Went to our first born’s graduation yesterday (pic inset). It was a proud moment for us parents though I couldn’t quite reconcile the fact that most of the people in the audience were grey and must clearly have been a lot older than me and Anne (!? 🙂 ).
“Uhuh” I hear you say. “Okaay. I thought this post was about the royal baby? It’s the only reason I’m reading it!”
Well the point of this conversation is that when Tom was born, Boxing Day, 21 1/2 years ago Anne and I went out every night for a month before the due date. Anne in particular wanted to cram as much social life into her last days of freedom because she knew it was about to vanish, for a long time.
On one of those nights out we decided to have a sweepstake, pound in, to guess the arrival date of the baby. He or she (we didn’t know the sex then) was due on the 12th December. The only date that couldn’t be chosen was the 26th because had the baby not arrived by then Anne would be going in to have the birth induced. Blow me down if he didn’t arrive on the 26th which apart from blowing out Christmas night was fortuitous because on the way home we had blown the money on a curry.
Today is the due date for the royal baby and we are going to have a name the baby competition. I don’t think the sex is known. It certainly hasn’t been made public. You can have two guesses – boy and girl (obv). The winner will be the closest to the actual name remembering that royal babies tend to have lots of names – Reginald William Arbuthnot George etc.
Get your entries in quick because it could arrive any time. Leave a comment. I’ll find a suitable prize for the winner.
PS our Tom has started working at the BBC, initially reading the travel reports on Radio Oxford. It’s a very competitive world out there. The royal baby is entering an uncertain world and will have to work hard to make sure his or her CV looks right for the job market of the future 🙂
127 replies on “Royal baby name”
Boy – George, Michael, Edward Windsor
Girl – Elizabeth, Diana, Francis Windsor
Girl – Britney-Margaret
Boy – Justin-Giles
Wow – Gary is seriously going for it with a highly plausible name 🙂
Boy – Richard
Girl – Elizabeth (but that’s already been taken), so Anne
Diana Elizabeth Windsor
Richard the Fourth has a ring to it:)
Barbara goes well with Windsor for some reason.
Maximilian or Victoria
George William Charles
or
Victoria Elizabeth Anne
Victoria Mary Elizabeth Rose Windsor
Arthur George Henry Philip Windsor
George
Alfred for a boy.
Catherine for a girl.
Alfred, Nelson, Hector Windsor.
Ronald Wendy King 🙂
Pretty innovative that Alic. In one sense it’s quite pragmatic and they could simply strike through the male / female bit when they know the sex. Won’t be long before we find out though they can of course go a full two weeks overdue before the hospital decides to bring on the birth. Assuming it works the same way as when we had ours.
Interesting to see one or two single name entries when the track record is to try and fit as many names as will fit in the box on the birth certificate. Could be a new modern trend, and there again might not. 🙂
Boy: David George Richard Louis Wales
Girl: Elizabeth Diana Barbara Wales
I’m sure we would never be told but I wonder if as she plumbs the depths of pain of childbirth she will shout out “you did this to me you +£$%^&* ” as females of the more common variety are wont to do whilst giving birth.
Also interesting to consider whether it is a Wales or a Windsor – didn’t think of that one.
Sorry to say I didn’t realize there was a new royal baby coming.
If a boy, perhaps Trefor might be a good name. If a girl, perhaps Anne.
Dan
I guess Trefor is not out of the question. It’s a Welsh name and they have Welsh connections (ish). It’s also a very classy name:)
I’d also add Dan that you must live on some remote desert island to not have noticed 🙂
Alexandra Diana Elizabeth Grace
George Charles Edward James
Although I wish they’d go for something a little different.
Boy – James Charles Louis William
Girl – Alice Catherine Diana Elizabeth
Boy Bradley Andrew Mohammed
Girl Ellen Victoria Adel
Mohammed is a serious play for the world peace vote and could be a winner. Would show the young couple to be heavy hitting head of state material 🙂
Male: Frederick Ulric Charles Kingsley
Female: Kimberley Natasha Ophellia Winnifred Sally
philip for a boy
helen for a girl
I vote for Clive’s names. (we do get a vote, don’t we?)
It’s not a question of a vote – unless the royal couple are going to take notice of popular opinion. It’s a question of what matches the eventual name/s the kid gets
My guess…
Charles Matthew William Windsor
Diana Elizabeth Windsor
Charlotte
and
Arthur
It’s about time we had another King Arthur
Boy: Edward James George
Girl: Beatrice Victoria Mary
George Charles Mountbatten Windsor
Olivia Diana Rose Windsor. Peter Louis William. Windsor..
Girl – Ann
Boy: Wayne
Girl: Waynetta
Henry Charles Phillip
Or
Mavis Tracey Sharon
Boy: Charles Michael Albert Windsor
Girl: Catharine Elizabeth Victoria Windsor
Boy: Canute Jay Brian
Girl: Boudica Kerry Margaret
Boy – George, with Charles, Richard and James in any order as middle names
Girl – Alexandra, with Charlotte, Elizabeth and Diana in any order as middle names
Tref – to answer your earlier query re: Windsor/Wales, I think the child will likely be a Cambridge as that is the parents’ ‘territorial title’.
Girl: Mary Catherine Diana Elizabeth
Boy: James William Charles George
It’s a girl and her first name will be Elizabeth!
