Baby Girl for Constantijn & Laurentien - Leonore Marie Irene Enrica

[Maxie]

Originally Posted by carlota

all my best wishes to the family!

i love the whole name. i think they made a great choice. can't wait to see her!

wonder how it is pronounced in dutch... looks quite a latin name to me...

Royalsa explained it quite well, the two o's in the name get a really Dutch sound, like in the word 'oh', but more open and longer.
So it's something like Lay-Oooh-Noooh-ru. At least that is how I pronounce it...

Oh, btw. The 'ooo' is not pronounced like in 'school'. It really is a very long version of the 'o' in 'no'. That silly Dutch Language!

[Lakshmi]

Congratulations!:)
It is the second Leonore among European royals. A bit surprising especially that Spainish Leonore was born just recently but the all new baby's names are very pretty.

[blyton]

Congratulations to the family! The name is really nice.

[berlen]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Royalsa]

The news on the official site of the royal family:

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=16000

[Gloriana]

Lovely name - congratulations!

[GrandDuchess]

Congratulations to the parents, the Royal Family and the country of The Netherlands! Wonderful news!

How is Leonore pronounced in Dutch, does anyone know? It might become a bit confusing at times in the future, with two royal children named Leonor(e), but the name is certainly a nice and different (in Scandinavia measures, that is) one.

[Paula**]

Congratulations to the parents!
By The Way I love the name :)

[mtbcm]

Congratulations!

I love all the names and the way it sounds, at least in portuguese, all together...


(This way dad can, tomorrow, see National Team Under-21 win Euro Cup )

(source of picture: CORBIS)

[Royalsa]

You pronounce Leonore as Leeh-ow-Noh-re (of something like that, it's very hard to explain)

[marezdote]

Congrats to the whole Orange family! I personally really like the names they chose.

[Alexandria]

What a happy addition to the Dutch royal family! :)

The Dutch royal family picks the nicest names for their children: Amalia, Alexia, Eloise, Claus-Casimir, Luana, Anna (Anastasia), Lucas, Felecia, Isabella and Sam. I am not disappointed by Constantijn and Laurentien's daughter's name.

I wonder though where Enrica comes from?

And when did Constantijn and Laurentien arrive back in the Netherlands from their home in Brussels for the arrival of their little girl?

[Royalsa]

Originally Posted by Alexandria

And when did Constantijn and Laurentien arrive back in the Netherlands from their home in Brussels for the arrival of their little girl?

Maybe before Queens Day?

[Royalsa]

You are right, Maxie! But it's so hard to explain.

[Regina]

Be Wellcome Leonor!!! :) :) Congratulations to the family!
(By the way, I love the name)

[christinacg]

Congratulations! I love the name. I wonder where Enrica came from though? Its funny that Leonore has always been one of my favorite names and now there are two royal babies with that name!

[EmmieLou]

CONGRATULATIONS to the family! All those little girls are going to have so much fun growing up together.

I was not fussed on this name when it was used for Felipe and Letizia's daughter, it reminds me of "Lenor" the washing liquid (!).

I assume they are just spelt different and sound the same?

[elisabetteke]

congratulations to Constantijn and Laurentien with their daugther and to Eloise and Claus-Casimir with their sister.
I love the name. (maybe I will call one of my children leonore too)

[PreDoc]

That's wonderful news ... Hopefully, the baby and Mum are doing well :)

[magnik]

Congratulations to the happy parents and older siblings:)
I can't wait to see the newborn.