Princess name announced!

[drloretta]

I just saw that Pippa's MN is Charlotte, and Carole's MN is Elizabeth. Way to play to both sides of the family, Kate

[redpenmama]

Love it!

[bcarp30]

May 4, 2015 9:09:41 GMT -5 gerberdaisy said:

I love the name, but now DD's name will be even more popular. When my Grandma Charlotte passed away 4 years ago I knew if I had a girl I wanted to name it Charlotte, never knew that when she was born it would be such a popular name!

Same. DD is named after my grandmother who is a Charlotte too. Growing up I always wanted to use the name but it's so popular! Our next name choice is Alice after DH's grandmother.

[anna7602]

I'll be the naysayer. I'm not surprised, but am a bit disappointed by the order of the names. I wish they had had the cojones to use Diana as a first name.

[anna7602]

May 4, 2015 9:45:13 GMT -5 h said:

FWIW, I feel like Charlotte is still totally useable. If it were a less common name, then I might worry that it is too closely associated with the Princess. But there are a zillion Charlottes in the US as it is, enough so that I don't think anyone would assume that a baby Charlotte is "copying" the royals.

But I have a Henry William and a Charles, so clearly I am unconcerned about duplicating royal names.

There's a Princess Amalia of Luxembourg and a Princess Catharina-Amalia of Holland, who goes by Amalia. See us.hellomagazine.com/tags/princess-amalia/ 

Trust me, I still have yet to meet another child named Amalia IRL besides DD. 

[Deleted]

I tried really hard to convince my sister to name her daughter Charlotte Elizabeth. She is Charlotte but chose another middle name.

Victoria Elizabeth was the girl's name DH and I had picked out. We have a Henry instead:). We evidently like royal names in my family.

[jenn248]

May 4, 2015 9:57:27 GMT -5 swizz said:

May 4, 2015 9:49:25 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I'll be the naysayer. I'm not surprised, but am a bit disappointed by the order of the names. I wish they had had the cojones to use Diana as a first name.

She already wears Diana's engagement ring. I think that and naming her first born daughter with the first name of Diana might be a lot.

Meaning/sentiment aside, maybe they just liked the name Charlotte best and it had nothing to do with cojones?  (I will admit that I personally do not like the name Diana.)

[simpsongal]

Very pretty, I love classic names.

Charlotte was DH's #1 for a girl but I said no b/c it's too popular. Now it's definitely out for us (should the next be a girl).

[frlcb]

May 4, 2015 10:01:58 GMT -5 jenn248 said:

May 4, 2015 9:57:27 GMT -5 swizz said:

She already wears Diana's engagement ring. I think that and naming her first born daughter with the first name of Diana might be a lot.

Meaning/sentiment aside, maybe they just liked the name Charlotte best and it had nothing to do with cojones?  (I will admit that I personally do not like the name Diana.)

I agree with this. It is possible that they liked Charlotte the best and went with that for the first name over Diana. But I also don't like Diana so a middle name seems like a good compromise

[mandapanda18]

Dang her for stealing my girl name (Charlotte). I will now not use it because of this (for hypothetical girl child of course, since the mirena is still firmly placed in my ut)

[Velar Fricative]

May 4, 2015 9:45:13 GMT -5 h said:

FWIW, I feel like Charlotte is still totally useable. If it were a less common name, then I might worry that it is too closely associated with the Princess. But there are a zillion Charlottes in the US as it is, enough so that I don't think anyone would assume that a baby Charlotte is "copying" the royals.

But I have a Henry William and a Charles, so clearly I am unconcerned about duplicating royal names.

I am trying to recall if George saw a surge here in the US. I know it had gotten more popular but I knew some young Georges born before Prince George, so it might have been a natural progression and not necessarily due to Prince George.

And even though I'm due in September, I would have still considered Charlotte if this baby is a girl but DH already vetoed it so it's out anyway.

[meij]

Am I the only one who'd still use Charlotte? It's a beautiful name and as long as the kid wasn't born the same day as Princess Charlotte, I would still use the name.

