<p>Xiggi: >>>Is there a male equivalent to Diana? Not one that I can think of, but I’m all ears<<< Speaking of “all ears” what about this child’s Grandfather (sorry, bad joke)</p>
<p>Girl: Diana Elizabeth
Boy: Alfred Charles</p>
<p>If it’s a girl, she does NOT need the name Diana (at least not as a first name). Her life will be lived enough in the public eye – why invite the comparison / shadow / burden of that name? </p>
<p>It’s bad enough that poor Kate is now going to have to suffer through endless comparison pictures of herself pregnant compared to her MIL-she-never-met pregnant.</p>
<p>I remember seeing an article written last year? That mentioned they were very excited about starting a family & that if a girl, that her name would be Elizabeth ( with Diana being one of her middle names), they didn’t mention a boys name.
But, it was a tabloid.</p>
<p>I hope she feels better, the first months can be really hard.</p>
<p>There isn’t any male equivalent to Diana, but I guess the male parallel would be Apollo. </p>
<p>Yes, there is. There is more than English in the world.</p>
<p>And Romani might have an affinity for the name Django. ;)</p>
<p>I wish the press weren’t explaining hyperemesis by saying it’s morning sickness, so many people are getting the wrong idea. My older sister had it for 3 of her 5 pregnancies and was hospitalized every time because she was violently ill and was starving and dehydrating. It can cause renal faliure. The last time it was suggested that she should consider terminating because she was so very ill. My sister does not have health insurance and is not the type to go to the hospital over every little thing, she NEVER goes to the doctor, ever. She is very upset by how many people are making fun of Kate for going to the hospital over “morning sickness,” and saying how they can relate because they had such terrible morning sickness they had to carry crackers in their purse for months-- it’s not the same thing.</p>
<p>On a separate and perhaps slightly inappropriate note given the seriousness of the rest of my post, I think this thread is hilarious. Loving your ideas.</p>
<p>girl: Bambi
male: Thumper</p>
<p>I like Beatrix and Eugenie but I think Fergie used those for her daughters.</p>
<p>I bet Kate will set a new style bar for pregnant women. Didn’t Grace Kelly start using the now famous Kelly bag to hide her growing belly?</p>
<p>Today I like Oliver Spencer William and Anne Marie Elizabeth. And what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name? That might be usable. </p>
<p>What about if it’s twins … twin boys, twin girls or one of each? New challenge.</p>
<p>^^^ Louis was killed by the IRA. Not a great reminder for England.</p>
<p>I bet Kate will set a new style bar for pregnant women. Didn’t Grace Kelly start using the now famous Kelly bag to hide her growing belly?</p>
<p>How about a ham?</p>
<p>[Avery</a> hides her pregnancy.](<a href=“YouTube”>YouTube)</p>
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<p>I agree. It’s either the tabloid “RARE MALADY AFFECTS KATE!” (uh, no, it’s not rare at all) or portrayed as run-of-the-mill morning sickness. This is a real illness / disease here. I also highly dislike all the speculation about twins (I say this as a mother of twins myself). There’s too much of the “awww, wouldn’t it be so cute” mentality and not enough recognition that the human body just really isn’t made to carry multiples.</p>
<p>If Diana is in the name, it will not be a first name. Nor will Elizabeth.</p>
<p>xiggi… I don’t get it. Django?</p>
<p>I like Anne for a girl. Anne Elizabeth Diana… I can only come up with three!</p>
<p>Looking through history, I like Matilda. We can bring that one back!</p>
<p>In my dreams…</p>
<p>boy = Elton</p>
<p>Least likely…</p>
<p>girl = Fergie</p>
<p>No Diana, no Spencer. The Queen would not be amused.</p>
<p>I say they stick with pretty safe and traditional House of Windsor names, yet play to Kate’s appeal to the British (and American) middle class.</p>
<p>Boy: George Albert Arthur Edward</p>
<p>Girl: Mary Elizabeth Victoria</p>
<p>George honors Queen Elizabeth’s father, George VI, who restored honor to the monarchy after his brother abdicated. Same goes for Albert and Arthur; George VI’s given name was Albert Frederick Arthur George, and George VI’s father, George V, was George Frederick Ernest Albert, inheriting the Albert from his own father, Albert Edward (Edward VII) and grandfather, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria’s Prince Consort.</p>
<p>Mary Elizabeth is a play on Queen Elizabeth’s own given name, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, without ripping the first name from her during her lifetime; it also honors the Queen Mother, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. Victoria is, of course, honoring the longest-serving British monarch, Queen Victoria. The name Mary Elizabeth Victoria also captures 3 of the 4 names of (generally recognized) Queens in English and British history. The fourth, Anne, could also be squeezed in there, but it doesn’t seem to be the royal family tradition to give girls more than 3 names (boys get as many as the parents want). The name Mary does carry some baggage from the reign of Mary I, “Bloody Mary” (Elizabeth I’s older half-sister), but the second Mary (of William and Mary fame) appears to have rehabilitated the name enough that the present Queen’s parents had no difficulty including it among her given names.</p>
<p>So all these names have fine royal pedigree; but at the same time, what could be more humbly middle class than George and Mary, honoring Kate’s own middle-class background and playing to William and Kate’s populist appeal?</p>
<p>No opinion on names, but my heart goes out to Kate for the hyperemesis. I was hospitalized for this with both my kids, but it was much more serious with my D. I was in the hospital for 2 months and needed a central line to get nutrition. People asked me if I was bored in the hospital for that long, but when you feel that sick (like having a stomach flu for two months straight…) boredom is the last thing on your mind. I didn’t want visitors, because I was vomiting all the time, and I would dream about food, since I was literally starving. </p>
<p>Although I’m sorry for Kate (she will certainly be suffering), the bright side is that this will educate people some that this happens sometimes (like Tango’s comment finding it hard to believe). During my first pregnancy, even my doctors didn’t know what to make of it and I felt like a bit of a freak. PG - I’m not troubled by it being described as morning sickness, because it is essentially very severe morning sickness. Although I had the worst 8 weeks of my life at the beginning of my pregnancy with D, after 16 weeks or so I had a happy healthy pregnancy and I wound up with a wonderful healthy D. So even though it’s a serious, and potentially life threatening condition, it is also an occasional side effect of early pregnancy that usually goes away eventually.</p>
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<p>You asked about the male counterpart of Diana, which is Janus. The Django is not related but it is famous … gypsy name. Here’s a well-known Django</p>
<p>[Django</a> Reinhardt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt]Django”>Django Reinhardt - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Adrian William for the royal lad.</p>
<p>Emma Elizabeth for the wee princess.</p>
<p>Boy: Farquaad</p>
<p>Girl: Fiona</p>
<p>doughmom, one report I read said that Kate would probably be getting anti-nausea medication as well as hydration/nutrition. Did you get meds, and did they help at all?</p>
<p>From across the pond:</p>
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<p>[Elizabeth</a> already the hot favourite for royal baby name | Mail Online](<a href=“Kate Middleton pregnant: Elizabeth already the hot favourite for royal baby name | Daily Mail Online”>Kate Middleton pregnant: Elizabeth already the hot favourite for royal baby name | Daily Mail Online)</p>