royalistbert
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Spare the child the weight of Diana as a first name.
The "problem" is that if the child is called Diana, all the past will be raked over, marriage, divorce, lovers, death - the whole of it all over the press at a time when the focus should be on the baby and the Cambridges. It just isn't the right thing to do for the first baby girl. Even 2nd or 3rd names will do the same thing.
Diana Victoria Elizabeth Caroline wouldn't surprise me. Why Caroline? I can't see Carole making the final cut.
It would be a wonderful nameHow about Catherine Elizabeth Diana Carole.
I do think so it will be a middle name. I'm thinking on Victoria as a first name.If they have a girl, im sure Diana will be one of the name, but not the first name
I do think so it will be a middle name. I'm thinking on Victoria as a first name.
I think it's a great possibility and it would be a wonderful choiceIm hoping Elizabeth will be here first name
I think it's a great possibility and it would be a wonderful choice
The perfect name!! Great choicesElizabeth Victoria Diana Catherine
For the record, my posts are meant in good fun, and I hope you will take my "dig" at you in the spirit it was intended.
My point, however, was your comment that Will and Kate could name their baby Victoria notwithstanding CP Victoria of Sweden because she is an unknown and this baby has been world famous from the moment of conception. That's something an American would think regarding some famous American.
However, I do agree with you that Will and Kate should name their child what they wish within the limited selection suitable for a future monarch, notwithstanding all of the other future monarchs running around the planet. If they feel Victoria is the best choice based upon personal preference, history, and general sentiment of the child's future subjects, then I quite agree that these considerations should prevail over the royals of other nations. Nobody would suggest this child should not be named Elizabeth, notwithstanding the fact that there is a 9 year old future Queen in Belgium by that name.
I agree on Caroline rather than Carole.
I think Catherine itself is a beautiful, unused and traditional name, perfect for a reigning queen. But I don't see them using it as her first name. Carol(ine)/Catherine as a first name would cause the apoplexy among the DM readership.
If you were to ask an American, following distinctly American values what name to give this child, I'd go with Caroline for a girl. Carole Middleton is one of those very "American" success stories. Born into public housing - a council estate I believe it's called, she decided she was not going to end up there. That takes some doing as most people stay inert. First as a flight attendant then utilizing her talent and selling party pieces. Through hard work and determination this council estate girl has seen her daughter married to the heir to the British throne and her first grandchild a future monarch. That's a very "American" fairy tale.
For a boy; perhaps Michael then, following the same line of thinking. Someone suggested Spencer, which would NEVER be used in reality but that's a very American thing to do as well - Spencer for a boy or a girl. If they were from the American South, Michael Spencer, and referred to be his second name for all time, or "Spence."
I live in the state of Louisiana, which is in the southern US. I do not understand why you believe 'Michael Spencer' would be a name used in the southern US. What does the name 'Spence' have to do with the south? Just wondering!
I'm guessing here, but using a family last name as a middle or second name such as Spencer which as we know was Diana's family name is not uncommon. My mother's middle name was a family last name, her family is from North Carolina.