Gender, Name and Godparent Speculation for Mary's Second Pregnancy

[betina]

Frederik and Marys baby if it is a girl she well have the name Magrethe. Thats a danish low.

Where did you get that from?? Its not a law at all in Denmark that girls have to be named Margrethe. The reason why our Queen has that name is in honour of her grandmother.

 

[kiwi]

Baby Names

Boy names

1. William
2. Gabriel
3. Juian
4. Alexander
5. Valdemar

Girl names

1. Victoria
2. Katarina
3. Klara
4. Xenia
5. Natalie

 

[kiwi]

It is a law !!!!!!

It is not a danish low that all girls are named Margrethe. But it is a law that the daugther of the crown prince, have the name Margrethe. Not as a first name. Just one of her names have to be Margreth.
It is also a law that if a girl is born, and she is not named befor she is 6 month old she gets the name Margrethe.
Like boy get the name Frederik.

 

[norwegianne]

It is not a danish low that all girls are named Margrethe. But it is a law that the daugther of the crown prince, have the name Margrethe. Not as a first name. Just one of her names have to be Margreth.
It is also a law that if a girl is born, and she is not named befor she is 6 month old she gets the name Margrethe.
Like boy get the name Frederik.

Do you have a reference? I've heard the first one before, and I've not found anything to support it?

 

[Lasse Pedersen]

It is not a danish low that all girls are named Margrethe. But it is a law that the daugther of the crown prince, have the name Margrethe. Not as a first name. Just one of her names have to be Margreth.
It is also a law that if a girl is born, and she is not named befor she is 6 month old she gets the name Margrethe.
Like boy get the name Frederik.

I have no references to give, but I am confident that there are absolutely no laws dictating the names of Danish royalty, whether they be heirs to the throne or not. In theory, TRH The Crown Prince Couple could have named their first born son Prince Olfert Hansi Lars Peter. Of course there are traditions regarding the names of boys, traditions which the Crown Prince Couple chose to stick to. But there are no written laws regarding this.

As it has already been emphasised, HM The Queen was named Margrethe, not after Queen Margrete I, but after her Swedish grandmother who died before she was born. Her Majesty has said so herself on several occasions, among others an interview conducted on the occasion of Her Majesty's 40th birthday.

Cheers
Lasse

 

[betina]

I have no references to give, but I am confident that there are absolutely no laws dictating the names of Danish royalty, whether they be heirs to the throne or not. In theory, TRH The Crown Prince Couple could have named their first born son Prince Olfert Hansi Lars Peter. Of course there are traditions regarding the names of boys, traditions which the Crown Prince Couple chose to stick to. But there are no written laws regarding this.

As it has already been emphasised, HM The Queen was named Margrethe, not after Queen Margrete I, but after her Swedish grandmother who died before she was born. Her Majesty has said so herself on several occasions, among others an interview conducted on the occasion of Her Majesty's 40th birthday.

Cheers
Lasse

Just my word. Lets call it a tradition pls and not a law that you are naming your children after persons in the family

 

[GlitteringTiaras]

I do not believe Lasse meant laws, Betina. In his post he clearly says traditions in his above post.

 

[Anissina]

A little princess!!

 

[Penny Lane]

I wonder if they will reveal the gender of the baby before it's born like Felipe and Letiza did with their second daughter.

 

[Lady Jennifer]

I wonder if they will reveal the gender of the baby before it's born like Felipe and Letiza did with their second daughter.

Probably not. The only reason Felipe & Letizia announced what they were having was to spur things on with changing the law of succession. But it would be neat if did announce what they were having.

 

[Penny Lane]

Probably not. The only reason Felipe & Letizia announced what they were having was to spur things on with changing the law of succession. But it would be neat if did announce what they were having.

Yes I can understand that the law of succession becomes a big deal look at Japan .Personally I think it should be firsborn no matter the gender.Of course Mary and Frederik may know but not tell before the baby is born.

 

[wymanda]

What about

Xenia Dagmar Margarethe Olga Henrietta

 

[juliana]

In a globalised world with the present day royals promoting many international organisations and charities, names such as Frederik, Christian, Margrethe are sensible in my opinion. Please don't go with ancient Danish/Scandinavian names Mary. Chose names that we can all understand and easily pronounce please- take the tip from the latest generation of Swedish royal children- good names that we all can pronounce and identify as names.

