Names for Willem-Alexander and Maxima's 3rd child

[princess olga]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Constantina... I am reading a book about good old empreror Constantine now (and all the Constantia's, Constantina's etc in his family) so i am all in favour.

Constantina's not a bad one, eh?

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Originally Posted by Marengo

To Henri: I love the name Sophia-Hedwig to!

Me too! That;s one of the best one's out there imo! Hedwig, that's such a special name! Maxima wouldn't like it though probably: I certainly get the sense she doesn't take a shine to Northern European names, which is too bad.

[Joumana]

Adriana Carmen Juliana

[boston01]

What are some names that are assoiated with the Royal Family, because they should chose a nice traditional name

[Lila Rose]

For a girl

Emma-Sophie Isabella Maria Charlotte

For a boy :

Frederik-Alexander Claus Jorge Willem

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by boston01

What are some names that are assoiated with the Royal Family, because they should chose a nice traditional name

There are so many, many names in the Orange-Nassau family tree, but let me keep it a bit short and look in Willem-Alexander's main tree:

Claudia
Claudia de Châlon-d’Arlay (1498-1521), Princess of Orange (1498-1521)

Anna / Anne
Anne de Lorraine et Bar (1522-1568), Princess of Orange (1540-1568)
Anna of Egmond, Countess of Buren (1533-1558), Princess of Orange (1551-1558)
Anna of Saxony, Princess of Saxe-Meissen (1544-1577), Princess of Orange (1561-1571)
Anne of Hannover, Princess Royal, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hannover, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1709-1759), Princess of Orange (1734-1951), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1751-1759)
Anna Paulovna Romanovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1795-1865), Princess of Orange (1816-1840), Queen of the Netherlands (1840-1865), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1840-1865)

Charlotte
Charlotte de Bourbon-Vendôme de Montpensier (1547-1582), Princess of Orange (1575-1582)

Louise
Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), Princess of Orange (1583-1584), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1584-1620)

Eléonore / Leonore
Eléonore de Bourbon-Condé (1581-1619), Princess of Orange (1606-1618), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1618-1619)

Amalia
Amalia Countess of Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675), Princess of Orange (1625-1647), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1647-1675)

Maria / Mary / Marie
Mary Henrietta Stuart, Princess Royal, Princess of England, Scotland and Ireland (1631-1661), Princess of Orange (1641-1650), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1650-1661)
Mary Stuart, Princess of York (1662-1694), Princess of Orange (1677-1694)
Marie-Luise, Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel (1688-1765) Princess of Orange (1709-1711), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1711-1765)

Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Princess of Prussia (1751-1820), Princess of Orange (1767-1806), Princess-Douairière of Orange (1806-1820)
Wilhelmina Princess of Prussia (1774-1837), Princess of Orange (1806-1815), Queen of the Netherlands (1815-1837), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1815-1837)
Wilhelmina Princes of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (1880-1962), Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)

Sophie
Sophie Princess of Württemberg (1818-1877), Princess of Orange (1840-1849), Queen of the Netherlands (1849-1877), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1849-1877)

[Royal Fan]

Claus-Hendrik Willem Georg Erik Ferdinand

[Lucidu]

For a boy: Jorge Alexander Victor Andreus
For a girl: Augusta Mathilda Wilhelmina Marie

[GlitteringTiaras]

My choices would be:

Boy:
Alexander
John
Charles

Girl:
Charlotte
Catherine

[fee]

I doubt, they use the same or a very similar name again.
Catherine is Amalias double name, I would find it very strange if they were to use it again.
Same with Alexander, Alexandra, Alice, Alicia, it is much too similar to Alexia.
I would rather assume, that in case of a boy they would look for something that resembles Maximas name, Maximilian for ex.
With a girl, I really think they will stay with the A-initial.

[princess leonor]

If it's a girl: Lucia
If it's a boy: Guillermo (William in Spanish)

[rosana]

I don´t think they will use such Spanish names, they would sound very strange for dutch people. I think they will keep the choosing traditional names of the Orange House.

[Marcus]

I think they will stick to the letter A is the baby is a girl, so maybe Anna for a girl?

If the baby is a boy I would like as a previous poster said a name that resembles Maxima, so Max or Maximilian would be great.

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by rosana

I don´t think they will use such Spanish names, they would sound very strange for dutch people. I think they will keep the choosing traditional names of the Orange House.

True, but Alexia isn't really a familyname though. And to dutch ears it doesn't really sound that good either. More then one person (on television and people I know) considered it a somewhat vulgar choise.

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To Marcus: though I personally love the name Anna, there is already the daughter of Princess Maurits, Anastasia (Anna) van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven. I do not think they will use that name again for this generation.

[Lady Bluffton]

If a girl:

ANTONIA would be my guess for the "A" name...

Helena? That sounds regal enough.

All bets off for the boy...I bet it is something typically Dutch with a tip to the German side (Papa Claus)...

[princess olga]

Originally Posted by Marengo

True, but Alexia isn't really a familyname though. And to dutch ears it doesn't really sound that good either. More then one person (on television and people I know) considered it a somewhat vulgar choise.

yes that is very true: more than one person in my own circle of Dutch friends have told me the name Alexia rather conjures up images of an exotic stripper than it would the image of a dignified princess..

Although of course strictly speaking, the name Alexia <does> run in the Oranje family, albeit in a vulgar way, if you will, indeed (the queen's half sister Alexia is the product of Bernhard's not-so-straight shooting ways)...so yes when I heard they chose that name, my thought was: what were these people thinking given the not so great connotations of this name in this family?

[princess olga]

Originally Posted by Lucidu

For a boy: Jorge Alexander Victor Andreus
For a girl: Augusta Mathilda Wilhelmina Marie

Jorge? Gosh I hope you're wrong. Papa-in-law Jorge Z. might be a jolly fellow to hang out with on a private level...but morally corrupt is a label that's been attached to him on more than one occasion, what with him denying publicly that he knew anything was amiss, human-rights-wise, when he was a minister in the Videla regime. If they name their kid Jorge as the first name, this prince and princess are complete ignorant idiots, which I don't exactly hold them for. They seem quite in tune these days with the way they are perceived by the common folk, and I don't think they'd make such a mistake.

Love the name Augusta, though, too!! But what about simply 'August' for a boy? Would be quite cute, no? And much better than Jorge, which, corrupt father's name or no, is not a good name in my opinion for a prince, let alone a Dutch one. It doesn't ring right. Why not "August Martin" for a boy? Or "Martina Augusta" for a girl. After her brother.

[tosca_van_oranje]

Princess Anna Martine
Prince Bernhard Lodewijk

[Princess Felicia]

if it's girl : Theodocia (Thea)
Annabelle
Alexandra
and if it's boy : Theodorus

[queenofcelts]

It is pity that Anna is occupaid...
I like Antonia and Anabelle as well and Wilhelmina.
In Orange Nassau family now they have many kids and nice and historical names "with background" names are occupaid.

[Nichola]

Since I voted for a baby girl for W-A and M, I predict that they will name her Sophie or Emma. I don't think they will carry on the "A" tradition, and I don't think they will give their baby a hyphenated name either.