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View Poll Results: Is it a boy or girl?
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11-01-2006, 07:20 AM
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Courtier
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: none, Heard and McDonald Islands
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Originally Posted by Madame Royale
I agree, Polly.
My father is foreign born and my mother is the daughter of European's herself. Speaking as someone with such strong European descent, does this mean that I am not Australian, though I was born and raised here? I think not.
Like you, I'm an Australian first and foremost and recognise within myself the values and beliefs that are attributed to our way of life.
For anyone to say that Mary was not Australian is very much the innacurate statement because she most certainly was. An Australian of European descent.
First, foremost and above all else  |
I apologize if I have offended anyone's patriotic feelings here but what I meant was that Mary being Australian doesn't mean she should forget Scotland and her roots. Sure, she can be Australian and surely is but she can also be Scottish.
I myself don't very much identify myself with the part of my country I live in although I have been born here since my family is not from this part of the country originally. For myself I can say that I am Finnish but I recognize my roots which are finnish-swedish-norwegian-danish-polish-something (genealogy hasn't revealed yet). First and foremost I am an Earthling, then an European and then Finnish. And then there's the messier issue of identity inside Finland...
But I'm drifting here from the original subject sorry!
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11-01-2006, 07:42 AM
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Nobility
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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If the baby is a girl, I have this gut feel that she's going to be called Ingrid. Fredrick loves his grandmother very very much.
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11-01-2006, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Bremen, Germany
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I hope, they don't call the baby Dagmar or Axel, as mentioned here. These are names, we have in Germany too and they are boring and oldfashioned. But royals like oldfashioned names, I think ...
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11-01-2006, 09:34 AM
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Heir Presumptive
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
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For a boy: Eric Axel (has a nice ring to it i think?)
For girl: Emma Alice
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11-01-2006, 03:23 PM
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Courtier
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Springfield, United States
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I really like the name Emma 
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11-01-2006, 03:47 PM
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Heir Apparent
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by Catharina
I apologize if I have offended anyone's patriotic feelings here but what I meant was that Mary being Australian doesn't mean she should forget Scotland and her roots. Sure, she can be Australian and surely is but she can also be Scottish.
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Not that you had to, but it was nice of you to reply and make clear your posts intent, Catharina
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11-01-2006, 06:27 PM
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Heir Apparent
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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I like for a girl: Ingrid, Alexandra, Gabriela, Christina, Thyra, Dagmar, Charlotte;
for a boy: Viggo, Erik, Alexander, Axel.
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11-01-2006, 07:31 PM
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Courtier
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: My Home, United States
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Originally Posted by Xeara
Christian Valdemar Henri John and
Magrethe Dagmar Henrietta Jane (I don't know, merely speculating)
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I like your suggestion for girl names..very classy!
And I really think that if it's a girl she should have Fred's Grand-mere's name in there (Ingrid).
And for some reason I really like Dagmar! I guess because it's a name I'd never heard before...
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11-01-2006, 08:11 PM
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Aristocracy
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Victoria, Australia
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How about :
Margrethe Dagmar Henrietta Ingrid (Princess Meg/Maggie)
And in Australia they will be know by their very "Aussie" nicknames...
Mary, Fred, Chris & Meg 
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11-01-2006, 09:25 PM
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Serene Highness
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Marshallville, United States
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Originally Posted by UserDane
Rebafan, try this link for girls' names http://www.babyklar.dk/artikler/pigenavne.htm and this for boys' names http://www.babyklar.dk/artikler/drengenavne.htm.
This should be the lists of approved names and you can just click the individual letters to see the selection. At a quick glance it seems to comprise a lot of old-fashioned names as well which I don't know anybody who are named today - but of course they may reappear.
