Quick Poll

[gillybeanz]

For a friend.

If you had the same Christian names as a Royal couple.

Think Elizabeth and Phillip would you call your eldest son Charles
William and Kate - George.

Because you want to use the name, chose it, your favourite, and it's what you want?

Friend said no because of implications of what people might think, I said I would.

I would.

I wouldn’t

Yes I would

I probably would, but I wouldn't use more than one.

E.g. William and Kate plus George and Amelia

But not William and Kate plus George and Charlotte

Yes I would use it. The number of times when your child will be referred to alongside both of your names is very small.

No

No I wouldn't.

No, everyone would feel the need to comment and it would get boring.

I would, if I really, really loved the name, but

You'd have to be prepared for people to point it out to you for the rest of your child's life

If you're ok with that, do it.
If it would bother you, I really wouldn't

Yes, I probably would use it. They're all very normal, classic names.

No I wouldn't

No. Not unless you're a serious Royalist.

Probably not, TBH, and I really like the names Charles and George.

No I wouldn't. Similar thing, I know a family where the mum was obsessed with Wuthering Heights and changed their house name to that, and named their kids after the character. I imagine the royal connection would make that kind of scenario worse.

It's weird because the person concerned is a relative and his sibling was going to be called this name, but we decided on using it as a middle name for sibling. (it wasn't a royal name back then

I said they should use it, but I think Annabelle is right, I'm not sure they'd be happy people pointing it out all the time, especially if they asked if it was intentional.