[curbsideprophet]

Charlotte was #11 in popularity in the US in 2013. I think it could be hard to see if there is a spike just from this with a name that is already so popular.

[curbsideprophet]

May 4, 2015 10:14:57 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

May 4, 2015 9:45:13 GMT -5 h said:

FWIW, I feel like Charlotte is still totally useable. If it were a less common name, then I might worry that it is too closely associated with the Princess. But there are a zillion Charlottes in the US as it is, enough so that I don't think anyone would assume that a baby Charlotte is "copying" the royals.

But I have a Henry William and a Charles, so clearly I am unconcerned about duplicating royal names.

I am trying to recall if George saw a surge here in the US. I know it had gotten more popular but I knew some young Georges born before Prince George, so it might have been a natural progression and not necessarily due to Prince George.

And even though I'm due in September, I would have still considered Charlotte if this baby is a girl but DH already vetoed it so it's out anyway.

I don't think we can say about George yet. 2104 numbers are not out yet and he was born in 2013.

[spk926]

I love it!! Charlotte Elizabeth is always a name I have found beautiful.

[chicago]

Love the name!

[vtdiamond]

May 4, 2015 10:15:22 GMT -5 meij said:

Am I the only one who'd still use Charlotte? It's a beautiful name and as long as the kid wasn't born the same day as Princess Charlotte, I would still use the name.

I agree with you.  DS is George and he was born after Prince George.  It was a family name so we didn't think twice about using it.  I also wouldn't have minded if they had used the same name for the princess as our DD.  If you love the name, why not use it.  They've chosen beautiful, classic names.

[timorousbeastie]

I love it! If ILs' cat wasn't named Charles, DD would have been Charlotte.

[carolinagirl831]

I love it!!

[bronxgirl]

May 4, 2015 10:51:36 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Mine is part of it so I'm practically royalty now right?

Oh hell yeah, you're royal!! You're the queen of the internet. :-) I don't love Charlotte, but the whole name sounds very pretty together and I'm glad that William stood up for his mother's legacy.

[hermione]

I wish they had reversed the middle names but maybe that would have been frowned upon.

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May 4, 2015 9:49:25 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I'll be the naysayer. I'm not surprised, but am a bit disappointed by the order of the names. I wish they had had the cojones to use Diana as a first name.

They might not have wanted to use it as a first name.  I personally wouldn't want to give a family name as a first name, but used two family names as DD's middle names.

[browneyedgirl9]

Looove the name! Although Charlotte is my #1 name if we have a girl!

[anna7602]

May 4, 2015 11:54:08 GMT -5 @myblue said:

May 4, 2015 9:49:25 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I'll be the naysayer. I'm not surprised, but am a bit disappointed by the order of the names. I wish they had had the cojones to use Diana as a first name.

They might not have wanted to use it as a first name.  I personally wouldn't want to give a family name as a first name, but used two family names as DD's middle names.

I didn't use any family names for either of my kids, so I don't have a dog in this fight. I just wonder if not using Diana as a fn was a function of truly not wanting to v. royal protocol or what-have-you. I also find it disappointing that Letizia & Felipe named their daughter after the Spanish Queen instead of going for something more off-the-beaten track, so I'm an equal-opportunity-name-judger. 

[magpie]

I don't really follow or pay much attention to the royals, but I love the name!

[waterchurch]

Awww. That's so sweet. I'm glad Diana is in there. I'm so happy for them.

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May 4, 2015 12:02:33 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

May 4, 2015 11:22:05 GMT -5 hermione said:

I wish they had reversed the middle names but maybe that would have been frowned upon.

Also would have led to alphabetical initials, so maybe they didn't want that?

You're cute to notice that.

[cjeanette]

I am glad H didn't let me name E Charlotte now.

[SallySparrow]

That's the name we're going to use for a girl. Thanks, royal family.

We'll still use it. Not like it wasn't already popular before this.

[jorja]

I love it, and love that they used Diana.