Royal baby names Mary 3/1 for a girl

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I'm sure there has been many threads on this already.. read this morning that Mary is the hot favorite for girl & Henry for a boy.
Love Mary hope they use it, Princess Mary nice, fresh & underused, would be nice for Mary to have a comeback. Alice next at 6/1, prefer Mary.

Oscar is popular with European royalty, Prince Oscar sounds nice although not typically British

No, they'd never choose an Irish name. Patrick perhaps? Not Oscar though, I can't see that.

Leo is lovely! A pope's name but as a short name for Leopold they might be allowed.

Gary. His name is Prince Gary

There is a King Leopold on Ben and Holly. He is the big gnome
I don't know why but that's really tickled me, I'm sitting here giggling getting funny looks from DD.
Maybe they'll call him Thistle.

I wish they'd announce it! Did they announce George and Charlotte's names the day after their births?

I'm pretty sure it was days after.

George's middle name is Louis so they've used that one up

They announced George and Charlotte's 2 days after the birth. So we should find out tomorrow!

Prince Oliver sounds ok

Or Prince Vince!

Vlad.

Andthepurplerevolution

Don’t think the royals can use Oliver because of Oliver Cromwell.

Was oliver cromwell worse than Henry the 8th? yes I guess he was.

There's a Prince Vince well Prins Vincent, sounds wrong to me.

I'm going with Arthur Philip Somethingorother....Philip would be a nod to Kate's family as well as Duke of Ed (I assume Pippa is actually Philippa, or if not, it's still a Philip-y sort of name).

King Leopold in Ben And Holly was hilarious - he was just the annoying big gnome with the Rinky Dinky Doo song for ages and then in one episode randomly produced his King Leopold crown from under his gnome hat! Brilliant!

I wonder if they may re-use one of George's names? Alexander possibly? One of Prince Andrew's middle names is Edward.

Selkie was Oliver Cromwell worse than Henry VIII ?
The Irish would certainly think so. He and his army decimated parts of Ireland.
He is a reviled figure in Irish history.

I vote Frederick Arthur James (Freddie).

Has anyone suggested Tupac? Must be a front runner

I'm really starting to suspect Alexander (even though it's one of George's names). Apparently William told someone at the Anzac service today that the baby has "a strong name".

I'm so curious.

Betting has apparently been suspended on Alexander.

Is it not a bit odd to give a child a name already used for your eldest? It's not something I'd do.

Prince Andrew has Edward as one of his middle names.

I guess when you give children multiple middle names it does limit your options for future children.

And when you have such a small pool of names available to you.