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.

I wouldn’t say any names are particularly Protestant or catholic - but then I’m not Irish! I don’t think most people would say Mary was only a catholic name.

I wouldn't say it's "only" Catholic. But it's the most catholic girls name there is, surely. I'm not Irish either.

How about May, Queen Mother's name I think?

What about Queen Mary of Teck?

They could go with Maria - most popular name I think in Greece.

Personally I think Alice for a girl & Arthur for a boy.

Victoria Elizabeth for a girl
Arthur Philip michael for a boy

The Queen Mother was called Elizabeth not May.

Why is it a problem for them to use the name Mary? Don't protestants believe Mary was the mother of Jesus? I know she has greater significance in Catholicism but she's hardly persona non grata in the Anglican Church is she???

"Too Catholic" names might be things like Bernadette or Imelda (neither of which is plausible for royalty anyway).

Mary is fine. Wasn't Mary II the one who basically helped her husband William of Orange take the crown of England by force to STOP her father James II from establishing a Catholic dynasty in England and to defend Protestantism in Europe? Mary was a common name for mainstream Protestant girls until the 1970s in England, and is still sometimes used as a middle name.

Oh, well, someone was called May!

Anyway, I don't think they'll use Mary because Princess Mary makes everyone think of the Australian one (now Danish).

It'll be Alice, mark my words.

Or it'll be a boy. Then I'm not sure, but would put money on Arthur.

Apparently Charlotte should have been ‘Lady’ rather than HRH and the Queen had to consent to the surplus Cambridge DCs getting a title above their station.

It says a lot about how much the couple think of themselves.

I think Caroline would be a nice tribute to Kate's mother Carole.
It will probably be Alice.
Or Arthur for a boy.
Or Louis.

Has there been an English royal called Louis before? The last famous royal Louis ended up with his head in a basket so if they're superstitious they might avoid that!

Love Mary. Isnt it a boy!? William supposedly let that slip.

May was Princess May of Teck who married George V and became Queen Mary, the Queen’s grandmother. Their daughter was Princess Mary, the Queen’s aunt.

I doubt he let anything slip! He's not that daft...

Wasnt parking for mortals blocked from 9th april to 30th so id say baby due about 16th april.

Yep that baby isn't far off now. It's funny how excited everyone is about a baby who will be Andrew's equivalent in 40 years time, ie a hated waster even by royalists standards

Lol spose so. The future randy andy. What a thought.

Why wouldn't all the Cambridge babies be prince and princess? They will be the children of the monarch.

‘Will be’ yes, but they aren’t at the moment.

justa no I don't think anyone has a "problem " with Mary as a name. But the British monarchy's rules of succession most definitely have a "problem" with Catholicism (ie a legal rule that the heir may not marry one) that I personally would've though precluded such an obviously catholic choice

I thought the queen's grandmother was Mary?

Georgie.... I have no idea what your point is.

It is interesting that a man concerned about overpopulation has decides to have at least 3 children though.

Erm. Well I wasn’t responding to you so all good then.

It seemed to be ok for the Protestant Queen Mary II 1662-1694. Also Queen Mary who died in 1953. It was a perfectly normal and very common girl’s name in the twentieth century. Not exclusively Catholic at all.