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"I am not going to deny it: the royal baby has made my day, plain and simple. There&amp;#x27;s so much ahead of us. Bump pictures, elaborate paparazzi hospital diversions... Pink, or blue? PINK, OR BLUE? I will try not to overdo it when it comes to blog excitement. That is my solemn vow. But please give me this: we&amp;#x27;ve got to talk names. Names are the best part!* *I know babies have a lot of great qualities. I know they change lives. I&amp;#x27;m just excited about the names right now, OK? So I decided we should handicap this the same way we would if we were trying to guess our own sister&amp;#x27;s picks. Which is to say: obsessively. And thoroughly. And, because I was really serious about the &amp;quot;thorough&amp;quot; part, I called up Laura Wattenberg, creator of babynamewizard.com. What I learned: &amp;quot;A royal baby in the direct line to the throne is a whole different category from every other kind of royal baby,&amp;quot; Wattenberg said. Not to mention that in Kate&amp;#x27;s case, the pesky family &amp;quot;feedback&amp;quot; on name choice is coming from, uh, the Queen. So let&amp;#x27;s explore some options. Theory #1: They could go trendy. The top girl names in the UK last year aren&amp;#x27;t dissimilar from those in the U.S.: There&amp;#x27;s Olivia, Sophie and Emily at the top of the girls&amp;#x27; list. The boys&amp;#x27; are a little different, though: Oliver, Jack and Harry are the top three. Harry has &amp;quot;exploded&amp;quot; in the UK as of late, Wattenberg said, because of the holy triumvirate: Prince, Potter and Styles. Of course, William and Kate are unlikely to name their baby after their young brother--but there&amp;#x27;s a girl name out there that nicely blends UK trends and family tradition. &amp;quot;Louise is a name that would baffle American parents, but it&amp;#x27;s in the royal line and very fashionable in the UK right now,&amp;quot; Wattenberg said. Theory #2: They could look way back in the family tree. Wattenberg believes the Duke and Duchess are most likely to draw inspiration from the royal genealogy: &amp;quot;Parents are less likely to name their kids after parents or grandparents [these days], but no one cares about tradition in names more than the monarchy,&amp;quot; Wattenberg said, who added that, lest we forget, royals have names so long you&amp;#x27;d think Uma Thurman had a hand in the process. If it&amp;#x27;s a boy, &amp;quot;a kingly name like George is likely to be in there somewhere,&amp;quot; she said. A girl&amp;#x27;s name that feels modern but is scattered throughout the royal lineage: Alexandra. (Also on the tree, to name a few: Isabel, Henrietta, and Margaret; Arthur, Charles and Leopold.) Theory #3: They could make a specific homage. I&amp;#x27;m sure it&amp;#x27;s crossed all of our minds already: &amp;quot;If there&amp;#x27;s one name right now that&amp;#x27;s classic and fraught with meaning in the royal family, it&amp;#x27;s Diana,&amp;quot; Wattenberg said. William and Kate also have plenty of names to toy with changing the gender on: Victor, for example, would pay tribute to the late Queen Victoria--while Philip could honor both William&amp;#x27;s grandfather, Prince Philip, and Kate&amp;#x27;s sister, Pippa (Philippa). Theory #4: They could pull a Blue Ivy. But they probably won&amp;#x27;t, said Wattenberg (who wrote a piece on Jay and Bey&amp;#x27;s choice in the WSJ this year): &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s hard to imagine this Royal Air Force pilot going off the deep end--William has followed the classic line of what is expected from a rising monarch.&amp;quot; So don&amp;#x27;t hold your breath for any Freesia Maries or Banana Joes. Especially not Banana Joes. All right, let&amp;#x27;s hear your royal picks. Photo: FilmMagic, WireImage"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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