bluestocking
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I like a lot of the names on your list of predictions, though I don't think Edward and Sophie are likely to go for names that are too old-fashioned or outside the mainstream. Probably no Thomas because it hasn't been used recently and isn't very royal. I don't see Robert or Geoffrey as first name possibilities either for the same reasons. John is considered "jinxed" and probably wouldn't be used. Leopold is one they'd probably judge as too out there and old-fashioned. Patrick is a distinct possibility, as is Albert, Edmund or Alastair. They've all been used for the current generation of nobles closely related to the royal family and are fairly fashionable sounding. Albert would have been my top choice of name prior to Lord Nicholas Windsor's son. It looks like Nicholas and his wife stole all the names I would have expected for Edward's son, actually! Lord Nicholas and wife Paola's son's full name is Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor. I wonder if they ran any of those names by the Queen and Prince Philip or by Edward and Sophie beforehand or if, perhaps, Edward and Sophie know they're having a girl and gave Nicholas the OK to use "their" names? I also wonder if Antony has a chance of being in there somewhere because it's one of Edward's own names. Duncan, too, since it was used as a middle name for past royal princes. My personal bet is still on George, with Philip, Christopher and Edward as the middle names.
Your girls' names are all more interesting than the name I think Sophie and Edward will end up picking for a girl. Mary is the only one I might be willing to bet on, mainly because Sophie's mother Mary recently died. I really like Georgiana and Augusta. Cecilia is interesting and is a recent royal name. It was also the name of one of Prince Philip's sisters, the sister who died in a tragic plane crash with her husband and children. If they wanted to honor Philip and use a name they didn't use for Louise, that might be an unexpected way to do it. It would be nice if they would go back to those really antique sounding names, though, wouldn't it? I tend to think we'll end up with a name that's been used before and probably in the last three or four generations.
Your girls' names are all more interesting than the name I think Sophie and Edward will end up picking for a girl. Mary is the only one I might be willing to bet on, mainly because Sophie's mother Mary recently died. I really like Georgiana and Augusta. Cecilia is interesting and is a recent royal name. It was also the name of one of Prince Philip's sisters, the sister who died in a tragic plane crash with her husband and children. If they wanted to honor Philip and use a name they didn't use for Louise, that might be an unexpected way to do it. It would be nice if they would go back to those really antique sounding names, though, wouldn't it? I tend to think we'll end up with a name that's been used before and probably in the last three or four generations.
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