I don't know whether for example a name like Alexis is 'natural' to Holland; it wouldn't be in Denmark; I would personally prefer a name which has relevance to Frederik's and Mary's own roots. |
Thank you UserDane. I will certainly look at the website. Thanks for your help 
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11-01-2006, 09:44 PM
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Heir Presumptive
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Monterey, United States
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H.R.H. Prince Harald Olav Christian Frederik Michael
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H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth - Mary Henrietta Theodora Louise
Godparents
Prince and Princess of Orange, Prince Andrew The Duke of York, Prince Henrik.
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11-01-2006, 10:39 PM
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Serene Highness
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Marshallville, United States
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Thanks to UserDane I have been doing some research and have some suggestions....
H.R.H. Prince Johann Pieter Fredrik Holger
H.R.H. Prince Vilhelm Andre' Christian Joachim
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H.R.H. Princess Caroline-Ingrid Juliana Margrethe
H.R.H. Princess Astrid Victoria Ingrid Margrethe
Just some suggestions......
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11-01-2006, 11:08 PM
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Courtier
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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Paula Margrethe Anne
simple and beautiful. lol 
I'm only sugesting the name Paula because a want a royal with my name, ok?
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11-01-2006, 11:49 PM
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Courtier
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by Catharina
I apologize if I have offended anyone's patriotic feelings here but what I meant was that Mary being Australian doesn't mean she should forget Scotland and her roots. Sure, she can be Australian and surely is but she can also be Scottish.
But I'm drifting here from the original subject sorry!
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I don't want to go off-topic either, but no, Catharina, I wasn't at all offended. I was just offering an alternative perspective.
Best Wishes,
Polly
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11-02-2006, 04:27 AM
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Royal Highness
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by flctylu
question. was there a scand. prince called viggo? |
There was actually; he was the son of Prince Valdemar and Marie of Orleons and the grandson of King Christian IX. He died childless so there's no 'line' from him. He married an American woman in 1924 and then became Count Viggo of Rosenborg (the title which princes marrying non-royals get; QMII's two cousins have the same titel).
Personally, I don't favour the name Viggo - it's oddly old-fashioned I think. But of course someone like Viggo Mortensen (really unusual to see a man this age carrying the name of Viggo) has done a lot to increase the appeal of the name
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11-02-2006, 08:08 AM
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Location: Portugal, Portugal
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I think maybe they will suprise us and give the baby a very different name, nothing royal at all, like little christian!
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11-02-2006, 12:51 PM
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Heir Presumptive
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Monterey, United States
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Viggo Knud Martin Henrik Holgar
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11-02-2006, 06:12 PM
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Nobility
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Bluffton, United States
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I think the next one they will name after themselves in some fashion -- I really like that old-fashioned tradition of naming your daughter after her mother, and the son after the dad. Sweet.
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11-02-2006, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Burbank, United States
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Whatever the names will be, I am just so glad that royalty always express more taste in naming babies than Hollywood! Can you imagine a Princess Apple of Denmark or a Prince Michael Jackson of Denmark?
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11-02-2006, 08:02 PM
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Aristocracy
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Victoria, Australia
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I have been doing some "research" (i.e. googling ) and have found there is a great shared history of Scotland and Denmark (via The Vikings) and I think Mary's father will suggest some names relevant to this fact...One of the forerunners is Harald, who was King at the time of the Viking invasion(s) of Scotland...I like Harald and I think "Harry" is a great modern nickname for it...I know there is another Prince Harry across the channel but he has a different full name...Prince Henry and Prince Harald, there is enough room for them both...and Chris and Harry sound so cute!!!
So my suggested combo is:
Prince Harald Abel Vilhelm Frederik
As a name is comes full circle:
Harald - Viking in Scotland, Mary is of Scottish descent
Abel - name of the Dutch explorer - Abel Tasman - who discovered Tasmania, wher Mary grew up and it is the name of a past Danish king/prince
Vilhelm - not sure just sounded good, maybe its connection to the British monarchy (William) ???
Frederik - name of the childs' Danish father, has a Scottish/Australian mother
What do you all think???
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