# Royal Baby Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469 "2017-09-04T12:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/1 "2017-09-04T12:11:30Z")
I hereby offer myself to run the 2018 Royal Baby Names contest. (Gosh help me.) You may propose one boy’s name and one girl’s name. Go. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/2 "2017-09-04T12:15:57Z")
Boy: Louis Girl: Patricia ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/3 "2017-09-04T12:30:40Z")
Girl: Elizabeth Boy: Phillip ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/4 "2017-09-04T13:45:03Z")
Boy: Charles Girl: Camilla ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/5 "2017-09-04T14:47:04Z")
Boy: James Girl: Victoria ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/6 "2017-09-04T21:57:43Z")
Edward. Alexandra. Does this mean the Cambridges are expecting a third, or is it just in case? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/7 "2017-09-04T22:38:40Z")
Yes, Will & Kate have announced they are expecting. Here’s the NYT: [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/world/europe/uk-kate-william-pregnant.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/world/europe/uk-kate-william-pregnant.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/8 "2017-09-05T16:50:23Z")
Girl: Mary Boy: Henry ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/9 "2017-09-05T17:21:33Z")
Girl: Alice Boy: Philip ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/10 "2017-09-19T14:57:45Z")
3rd child…no need to go traditional…Xander and Jayden ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/11 "2017-09-19T18:09:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > 3rd child…no need to go traditional…Xander and Jayden There’s already Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden, the grandson of the Duke of Gloucester, who is 26th in line to the throne. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/12 "2017-09-19T18:55:23Z")
Boy: John Girl: Cersei Time to break the taboos! 8 centuries is long enough without a John. And Cersei is just the kind of queen England needs! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/13 "2017-09-19T19:14:16Z")
Boy: Chuy Girl: Frida ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/14 "2017-09-19T21:17:22Z")
Bubba… I am kinda partial to Rebecca for a girl ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/15 "2017-09-19T21:45:23Z")
Actually, John has never worked out well for the royal family. Aside from the notorious one, the last time the family tried “John,” he was the youngest of George V’s six children (when George was still Prince of Wales). John was an epileptic who died young, and rarely made public appearances with the family. Personally, I wonder if he had Dravet’s syndrome. It’s a sodium channel defect that results in seizures, various degrees of retardation, and a progressive movement disorder, the progression of which varies greatly by patient, and no one is entirely sure if it is just another symptom of the sodium transfer defect, or possibly related to brain damage from tonic-clonic seizures. It’s genetic, but it’s a spontaneous mutation, so there don’t have to be any other examples of it in the royal family. Other Johns in the family have not worked out well either. There’s a bit of a superstition around it in the royal family now, apparently. Since Charlotte is actually “Charlotte Elizabeth Diana,” Diana and Elizabeth are probably out of the running. I kinda surprised Alice is on top of the list. That was the name of Edward VII’s notorious mistress. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/16 "2017-09-19T22:00:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 8 centuries is long enough without a John. The last John who was anywhere close to the throne was the queen’s uncle\*, who died at the age of 13. There is a living John, but he’s a Knatchbull - one of Mountbatten’s g’grandchildren – and is several hundred steps down the line of succession. - The one RivkahChaya mentioned ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/17 "2017-09-19T22:12:05Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I kinda surprised Alice is on top of the list. That was the name of Edward VII’s notorious mistress. Philip’s mother was Princess Alice. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/18 "2017-10-28T16:43:52Z")
Boy: Charles Girl: Anne ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/19 "2017-10-29T12:37:00Z")
I had forgotten about this thread! When is the child due? ==eta== April, and of course the name will not be announced until after the birth. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469/20 "2017-10-29T12:52:41Z")
My wife guesses: Michael (for Kate’s father) Carole (for Kate’s mother) Has there been a Michael of late? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-names/795469.md?page=2)