A month to go.....the royal baby name

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A few people have suggested Diana will be in there if its a girl but I disagree, though Spencer might make a.nice MN for a boy.

I think Margaret Alice or George Spencer.

Anyone know what Prince Philip's full name is? (Any middle names?)

His sisters were Margarita, Theodora, Cecily and Sophie according to Wikipedia.

I would say Albert might be a possibility for a boy, along with George (and maybe even Michael but not as a first name). Plus Charles and Louis, and Philip if the D of E doesn't pull through. Maybe even Nicholas.

For a girl I would be looking at Adelaide, Caroline, Elizabeth, some form of Margaret and maybe Alexandra and Alice.

Oh shit IsThisAGoodIdea I've still got a 50/50 chance though. Strange thing to go public about, fine to have a preference, but to tell people?

Francesca?

Queen Alicia
Or maybe something classic but not used like Susannah. Doubt it though.

I don't think the H of Windsor would lose the throne in the case of a woman succeeding. It didn't become the House of Battenburg when Philip blew in.

Girl - Charlotte

Boy - Alfred

Im surprised at everyone who says Adelaide - didnt realise it had royal connections. A name like Adelaide round my way would be seen as similar to Kaden, Peyton, Cooper.

I would love to.know what Kate would have called her kids if she wasnt carrying an heir. Imagine her saying to Wills "But Ive always wanted a baby girl.called Mollie-May"

I think she would have gone for Grandad chic anyway. Maybe something a bit more fashiony like Monty or Florence, but basically pretty classic.

You know that the Queen gets to veto the name? Fergie had to change one of the girls names because the Queen didn't like it.

I thought it was a boy.

Albert (Bertie) James William George is my guess.

Elizabeth Diana Caroline Alicia
George Phillip Charles Michael

So the Queen gets final say? Are they given a list? And if so, what's on the list? any name ever used by the British Royal family in the past? (apart from royals who abdicated or went mad). I would love to know how many names they have to choose from.

I really can't see 'Bertie' being used. It sounds too silly, I can imagine a new character Bertie Moon showing up on Eastenders.

I think it's a boy because I read years ago in a book called 'sperm wars' that the longer a couple have been together before their first child is conceived the more likely it is to be a boy.

CruCru, yes, I remember that, the Queen preferred Eugenie to whatever Fergie wanted though. I like Eugenie now I've had 25 years to get used to it. But at the time it was klunky

Ooh does anyone know what Fergie's first choice name was? I always felt sad for Eugenie saddled with that name.

Oh I just googled and apparently it was Annabel, I think they should have told old Queenie to piss off

Boy - Kye

Girl - Teagan

Lizzie Diana or Louis Henry.

Can we get a Mumsnet prize if we guess right?

George would be cool (ds name )

I reckon Charlotte for a girl with Elizabeth and Frances as middle names, and James for a boy with Michael and Charles as middle names. Think it's a girl myself (no evidence, just a gut feeling).

I think it was Beatrice that they wanted to name Annabel. No dice.

Yes, apparently the Queen put them off Annabel because of the nightclub. I don't know that she actually has a veto, I think its more a matter of advising against names that might not suit for one reason or another.

Mortified Adelaide comes from Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort of William IV. Would have been Adelheid in her native Germany, but was anglicised and the city of Adelaide was named after her.