Lilibet Diana — what do we think?

[BabyBabyOh]

Harry and Megan have announced the birth of their little girl. Thoughts on the name?

Congratulations to them

Given the rather public falling-out, it's just a bit too much, frankly. Perhaps it was run by the queen (or then again, perhaps not----they are a bit of an impulsive pair), but it seems weird even to ask in the first place. Don't they have any one advising them?

Lily Diana would have been fine.

I love the name Diana with or without it's obvious meaning. Lilibet is strange to me. It's a personal nickname of the Queen and it strikes me as odd to use it. I would have either used Elizabeth or Elspeth (or something similar) as a tribute. Finally, I just don't think it rolls of the tongue nicely/easily. Maybe it's something to do with the number of syllables in each or the consonant at the end of Lilibet and start of Diana being so similar?
Overall I don't hate it but don't love it.

Whenever posters have asked about Lilibet on here prior to this, the name hasn't gone down well. I personally don't like it. But Lily and Betty are cute nicknames.

I LOVE it. So sweet and different.

Tone deaf and twee

If you're gonna line your pockets slagging me off on prime time TV, don't think calling your kid after me is going to make me think any better of you.

I much prefer Lily to Lilibet. Lilibet sounds like a brand of tampons, but not my child, so I don't really care.

I do hope the Queen isn't upset though. She's had enough to deal with lately, but I doubt she will ever meet the child anyway.

Taking someone's pet name is a shit thing to do, but they are shit people, so it's to be expected.

I can't quite believe these two. They've put the Queen through so much stress and now they're using her childhood nickname for their kid. Do they think that will help her to forgive them while they continue to publicly bash the family? Pathetic.

I dunno. I’ve never been a fan of naming a kid with a nickname- it always sounds to me as if the parents aren’t confident the kid will be given an endearment by their mates, like being worried they won’t be loved or liked enough.

And using the Queen’s nickname seems a bit disrespectful, if anything. It’s not like M or H ever got to use it in person with the Queen, it was for the Queen’s older relatives and sibling/cousins to use, surely?

Cute for a toddler, stupid name for a grown woman. Don't know why they are using such a personal name in the very family they are trying to distance themselves from though. Almost as if they are massive attention seekers....

It's really bizarre. All their talk of "genetic pain" and their accusations levelled at the royal family, specifically the parenting - which includes the queen - and then they use the queen's childhood nickname for their child? It's nonsensical, and just a bit of a piss take really.

The thing I'm surprised about is nothing to include Doria. She seems to have done a lot for Meghan, traipsing round the world to support her - to include two names for Harry's side of the family and none for Meghan's seems incredibly dismissive.

Maybe Doria doesn't care. Who knows? But if you're asking for opinions, there's nothing about this name which makes sense.

@Ragoo

After all the negative publicity they've caused and the way in which they spoke about the royal family of late, I think is massively disrespectful and they've got quite a cheek actually.

I agree with this. I don't think it's appropriate, someone mentioned manipulative, inthink it's in bad taste after all they've done to try and destroy the reputation of family members, they shouldn't have picked such a sentimental name belonging to the queen. It would have been nice to have had something to mark Meghans mum too - stinks of manipulation to me

I think Meghan’s mother might feel left out. They could have added her name too.

I think it's a great name. Lilibut is my dds nickname. I love it.

Lilibet.

Shouldn't it be Lilibet Diana Sussex Royal

Strange to use a pet name, it’s not great for a small child but sounds awful on a grown woman. I’m sure a lot of thought was used to come up with that.

They might as well have called her Regina.

Or why not Regina Cordibus-Vestris.

if it had just been lily or lili it would have been fine , but as someone else had said its a manipulative choice by using lilibet , and i think its cheeky as fuck . i realise no one owns a name per say , but that was the queens nickname / petname i dont think after the shit and sheer stress they both have caused her and harry continues to cause her they have any business trying to endear themselves to her by calling their kid by her childhood nickname , i very much doubt they asked her either , if love to be a fly on the wall to know what the royals actually think about this dubious choice of name

I agree with this. I don't think it's appropriate, someone mentioned manipulative, inthink it's in bad taste after all they've done to try and destroy the reputation of family members, they shouldn't have picked such a sentimental name belonging to the queen.

Destroy the reputation? Some family members seem quite capable of doing this themselves.

If you're gonna line your pockets slagging me off on prime time TV, don't think calling your kid after me is going to make me think any better of you.

When did they slag the Queen off?

If I saw this as a birth announcement from any couple, I'd think it was a poor choice for a first name. Lily Diana is lovely or Elizabeth Diana. I don't like Lili, spelt this way as it looks like Lil.

if it had just been lily or lili it would have been fine , but as someone else had said its a manipulative choice by using lilibet , and i think its cheeky

I agree. I find it disrespectful to use the Queen's childhood nickname.

I agree with Exhausted Flamingo and custard bear. It's utterly bizarre, if one of my family members caused me so much pain I certainly wouldn't have called my child after them!
I also think it's weird to use the same/similar names as your cousin, I know I am in the minority with this though.