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Here are the odds for the top 10 "odds on" favorites (Odds updated today):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/05/06/royal-baby-boy-name-odds-what-will-meghan-markle-harry-call-first-child/
Albert 1/3
Arthur 11/4
Alexander 8/1
James 10/1
Phillip 12/1
Louis 14/1
Henry 16/1
Frederick 20/1
Thomas 20/1
Edward 20/1
I would like to think they won't pick any of them and go for something traditional, yet considerably less stuffy. I guess if I were forced to choose off the list, I'd go with James, Phillip, or Thomas--maybe Alexander... Now, if they really want to stir the pot, I think they could go with Barack
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)and maybe he would cancel his trip then they wouldn't have to put up with him.
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)That name has a long line in my family--my father, his father, my father's sister's son and that sister's son's son....
mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)in memory of Princess Diana.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,402 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)Gets my vote (not that I have one).
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)Been awhile since we've seen royal crowns roll in England.
csziggy
(34,138 posts)Texasgal
(17,048 posts)A nod to Diana.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)but it isn't mine to make so I say Havelock!
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)Then again, I'd never name one George, either. Charlotte is fine, though it wouldn't have been my choice. Louis wouldn't be on my list either, but...
Most of the long-heralded royal names are soooooo stuffy.
mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)When he was born 34 years ago. It was a family name. I ended up agreeing to name him after his father--who was kind of a jerk--just so he wouldn't be saddled with Albert.
My niece just named her 2nd son Lewis, which is her mother's maiden name. She's a jerk, too. A Trumpster. Ugh.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)They had a King Stephen once.