 

[betina]

I do not believe Lasse meant laws, Betina. In his post he clearly says traditions in his above post.

Yes i also agreed with lasse
It was only because Kiwi called it a law in a previous post

 

[Marengo]

In a globalised world with the present day royals promoting many international organisations and charities, names such as Frederik, Christian, Margrethe are sensible in my opinion. Please don't go with ancient Danish/Scandinavian names Mary. Chose names that we can all understand and easily pronounce please- take the tip from the latest generation of Swedish royal children- good names that we all can pronounce and identify as names.

I actually like those old scandinavian names. Love the name Sverre, for Mette-Marits little boy, and I wouldn' t mind a little Gorm, Knud, Axel or Viggo for the next Danish one. But I expect more ' international' names to.

 

[juliana]

I actually like those old scandinavian names. Love the name Sverre, for Mette-Marits little boy, and I wouldn' t mind a little Gorm, Knud, Axel or Viggo for the next Danish one. But I expect more ' international' names to.

Yes, the Scandinavian names are neat, but more like names out of Lord of the Rings for the rest of us, not like real names at all. I suppose it doesn't really matter what names they chose but so far we are going to have a Queen Ingrid, Queen Victoria and King Christian - all decent regal sounding names and no non-Scandinavian speakers are going to make mistakes in the pronunciations. The Sverre/Mette/Gorm/Knud names et al are not really neat sounding names outside that area but it is irrelevant because if they want to chose those, the locals will love the names no doubt, and that is all that matters.

 

[Xeara]

Another long shot suggestion:

Prince Thomas Harald Andre Frederik and
Princess Arabella Olympia Ingrid Margrethe

 

[Lady Bluffton]

What do you think the outside chances are that Mary and Fred monitor this kind of thread (or even this kind of site)? Makes you wonder...maybe one of us (or us collectively) will have more of an effect on the name choice ultimately than we realize!

 

[pinklady1991]

I wonder if Fred & Mary will do what Grace & Rainier did...all three children have names that are easily recognizable in English and French. Christian, while following the tradition of the names of Danish kings, falls into that pattern. Regardless of the gender of the baby (and I'm hoping for a girl for that family -- they really need one), I think this is the route they will go.

 

[Royal Fan]

Gabriella Astrid Mary Ingrid

 

[pinklady1991]

Gabriella Astrid Mary Ingrid

Hmmm...somehow I think that both grandmother's names would be there too...

Gabriella Margarethe (Mary's mother's name) Mary

 

[Xeara]

In reply to Lady Bluffton's post, my answer is YES of course they must...and if not them personally then some member of their staff would...How else would Mary know not to wear black pantyhose with light coloured shoes EVER AGAIN

 

[Lady Bluffton]

In reply to Lady Bluffton's post, my answer is YES of course they must...and if not them personally then some member of their staff would...How else would Mary know not to wear black pantyhose with light coloured shoes EVER AGAIN

Xeara -- you are too much (LOL)!

 

[gudeeya]

In reply to Lady Bluffton's post, my answer is YES of course they must...and if not them personally then some member of their staff would...How else would Mary know not to wear black pantyhose with light coloured shoes EVER AGAIN

I am sure they do - its part of the royal upkeep!!

 

[kiwi]

baby girl

Eugenie

 

[sommone]

I can't remember if I posted in this thread, but I hope that the couple add a princess to their little family.

 

[RoyalEnquirer]

I'm really hoping the baby is a girl. I think Christian would be make a nice big brother for a little sister.

 

[RoyalEnquirer]

Annelise Margrethe Ingrid Henrietta

OR

Soren Frederik Axel Joachim

What are your thoughts?

 

[hsieh]

since mary is from austrailia i think they should honor the crocodile hunter and name him irwin if it's a boy or bindi if it's a girl.

 

[Madame Royale]

since mary is from austrailia i think they should honor the crocodile hunter and name him irwin if it's a boy or bindi if it's a girl.

I'm glade you jest.lol.