Arrh its a boy - please don't call it George!

[SadPander]

Not sure how I feel about using my boys name, George, if Kate and William use it. Am I being stupid or would this put you off? Not due until December so is it a big deal??

i think Blackadder would put me off Edmund but they are probably too young to remember it :)

Alfred might work, but I bet they'd be put off by the masses of Alfies all over the country.

I don't like Edmund, but I do like Eddie so I won't be too dismissive of it.

I LOVE Johnny. You can't go wrong calling your son Johnny.

It would be amazing if they went completely left field. After all the Queen has a great granddaughter called Savannah!

True but not so close to the throne.

My left field option guess would be something like Nicholas or Lawrence - still not that different but away from the "royal" selection.

They are probably locked in a room with a laminated sheet bearing two names and the Queen is sitting outside with the keys saying 'make up your minds'.

Ha Ha - maybe :o

We took 3 days for our first and a week and a hlaf with our 2nd so the country might have a bit of a wait on it's hands........and they might starve in their room in the meantime....unless of course Queenie has their newborn held hostage outside the locked room :o

Hasn't William got a cousin George-Lady Sarah's son?

I'm sure I read somewhere that James is a favourite-but would also have thought not due to that being Edward's son.

Also read that Edward & Sophie wanted to call him Theodore, but the Queen vetoed it

Can the Queen veto names? How come she allowed Zara, which is even less royal than Theodore?

I think because much like Savannah the further away from succeeding the thrown they are, the less control she feels the need to exert over their names.

Apparently Beatrice or Eugenie (can't remember which one) was going to be called Annabell by her parents but the Queen said 'no' as she didn't approve of her granddaughter having the same name as a nightclub.

How come she allowed Zara, which is even less royal than Theodore?

Cos Princess Anne has bigger balls than Edward so probably told her to get to fuck :o

In reply to the original post, I am named after a Royal, my parents were going to call me something different but then changed it there were 7 of us in my class at school with the same name. It has never bothered me, in fact I don't think anyone has ever commented on it.

I met a 'Magic' today (boy). I wonder.....

Annabel is much nicer than Beatrice or Eugenie. Pity they didn't stand their ground.
I would have thought Edward's son would be pretty far removed from the throne. The Queen (or, I presume, her advisers) should have kept her/their beak out.

Ooh-Diana's paternal GF was Albert!

I think that Edward's son is now 8th in line?

Agh, I'm due in 4 weeks and expecting our DS3. The one and only name we agree on is Henry, so I'm really hoping they don't go with Henry!! Or else will be back to the drawing board

I'm due in December too and I wouldn't use a name that Will and Kate choose.

Two reasons really; one, the name will shoot up in popularity and although I like fairly popular, traditional type names I really don't want a name in the top five. Two, everyone will think you've deliberately picked it because of the royals!

I don't think they'll choose Henry as that's Harry's actual name, and the same for James as it's Kate's brothers name.

I think Edward is eighth in line to the throne now:- Charles, William, baby, Harry, Andrew, Beatrice, Eugenie, Edward.

Fuck sorry for all the posts! But I don't think they'll pick Johnathan either because of Prince John. I beleieve that since him there's been no one called John in direct line to the throne

They may pick a name they like but also have a name for when he's King. The Queen's father was Bertie but became King George and Edward vlll was David.

Yes, I miscounted

Edward's son is 9th in line!

And yes, of course, her brother is also James.

Gary, after her Uncle??

Albert is not allowed.
well, i think they're allowed to call him Albert, but Albert cannot be his King name.

I like Arthur or Frederick.
actually, I love Frederick.

Penis-y means penis related.

A Prince Albert is the name of a penile piercing favoured by Queen Victoria's husband.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_(genital_piercing)

Why is Albert out?

Naming this child is a diplomatic minefield!