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

[MortifiedAdams]

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.

[mathanxiety]

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.

[TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff]

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.

[mathanxiety]

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.

[mathanxiety]

[meglet]

Girl - Charlotte

Boy - Alfred

[MortifiedAdams]

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.

[MortifiedAdams]

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"

[MyThumbsHaveGoneWeird]

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

[CruCru]

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.

[LondonBus]

I thought it was a boy.

Albert (Bertie) James William George is my guess.

[hollyisalovelyname]

Elizabeth Diana Caroline Alicia
George Phillip Charles Michael

[OneMoreCupOfTeaFirst]

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.

[OneMoreCupOfTeaFirst]

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

[Goldenhandshake]

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

[Goldenhandshake]

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

[Wallison]

Boy - Kye

Girl - Teagan

[bornagaindomesticgoddess]

Lizzie Diana or Louis Henry.

[bornagaindomesticgoddess]

Can we get a Mumsnet prize if we guess right?

[eminemmerdale]

George would be cool (ds name )

[choirmum]

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).

[Bue]

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

[KittenofDoom]

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.