# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/81 "2013-07-23T14:41:13Z")
Does the birth name matter that much? Isn’t a new name often given when they become king? Queen Elizabeth’s father was King George VI but his birth name was Albert Frederick Arthur George. A mouthful. 😉 King George V birth name was George Frederick Ernest Albert ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/82 "2013-07-23T14:45:29Z")
They always use one of their baptismal names, as the examples of Edward VIII and George VI show. Edward was known as David in the family, and George was known as Bertie, but their baptismal names included Edward and George, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/83 "2013-07-23T15:04:06Z")
I came in to say Ethelred Cnut, tradition and all that, but I see I am far from the first. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/84 "2013-07-23T15:09:02Z")
What is their last 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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/85 "2013-07-23T15:15:31Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I came in to say Ethelred Cnut One slip of the tongue by a nearsighted grade school teacher and the kid’s life is hell from then on. BEST CASE SCENARIO is they’ll just call him Ethel the Red Cnut, but sooner or later someone will switch the n and u and you’ll have a future king with a lot of people he wants dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/86 "2013-07-23T15:23:11Z")
_Here’s a list of people who I’m going to shoot Because life ain’t easy for a boy named Cnut_ ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/87 "2013-07-23T15:38:56Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > What is their last name? Their last name is Mountbatton-Windsor. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/88 "2013-07-23T15:45:24Z")
Are you sure its known to be a boy? There are those who still hope for a girl. He could be George Michael Elton John. He can go by the nickname Boy George. When he’s coronated he can be Freddie the 1st. What could be better? ---
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/89 "2013-07-23T15:51:56Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Their last name is Mountbatton-Windsor. _Well._ Officially, the surname “Mountbatten-Windsor” only applies to those members of the family that don’t have the style of HRH and the title of Prince/Princess. Their surname could be Mountbatten-Windsor, or it could be Windsor; in the military the princes have used “Wales” as a surname; and of course the new baby is Prince Something of Cambridge so he could also use “Cambridge”. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/90 "2013-07-23T15:53:00Z")
> [@ctnguy](#): > > _Well._ Officially, the surname “Mountbatten-Windsor” only applies to those members of the family that don’t have the style of HRH and the title of Prince/Princess. Their surname could be Mountbatten-Windsor, or it could be Windsor; in the military the princes have used “Wales” as a surname; and of course the new baby is Prince Something of Cambridge so he could also use “Cambridge”. But you doesn’t have to call him Johnson. [Older Dopers may get it.] ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/91 "2013-07-23T16:00:43Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > But you doesn’t have to call him Johnson. > [Older Dopers may get it.] You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, etc. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond\_J.\_Johnson,\_Jr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_J._Johnson,_Jr). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/92 "2013-07-23T16:11:59Z")
They should name the baby Josey Wales. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/93 "2013-07-23T16:13:03Z")
I think WINSTON might be an interesting choice. Nice British name ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/94 "2013-07-23T16:46:52Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > HRH Philip James Henry George, Prince of Cambridge. That would be HRH Prince Philip James Henry George of Cambridge. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/95 "2013-07-23T16:47:32Z")
I like: -Algernon -Sholto -Cnut -Aelthestan -or Clyde ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/96 "2013-07-23T17:50:39Z")
Prince Diana North-West Kardashian Philip Artist Alfred Edward Henry Richard James George Marley Me Victor Victoria Hassenpfeffer Egregious Rondonaldrick Luther Mungo Muhammad Albus Severus Dakota Middleton Mountbatten-Windsor-Gonzales. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/97 "2013-07-23T18:08:34Z")
Aaron Nicholas (that’s my IRL name) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/98 "2013-07-23T18:14:31Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Prince Diana North-West Kardashian Philip Artist Alfred Edward Henry Richard James George Marley Me Victor Victoria Hassenpfeffer Egregious Rondonaldrick Luther Mungo Muhammad Albus Severus Dakota Middleton Mountbatten-Windsor-Gonzales. Iggy for short. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/99 "2013-07-23T18:27:00Z")
Looks ginger - Hamish? ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256/100 "2013-07-23T18:28:15Z")
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