# Royal Baby name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256 "2013-07-22T22:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/21 "2013-07-23T01:05:14Z")
White Ivy. (Serious prediction: Spencer) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/22 "2013-07-23T01:09:41Z")
Irving. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/23 "2013-07-23T01:29:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The baby will be named Michael Francis. I don’t know, that sounds awfully Catholic… I really, really like James. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/24 "2013-07-23T01:39:18Z")
Robert. Has there ever been a King Robert in England? Why not? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/25 "2013-07-23T01:45:57Z")
D’Brickashaw. I just like saying it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/26 "2013-07-23T01:51:23Z")
I have to admit, Joffrey would be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/27 "2013-07-23T01:54:39Z")
Knut Alfred Albert George ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/28 "2013-07-23T01:56:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > We’ll find out soon, but now we know it’s a boy, wanna guess his name? > > I’m going with George, after his great-grandfather. Considering he’s likely to have four given names and that’s also one of his grandfather’s I would not be surprised it was one. We are actually speculating on what will be his “main” name. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/29 "2013-07-23T02:13:25Z")
Barack Hussein Mountbatten-Windsor ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/30 "2013-07-23T02:16:36Z")
I think James is out because Prince Edward already has a young son named James. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/31 "2013-07-23T02:19:36Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/32 "2013-07-23T02:22:10Z")
Dweezil or Ahmet Rodin Had it been a girl, Moon Unit or Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/33 "2013-07-23T02:26:44Z")
HRH Philip James Henry George, Prince of Cambridge. “Booger,” to his friends. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/34 "2013-07-23T02:27:23Z")
Rudiger. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/35 "2013-07-23T02:27:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Moved Cafe Society –\> MPSIMS. Where I merged it into the existing thread. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/36 "2013-07-23T02:54:22Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I think James is out because Prince Edward already has a young son named James. Wouldn’t James be out for being too Jacobite? Have there been any Jameses in the royal family since the Glorious Revolution? ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/37 "2013-07-23T03:08:46Z")
They should go really old school. Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/38 "2013-07-23T03:52:59Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > They should go really old school. > > Arthur. Not Aethelred? I’ll vote for “Botfly” or “Giardia” - something appropriate for a small parasite. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/39 "2013-07-23T04:12:42Z")
Arthur George Henry Michael. Called Georgie or Mikey. Becomes King Arthur one day (without the sword in the stone bit). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/40 "2013-07-23T04:21:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Robert. Has there ever been a King Robert in England? Why not? No, but there was at least one in Scotland – Robert the Bruce, founder of the Stewart dynasty. (That didn’t die out until Queen Anne!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256.md?page=3)