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| What's in a name? |
So far, 'George' has been mooted if the Royal baby is a boy and, 'Elizabeth' if the child is a girl.
Both are good names and both would win approval at a Catholic baptismal font.
And, I suppose we should be grateful that William and Kate have not gone down the Darren and Kylie route.
But it would be a good and wholesome thing if the Royal couple broke with tradition and named their baby either Joseph or Mary according to the gender of the infant.
What effect would that have?
Well apparently, there are hundreds of new parents and pregnant mums to be out there who are holding off having their child baptised just so that they may adopt whichever name is chosen for the Royal baby. How unwise. How very unwise.
We all know the dangers of the period between birth and baptism.
But, back to the copying of the Royal name.
If 'Mary' or 'Joseph' were adopted we would have hundreds, possibly thousands of little Marys and Josephs trailing in the wake of the Royals - excellent!
If nothing else it might shove all those Poppydoodah and Harryhooha ridiculous names down the popularity list.
It would be a sort of miracle if they have twins, boy and girl and name them Joseph and Mary. That would be before the Queen has to sign royal assent to the unnatural marriage law.
ReplyDeleteMary is not unknown within the royal family, (discounting for obvious reasons Mary 1). You have William and Mary, she being named by the deposed Catholic James II, Queen Mary, wife of George V and, I think, their only daughter the Princess Royal was named Mary. The present Queen has Mary as one of her Christian names.
ReplyDeleteBut, Richard, do not underestimate the ingenuity of parents in this unChristian society, who are unlikely to have their children baptised, vis. Mayree, Marylee, Mareigh!
Joseph, a wonderful name, but Joey, Joeie, Josie (sic) etc. etc.
Once upon a time it was a given that one forename of a Catholic child must be that of a saint. I don't know whether priests still insist on this at baptism, but there are an awful lot of oddball names appearing on the First Holy Communion rolls.
Sex not gender!! I hate that word.
ReplyDeleteRhoslyn.......sorry, sometimes the sex word gets overused. It won't happen again! :)
ReplyDeleteHmm... how'd you feel about their following the romance countries', Spain mainly, use of Jesus as a proper name at baptism ? ( along with Jesus Maria for boys And Mari-Jesus for girls, all giving the short form "chus").
ReplyDeleteChristianity in Britain never did this over two milennia, but the time may be ripe.
Beyond loss of faith and culture, mothers -- the sperm-donors are seldom present -- burden their babies with labels that also disconnect with any concept of phonetics. One would like to think that those not blessed with good parenting could make a beginning by changing their labels for faith-based names when they turn 21.
ReplyDeleteJesus, Maria or Jose?
ReplyDeleteWhat, are they having a Mexican baby?
England is not a Catholic country.
Don't be surprised if they name it Elton, no matter what the sex is, after Sir Elton John, the pride of England.
When the British say "God save the Queen, they mean Sir Elton and his sin mate.
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Yasmin/Jasmin
ReplyDeleteJohn Paul
Connor/Conor
Damian
Hildegarde
Benedict
They really are a boring lot
It is usual for boys to be given four Christian names, and they then choose one for their regnal name; thus the PoW might be Charles III or George VII. Since a girl would now be heir apparent rather than presumptive, I can think of no better name than Victoria, after the splendid woman who reigned over the most glorious epoch in British history.
ReplyDeleteI like traditional names like Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Victoria, Rose. I wish they would ask my opinion.
ReplyDeleteLena..now Rose would be a good name to choose, 'The Windsor Rose' has a certain fragrance to it.
ReplyDeleteJadis, the last one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteMike, yes, I skirted around that one, not even sure if it is right for Latin countries (the 'Jesus' one).
ReplyDeleteGenty, yes, I even remember Queen Mary (the last one)!
ReplyDeleteMack, an excellent suggestion.