Royal baby likely to be a Mary!!!

[vinobaroness]

I know there are lots of Royal baby threads I decided to start yet another! Apparently the big money has been put on Mary!!! I love it sounds so fresh yet vintage & sooo regal!!! Alice the other hot contendor for a girl!!!! So so excited!? Whats the opinions on Mary or Alice? George hot favorite for boy X

Charlotte Elizabeth Frances Mary
Kate's mother's/sister's middle name, The queen's name/Kate's middle name, Diana's middle name and the queen's second middle name.

Arthur Henry Michael Phillip
Arthur is just what I fancy, Henry for Harry, Michael for Kate's father and Phillip for HRH!

Anything else I've managed to rule out due to bad associations (or I'm just not willing to accept they'd choose a name I don't like)

And I've convinced myself they won't use Diana or they won't be allowed

I've spent way more time than I'd like to admit researching this...

Lizzie Diana or Louis Henry.

I am certain it's going to be Alice Elizabeth Mary Diana.

Mary is another name for Lady garden where I come from.

Anna ? Simple and regal.

Squoosh
My middle name, the middle name of EVERY Irish woman my age.

Me too, and then I gave it to DD4 as her MN.

Mary of Teck (real name Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes but usually known as 'May' until she became Queen Consort) was George V's wife. Her mother was Princess Mary Adelaide.

Yes Eleanor coukd be a contender.

Definitely George for a boy and Victoria for a girl, but Id like Jane.

Out of interest, why do you think it's definitely going to be Victoria for a girl?

I think that is one of the least likely names, if it's a girl.

There's already been a hugely successful reigning Victoria - wouldn't they want to give this child its own identity?

Victoria is a bit dated - lots of 30-something women with the name (not that this is a reason on its own not to use it). And Vicky is really not great.

Oh, and that very famous 30-something woman with the name. They wouldn't want to give any hint of naming the child after her, would they?!

But agree with Jane. Fabulously, simple, non-frilly, elegant, classic name.

And no, Lady Jane Grey is not a reason not to use it.

Ooh I like Jane - might be a silly question but would she be Queen Jane II? Does Lady Jane Grey "count"?!

Love the name Mary. Love it.

Unfortunately, the only woman I have ever truly hated in my whole long life is called Mary. If this were not the case then I would have named dd Mary.

Who the fuck is Alice?

Dunno, Alice doesn't live here anymore.

The definitely is just my definitely via my own telephatic powers but I have had a little think, would they call their baby the same name as Victoria beckham hmm, what about Elizabeth?

Am I the only one who is secretly hoping that they have been reading the MN baby name threads and choose a "K" name as a giant F you to all the ridiculous snobbery on there?!!

I love Mary - classic and underused at least in Britain - but don't think they will pick it.

ashlee I like all your suggestions, but I disagree on Diana - I think they will use it as a middle name.

If it's a girl, then being as she would be the first girl in no danger of being bumped from the succession by a younger brother ... an interesting and appropriate choice would be Matilda. Matilda should have been Queen on the death of her father Henry I, but was denied by the barons who installed Stephen as king.

Nooo, definitely not Elizabeth, at least not as a first name. Way too big shoes to fill!

Our current Queen's grandmother was Queen Mary. It wasn't 'too Catholic' for her...

There are other names such as Louise and Adelaide that could in theory get a look in.

Deffo should be Victoria Mary Elizabeth Alice

Iirc, there is already a Louise - the DD of Edward and Sophie?

I think Adelaide may be where my money will go.

Im going for Francesca for a girl and Thomas for a boy.

I suggest they call the child 'Anglesey'. Unique, unisex, and it would annoy Katie Hopkins immensely.

I think they will go for something new and original, like, oh, Jezebel perhaps?

I love Mary and I've been hoping for a comeback for it for a couple of years - maybe this will be it!