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Post by Lord Wilingram on Dec 3, 2012 17:41:06 GMT
Taking all bets on names and gender!
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Post by paulchen on Dec 4, 2012 17:35:04 GMT
Already? LOL
Well, if it's a girl I think Elizabeth and Diana would be pretty obvious bets.
Some people in the media are saying John is a favourite if it's a boy [after Diana's father], but I hardly think so as John is a very unlucky name in the Royal Family. Charles will be in there somewhere, maybe Thomas [after a friend from the Van Cutsem family and Camilla's son] or Micahel after Catherine's father.
We shall see. As I've said precviously, this generation seems to like to surprise us all...
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Post by Cinderella on Dec 4, 2012 20:10:42 GMT
For some reason I keep thinking it's a girl, and my guess for her name is Elizabeth with Diana as one of her secondary names.
If a boy, I'm thinking James or possibly Richard for the first name. George seems a little too old-fashioned. Maybe even Charles or Philip for the first name?
But yes, maybe they'll surprise us with some very unusual choice, although I suppose the Queen will have something to say about it since the child is a future king or queen.
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Post by observer on Dec 4, 2012 22:31:40 GMT
Edward or Henry for a boy - not Philip as the only King Philip was King-consort Philip of Spain.
Mary or Alexandra for a girl.
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Post by Lord Wilingram on Dec 6, 2012 7:51:18 GMT
Princess Victoria of Cambridge has a great ring to it. It is my choice for a girl. Think of it Victoria II or Mary III! Though Queen Phillipa would be awesome!
Boys names... how about something we haven't heard before? Michael perhaps. James is a pretty good guess. James III or VIII.
They may go Scottish like Alexander to keep the North happy!
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Post by observer on Dec 6, 2012 10:35:23 GMT
I believe that it was established at the time of the accession of the present queen that if any future monarch had a higher regnal number in Scotland than in England, the new monarch would take the next number. So, if a James, he woold be James VIII. If Alexander, then Alexander IV, and so on.
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Post by Ibelieveinfairytales on Dec 17, 2012 22:09:43 GMT
My fingers are crossed that their baby is a girl. I also wanted CP Victoria's baby to be a girl. Like Estelle's birth, it would be historic now that the laws are being changed.
Mary has a nice ring to it and I can't think of a recent member of the royal family with that first name. I can see them naming the baby Elizabeth, which would be a nice tribute to the Queen.
Alexandra is also nice. Even though there is already an Alexandra in the family.
For a boy, I like David. Michael is also a good name.
As long as the baby is healthy, I think that's all that counts.
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Post by observer on Dec 18, 2012 4:18:54 GMT
If it is a boy, I think I can predict with some confidence that he will not be named either John or Stephen, which seem to be unlucky names in the British Royal Family.
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Post by sullyo on Dec 18, 2012 13:59:11 GMT
Richard has not a lucky history too, none of the Kings of that name died a natural death!.
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Post by observer on Dec 18, 2012 21:40:05 GMT
Richard has not a lucky history too, none of the Kings of that name died a natural death!. But the second and current Richard of Gloucester unexpectedly inherited the Dukedom of Gloucester and is presently living and long and apparently happy and prosperous life. |
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Post by paulchen on May 23, 2013 9:51:36 GMT
It's always nice to speculate, even if I have observed that the current generation of Royal Families keep surprising us. My bets would possibly be as follows:
If a boy: George Philip/Charles Thomas/Michael - HRH Prince George of Cambridge, Earl of Strathern
If a girl: Charlotte Elizabeth Carole Diana - HRH Princess Charlotte Elizabeth of Cambridge
We shall see...
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Post by observer on May 25, 2013 6:23:42 GMT
I believe that among British bookmakers the names Elizabeth, Alexandra and Diana are the front-runners at 6-1, while George and Charles are the current favourite names for a baby boy at 14-1.
The odds on the child being a baby girl at 2-5 and a boy at 2-1.
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Post by observer on Jul 9, 2013 7:03:03 GMT
Given the news that the new child will be known as Prince A or Princess B of Cambridge, it is interesting to note the full names of the last people to have this title:
1. Prince George William Frederick Charles of Cambridge (26 March 1819 - 17 March 1904), second Duke of Cambridge of the 4th creation of 1801.
2. Princess Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise (19 July 1822 - 5 December 1916), later Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and
3, Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge (27 November 1833 - 27 October 1897), later Duchess of Teck, the mother of Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck (26 May 1867 - 24 March 1953), aka Princess May of Teck, once affianced to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, but better and later known as Queen-Empress-consort Mary, the wife of George V.
Princess Victoria Mary is thus the great-great-grandmother of the new infant Prince or Princess of Cambridge, while Princess Mary Adelaide is the 3xgreat grandmother., if I have calculated correctly.
All that being said, there is a range of family names from which to chose to name the new child from those used for its predecessors.
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Post by paulchen on Jul 25, 2013 17:50:30 GMT
Well, most of us were right with the first name and a few with the middle names, even.
The main thing is that HRH The Duchess of Cambridge was delivered of a healthy baby.
Here's a health unto HRH Prince George of Cambridge!
PS I have written to the College of Arms to ask if anyone has given a thought to the possibility of HM The Queen reaching 105 when Prince George will be 18 and be entitled to a Coat of Arms. As a Prince and Great-Grandchild of a monarch has a thought been given to his arms and an appropriate coronet? [The Princess Royal's grandchildren, though older than George, wouldn't be affected as they aren't royal.]
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