Ok I'd never normally post this, but what the hell: Betting odds for naming Harry & Meghan's son

[hlthe2b]

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It's lounge-fare, after all.

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/

Boys names

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]

1. They should name the baby Barack, it would piss Trump off

and maybe he would cancel his trip then they wouldn't have to put up with him.

[KatyaR]

2. I'll take Frederick at 20/1.

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....

[elleng]

3. John

[mnhtnbb]

4. I'll go way out on a limb and take Spencer

in memory of Princess Diana.

[Cousin Dupree]

5. Ooh I like that!

[Clash City Rocker]

6. That would be a classy thing to do

[3catwoman3]

8. That would be most fitting.

Gets my vote (not that I have one).

[Bradshaw3]

7. I'm going with Joffrey

Been awhile since we've seen royal crowns roll in England.

[csziggy]

11. And he could give this speech when he gets older

[Texasgal]

9. I like Spencer

A nod to Diana.

[uriel1972]

10. Albert I think would be the royal choice...

but it isn't mine to make so I say Havelock!

[hlthe2b]

12. Queen Victoria aside, would anyone here EVER name a child of theirs Albert?

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]

14. My husband wanted to name our first son Albert

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]

13. Stephen Joseph Mark

They had a King Stephen once.