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Meghan and Harry's baby will be called....

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IdaBWells · 15/10/2018 21:56

Roll up! Roll up! All those unashamed to be inappropriately obsessing about a new Royal baby name welcome here!

As Harry and his desecendants are rapidly becoming outnumbered by the Cambridge side of the family they have much less to worry about in terms of a suitable name for a monarch, therefore, within reason they can be bit more free and creative, but still relatively formal.

I wish we could place bets but in the meantime I invite you to have a REALISTIC stab at naming the new Sussex baby.

We can have Stacie (Anastasia) or Fred (Frederick) but I will go with

Girl: Alexandra
Boy: Leo

1 boys name and 1 girls name each please no massive lists of Royals since Ethelbert!

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Picknickers · 15/10/2018 23:49

Dorinda or Albert

NewName54321 · 15/10/2018 23:52

Alfie (as Will & Kate couldn’t use it for Louis due to baby Alfie Evans being in the news)

For a girl, either Caroline (like Charlotte, it is a feminine form of Charles) or something not considered a traditional royal name.
Or Rose?

Mumtobe193 · 16/10/2018 00:17

Rose
Albert

IdaBWells · 16/10/2018 02:29

Alfie is just not considered a cute name in America the way It is in Britain, I can’t see Meghan going for it personally. In fact any names that have a distinctly unique British cutesy feel are just as unlikely to crossover successfully.

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Kokeshi123 · 16/10/2018 02:43

Of course they are not going to call the baby Alfie. The British royal family doesn't do cutesy diminutives and the Americans don't do them either.

Kokeshi123 · 16/10/2018 02:44

I reckon something like Sophia or Alexandra/Alexander.

Marcipex · 16/10/2018 02:51

Rachel Elizabeth

Alexander Philip

I think it's a girl though.

IdaBWells · 16/10/2018 05:23

Even Harry until Prince Harry came along would've been considered, very, very old fashioned by most people in the USA and very "left field". There are obvious exceptions such as Harry Conick Jr. but he was named after his father. So there are lots of names that are still used in the UK and considered "classic" that do not have the popularity in the US. Georgina for example is considered a great-grandma name unless you are Hispanic.

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Sophronia · 16/10/2018 05:52

Victoria or Theodore

Yellowsunredroses · 16/10/2018 06:06

Alexander

Eleanor

Megan will want to try and be ‘posh’ and ‘english’

Downeyhouse · 16/10/2018 06:14

Doubt it will be Sam or Samantha!

I am guessing

Phoebe
Or
Tobias

IdaBWells · 16/10/2018 06:19

Well we have no idea what Meghan will want. My guess however, as she is smart and well educated, is that she will be only too aware that her child will be focus of worldwide attention as a mixed-race royal child. She will know her kid will have to navigate very different audiences in the UK and the US for example, just as she has had to do as someone of mixed heritage. Therefore I'm guessing she will either go extremely neutral and simple such as John, or anything else they chose will not be super "posh" or "very English" that's why I was thinking something like Leo. Leopold was used by Queen Victoria for one of her sons so it's very Royal but also Leo is currently popular in both UK and the USA and is a simple name used in a lot of cultures.

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 16/10/2018 06:28

Alice or Sophia

Arthur or Theodore

wizzler · 16/10/2018 06:32

Elizabeth Rachel
Thomas Philip

AliCanTea · 16/10/2018 08:09

I'm a little worried they'll use our top choice of Rosa. Classic name but also good links to Rosa Parks and other strong women from history.

PurpleFlowersInMyHair · 16/10/2018 08:40

I am due around the same time

We haven’t decided on names yet but will be royally pissed off if they get in first with our chosen name!

lifechangesforever · 16/10/2018 08:45

Girl: Theodora
Boy: Harvey 

Alltheprettyseahorses · 16/10/2018 09:55

Mary
Sebastian

HumbleCrumble · 16/10/2018 13:15

Emily
Leo

finallychangedmyusername · 16/10/2018 13:22

I could see them going with something Welsh. Harry would feel it's honouring his Prince of Wales status, Megs would think it's kewyt and (most importantly) Granny Liz would approve.

Carys or Owen.

elliejjtiny · 16/10/2018 13:31

I think they will choose something fairly traditional but not as traditionally royal as kate and William chose. Biblical names are quite popular in America I think

Jacob for a boy
Lydia for a girl

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 16/10/2018 13:41

Girl or boy, I'm going for Tig -

  • short, snappy and a nod in the direction of 'The Tig' and Tiggy Legge-Bourke.
formerbabe · 16/10/2018 17:23

I think it will be a girl

Something classic, feminine and beautiful...traditional but slightly more modern than wills and Kate would go for..

Sophia
Eleanor
Caroline
Isabella
Grace

almondsareforevermore · 16/10/2018 19:37

Something American, spelled oddly, like Meghan or Condolleezzaa or Hillary.

offtheshoulder · 16/10/2018 19:50

I also think girl, and much more modern.

I read that Spencer Matthew's son is called Theodore or I would have suggested that for a boy.

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