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Royal baby names ?

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MawBroon Thu 12-Apr-18 09:00:27

Is it a bit sad of me to start yet another silly game, but in the midst of debating the merits of Chardonnay over Wayne for the new Cambridge baby, I got to wondering whether there is indeed a (real) “Royal” name for each letter of the alphabet?
How about TWO per post, one boy and one girl?
If I may, I’ll start
Adelaide (granddaughter of George III and mother of Queen Mary)
Arthur (he of the Round Table, also there was one who was a son of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Connaught)
tcrsmile

Anniebach Thu 12-Apr-18 10:36:17

Margaret and Michael

glammanana Thu 12-Apr-18 10:38:32

There is not a lot of choice really for L
Leonard
Leonora

seacliff Thu 12-Apr-18 11:26:29

Nikolai and ??

JackyB Thu 12-Apr-18 11:27:25

Nefertete

Anniebach Thu 12-Apr-18 11:50:04

Owain - last Prince Wales. ?

Olga - think Russian

gillybob Thu 12-Apr-18 11:52:01

Pippa ( after auntie )
Putin ( to keep in with Russia )

seacliff Thu 12-Apr-18 11:54:12

Peter the Great I thought Pippa was really not royal !! so, Quen Paola?

seacliff Thu 12-Apr-18 11:54:37

Queen

gillybob Thu 12-Apr-18 12:00:36

Oh I thought she was a royal sister in law seacliff or does that not count ?

Marmight Thu 12-Apr-18 12:22:50

Richard

Rowena (as in Hengist or Ivanhoe) wink

goldengirl Thu 12-Apr-18 12:28:32

Stephen and Susan [Narnia?]

vampirequeen Thu 12-Apr-18 13:05:41

Tutankhamun and Takahatenamun

chicken Thu 12-Apr-18 13:14:28

Utred and Ursula

Anniebach Thu 12-Apr-18 13:20:17

Victoria and Victor second name of Prince Albert

Maggiemaybe Thu 12-Apr-18 13:25:55

William, of course, and Wilhelmina (of the Netherlands).

Maggiemaybe Thu 12-Apr-18 13:26:29

Xerxes of Persia (?) and, and, and.....

Witzend Thu 12-Apr-18 13:29:36

Philip and Philippa (there was a Queen Philippa in mediaeval times)
Though heaven forfend that Philippa should ever be shortened to Pippa.

Jalima1108 Thu 12-Apr-18 13:32:19

What happened to 'M'?
OK:
Michael
Matilda

Jalima1108 Thu 12-Apr-18 13:35:33

sorry, Anniebach I see you have already posted 'M'

This pc is playing up, it definitely wasn't there before grin
It's on a go-slow (like me)

Yanai (King of Judea?)
Young (Henry the Young)

Maggiemaybe Thu 12-Apr-18 13:40:39

Sorry for the delay, but I've found another X to go with Xerxes. Yes, I had to google it. blush

Ximen, another king of Persia.

Jalima1108 Thu 12-Apr-18 13:41:55

They are probably pronounced 'Z' so can we count them both as X and Z?

seacliff Thu 12-Apr-18 13:42:25

Hi Gilly, yes of course she is family. I was just going with Mawbroons' post, at 9. 04, as she admitted she is being rather picky. smile

seacliff Thu 12-Apr-18 13:45:29

Alexander and Anastasia

Maggiemaybe Thu 12-Apr-18 13:48:08

I suppose there's Zara, Jalima, before we give up on a proper Z!

Maggiemaybe Thu 12-Apr-18 13:49:01

Oh, and Zeus, the biggest king of kings!