a nice name, not unusual, just traditional.

BikketBikketBikket · 04/05/2015 19:45

My DD was born just after the silver jubilee, and when the midwives asked if we'd chosen a name, I can remember telling them the (royal) name we'd picked and then almost yelling - 'And it's got nothing to do with the jubilee - we picked it ages ago..!' Grin

Makes not an iota of difference - and I still like DD's name.....

TurquoiseDress · 04/05/2015 19:45

No don't feel sorry for them.
YABU!
It's a popular, beautiful name.
It was popular before the new royal baby came along and it will continue to be!

TurquoiseDress · 04/05/2015 19:47

Names like George and Charlotte are pretty mainstream, traditional and common.

Nobody is going to make any connection.

Ooh1981 · 04/05/2015 19:48

Not an issue. It will now become less popular.

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