It will be a girl and she will be called Elizabeth
re your second comment Keith – either it’s you getting more confident about the sex or you didn’t realise that first time comments are moderated:)
Victoria Diana for a girl
George Reginald for a boy
Gertrude for a girl
Fred for a boy :p
Boy: George William Charles Windsor
Girl: Victoria Elizabeth Diana Windsor
Boy: James Windsor
Girl: Charlotte Windsor
Letitia sounds good though Dwayne if it’s a boy
Boy – Henry James
Girl – Grace Alexandra
Boy: Andrew
Girl: Megan
Can’t believe no-one’s tried : Ralph
I’m going with Boy – Richard Philip Charles
I think the names Victoria, Diana and Elizabeth are likely candidates if a girl,
if a Boy, I’m thinking Philip, George and Andrew.
In any combination.
As an outside bet I could see them with;
Boy – Ashton, Lenny, Sid, Windsor
Girl – Chantelle, Tiffany, Lightning Windsor
Purely to try and reach out to the people of course.
Paul
I take it Ralph is the name of one of the Queen’s favourite corgis?
Almost up at the name the Beckham baby level of entries and still no sign of it (ie the kid) dropping. Tell your friends to enter this competition. The event merits us getting into treble figures 🙂
matilda Elizabeth Dorothy
john Charles phillip michael
Boy – Dave
Girl – Britney
Girl – Victoria
Boy – Phillip
How about Brown Windsor – male or female
Boy: Alexander Harold George Windsor
Girl: Alexandra Harriet Georgina Windsor
I am going to go with:
BOY: George , Philip, Louis, William,
and
GIRL: Georgina, Phylis, Louise, Wilma.
Bound to be traditional royal names respecting previous generations!
TFG
Eleanor Elizabeth Diana
Good stuff. Karen has taken us past the number of comments in the Beckham baby name competition. Onwards and upwards. Get your friends to take part:)
Girl: Susan Angelica Michelle Windsor (I can tell they’re Witches of Eastwick fans)
Boy: James Bond Windsor
My moneys on James George ,or Alexandra Elizabeth… I would buy everyone in the office a round should Neil be right (although it would be hilarious)
Chardonnay Mercedes
Wayne Rufus Nice-but-dim
Diana
Albert
Boy Henry George Edward
Girl Victoria Elizabeth Mary
James;
Caroline
Girl: Alexandra Emma Florence Elizabeth
Boy: Henry William Edward Charles
One wonders that with the Queen’s visit to Lords today for the 2nd Ashes Test is this a hint that a boy might be imminent and that it will be named after a cricketer? !!
Girl: Victoria Grace
Boy: George William
Woody
Boy- George
Girl- Tulisa
Boy: George Richard Samuel Windsor
Girl: Mary Elizabeth Jessica Windsor
Boy
James Henry Charles Edward
Girl: Alexandra Florence Elizabeth Windsor
Boy: James George William Windsor
(I’ve gone for law of averages…)
Sophie, Diana
ranking #1 for “royal baby name competition” on Google – well done all.
Diana if a girl and Dia if a boy.
Changed my mind having seen the posts
Boy William Charles Dia
Girl Elizabeth Charlotte Diana
Princess Annabelle Carole Diana Windsor
Prince George William Richard Windsor
Victoria Tabatha Elizabeth
James Ethelred Kanute
harold
boadicea
Albert edward gregory
Victoria elizabeth diana helen
Tom Wales
Charlotte Diana
Mary
Frederick Alexander
Charlotte Elizabeth
Boy: Louis Charles
Girl: Victoria Diana
Louis George Philip Arthur
Smith
Diana Victoria Aimy
Boy: Charles Louis
Girl: Charlotte Diana
Dafydd
Myfanwy
George
Charlotte
Girl – Alexandra Diana
Boy – Albert James
James
Beatrice
The baby will be called Hugo. Even if it’s a girl. I just think Wills has got his heart set on that name.
Victoria Diana Elizabeth Windsor
probably too late, but here goes:
Boy: Bernard (Bernie) Peacock Triumphant Axle McWindsor
Girl: Bernarde (Bernii) Peacock Triumphant Axle McWindsor
Btw I’ve decided that the prize is going to be a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne. If nobody gets the name absolutely right then it will either go to the nearest right one or to the most innovative guess. If there is more than one right guess then I’ll stick the names in a hat.
Also no trying to cheat. These comments are timestamped so any arriving after the official time of the birth will be invalid 🙂
Boy: Henry George James
Girl: Alexandra Victoria Anne
Florence-girl
Boy: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch Sherlock Windsor
Girl: Aurora Katie Diana Sophia Rose Windsor
Girl : Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
Boy: Henry Charles Albert
Girl : Sera
Boy: Sero
being an anne, i’m going for anne carole (and yes, i’m reckoning on a princess!)
boy – George Charles Windsor
girl – Victoria Diana Mary Windsor
#RoyalBaby post now has 116 comments inc this one and 50 tweets excl mine
Ok no more entries. Kid is born though no name yet. They have 6 weeks to register it anyway 🙂
Boy-Coleman
Right that’s definitely it. I let Susan sneak one in. My gut feel is that the rest of you are safe with her guess:)
George arthur
Purrsonally I don’t think you have much chance of winning if your entry has less than four names in it. Also if you only guessed a girl’s name you are already out of the running, obv.
Boy – Benjamin James
There is of course the chance that they will reverse historical convention and instead of naming a pub after the royal they will name the royal after a pub. Prince Frog and Parrot?
George John Philip William
Ok we have a name: George Alexander Louis
There isn’t an exact match but I’ll take a skeet and let you know the outcome:)
I’m quite gutted I didn’t guess either of the middle names, in spite of going for Alexandra as a middle name for a girl! 🙁
Post on the winning entries here http://www.trefor.net/2013/07/25/royal-baby-name-competition-winners/
check to see if you have won a prize:) Thanks to everyone for entering.