Could I ask why people think Mary and Frederik are going to pick traditional names, like Thrya, Dagmar, Waldermar etc?
When they announced Isabella's name, they said that they found it by looking through the Danish Royal family tree. The names they have used with their first two children have been traditional family names.
I believe they will
NOT use the following as
first names:
Elizabeth (form of Isabella)
Alexandra (Joachim's ex-wife)
Alexandrine (Too close to the name of Joachim's ex-wife)
Ingrid (Already a living princess with this name*)
Charlotte (Already a living princess with this name)
Victoria (Already a living princess with this name)
Michael (Mary's nephew's name)
Alexander (Mary's nephew's name)
Magnus ("Sverre Magnus" goes by the name Magnus)
Nicholas (too similar to cousin Nikolai)
I am wondering if they will follow the trend to have matching first initials for the twins... such as Carl and Caroline; Andre and Anna; or Erik and Emma.
This is popular in the US. Is it done as much in Europe?
*While it is true that we have many prince "Philip"s and "William"s, their names are spelled and pronounced differently by country:
William of England
Willem Alexander of Netherlands
Guillaume of Luxembourg
Philippe of Belgium
Carl-Philip of Sweden
Felipe of Spain