What should the Royal baby be named and why?

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From left, Prince Charles, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Prince Philip, King George VI and the then Princess Elizabeth (the Queen).

What should the Royal baby be named and why?

The Duchess of Cambridge is expected to give birth to the new heir to the throne after the Duke of Cambridge (Prince William) in mid-July of this summer. Although the sex of the baby is not yet known, bets on the name of the future Monarch of Britain and Commonwealth realms have been lodged and the leading girls names are Alexandra, Charlotte, Elizabeth and Victoria whilst the leading boys names are Charles, George and James.

Royal names are usually picked for historical signifigance so bare this in mind when making a choice. It'd be interesting if anybody would pick a name based on their admiration for a former Monarch and what they admire about that monarch - makes the debate a bit more interesting. That said, you can simply post that you like a certain name for whatever reason - provided it's reasonable.

I'm not usually a killjoy, but any moronic posts suggesting the baby should be named after Kim Karashian or Justin Bieber - i'll request that the moderators come down heavily on any pointless posts in this thread. So please be sensible.

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The debate is open to you.

[Kardan]

I'd like to see a name that isn't considered 'Royal' (Like Elizabeth/Victoria/Charles/James/Henry), but I wouldn't like to see a modern name either. Although I fully expect that the child will probably get royal middle names and what not

Charlotte is nice... I do wonder whether Diana will feature in the name at all, if it's a girl of course.

Personally, I'd go for Charlotte Diana Elizabeth

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Although my favourite monarchs are Queen Elizabeth I and Queen-Empress Victoria, i'd have to say that I quite fancy they go for a new name - especially as now it's certain the first born will become monarch. For the girl name i'd quite like Alexandra and for the boy mmm.... no more George's certainly (we've had too many!), same for Edward I think ..... i'd probably like to see James - King James I after all was a mighty fine monarch and certainly ranks as one of my top monarchs.

So Alexandra or James i'd quite like to see. Anything please but a George or an Edward though.

[Sieglinde]

Alice or Mary
as long as Diana is in the middle name any name will sound lovely

[LiquidLuck.]

First of all, I like the fact that ''Catherine'' is also a pretty fancy name even more than ''Diana'' was. I'm not sure if it is a girl it should be named after William's mother because that would be a weight too big for her to live up to..

I decided to have a little bit of fun in google and look for Queen Elizabeth II's maternal heritage and this is what I found out.
Mother: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Grandmother: Cecília Bowes-Lyon
Great grandmother: Caroline Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck

And as for her paternal ancestors:
Grandmother: Maria de Teck
Great grandmother: Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
Great great grandmother: Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Great great great grandmother: Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen Dagsburg

(And Prince Philip also has ancestors called Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel and Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg).

Therefore I believe a really beautiful and still royal name for the baby to get, if it's a girl would be Caroline.

P.S.: Omg with all this I found out that Prince Philip's father is a direct cousin of Nicholas II of Russia.. wow mind blowing..

[iBlueBox]

Although my favourite monarchs are Queen Elizabeth I and Queen-Empress Victoria, i'd have to say that I quite fancy they go for a new name - especially as now it's certain the first born will become monarch. For the girl name i'd quite like Alexandra and for the boy mmm.... no more George's certainly (we've had too many!), same for Edward I think ..... i'd probably like to see James - King James I after all was a mighty fine monarch and certainly ranks as one of my top monarchs.

So Alexandra or James i'd quite like to see. Anything please but a George or an Edward though.

James I a fine monarch? With his massive spending, orgys and allegedly homosexuality crippling the crown into bigger debt?

[MKR&*42]

I think Phoebe offered a fab name

[lemons]

MONIQUA THE 1ST

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James I a fine monarch? With his massive spending, orgys and allegedly homosexuality crippling the crown into bigger debt?

I admire him for his work towards creating the Union, he was an early staunch unionist.

[Samantha]

I think I'd like to see something different that isn't really known as monarchs, but again not that popular. Perhaps going back say 15/20 years seeing what names were popular then (admittedly Elizabeth was then), and choosing one like that to keep an older feel to the name, but one that isn't overused or too popular.

Kimberly has a nice ring to it, Princess Kimberly would sound interesting, although I'm unsure for a boys name.