# Is it known if Charles has decided on a regnal name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928 "2014-03-30T20:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/41 "2014-04-02T06:36:31Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Ah, I think he should just stick with Charles. It’s not like he’s going to have a very long reign anyway and maybe he could help take the taint off the name. There’s no particular hand wringing over the name in the UK. Charles I may have been a disaster but Charles II was a pretty solid monarch (despite his lothario ways). Every ‘kingly’ name we’ve had has some dodgy monarch attached to it somewhere down the line (Richard, Edward, Henry, George, William, you name it). ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/42 "2014-04-02T10:51:32Z")
I would say ‘James’ would be a more problematic name than the others to adopt as King for now. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/43 "2014-04-02T14:35:39Z")
Æthelstan. Or, if Cnut is out, how about Harthacnut? But really, I’m hoping for Jane. “Jayne’s a girl’s name!” “Well, Jayne ain’t a girl!” Or, maybe he’ll create a new regnal name, like Otis. _That’s_ kingly. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/44 "2014-04-02T16:12:50Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Or, if Cnut is out, how about Harthacnut? Or Whatacnut? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/45 "2014-04-02T16:28:26Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > There’s no particular hand wringing over the name in the UK. Charles I may have been a disaster but Charles II was a pretty solid monarch (despite his lothario ways). > > Every ‘kingly’ name we’ve had has some dodgy monarch attached to it somewhere down the line (Richard, Edward, Henry, George, William, you name it). And, as noted, if he took Charles, it would mean that “Charles III” means him, and delegitimize the use of “Charles III” to refer to the “Young Pretender”. Not that after over 200 years we should give a crap about Jacobite claims, but it has entertainment value. “Philip” would actually be entertaining, too. We would get to watch the hand wringing over him taking a “foreign” king name, which was all well enough for France and Spain, but isn’t a name for a BRITISH king. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/46 "2014-04-02T16:42:02Z")
Ringo, allowing the tabloids to refer to him more compactly as “Kingo.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/47 "2014-04-02T16:59:05Z")
I suppose Kong is right out. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928/48 "2014-04-02T17:03:31Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > . . . an excellent prospect, given that the royals enjoy middle-class lifestyles, . . . 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-known-if-charles-has-decided-on-a-regnal-name/684928.md?page=2)