Lilibet

What a lovely choice of names!

Here’s betting Lilibet becomes popular

What lovely names.

Here’s betting that Lilibet becomes popular.

I always understood that the Queen had to approve royal names, but maybe either this doesn’t apply to those who are no longer working members of the royal family, or she has approved it. The Sussexes PR team did sterling work in allowing them to settle in at home by suggesting that the baby would be born on what would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday. Let us hope now that they have a few months to spend quietly as a family and enjoy their new circumstances before embarking on any new projects.

I think it’s lovely

Good for them.

Let’s be honest, some were always going to complain no matter the choice

I love the name Lily, and would happily have named my daughter that years ago, but it really did not go with the surname. Just realised it's the shortened version of my grandmother's name!
My niece has the shortened version of her gran's name.

Lovely names - wishing them all the very best. What a loss to the UK Harry and Meghan are - such a hardworking, talented couple

I can only imagine as it's such a deeply personal name that Harry has talked to his grandma and said that's the name they would like to choose.
Yes it is a compliment but I have to admit I did a double take seeing it initially and it seems a little bittersweet given how difficult the last few months must have been whilst her husband was ill and Harry has been do vocal about his family and perceived slights and failings .Lili is however a very pretty name and pleased as always to hear of a healthy newborn

I like it of course it is my name.

Very pretty names, and I wish them well.

How lovely Lilibet, I’m sure Harry mentioned it to his Gran beforehand. Diana had the be of course. Tragic she’s not here to enjoy her grandchildren.

How lovely. I wish them all well.

What happy news, a healthy daughter and mother doing well.

Sweet names

If I was 95 and lets face it most of the people who had called me a nickname had passed away I think knowing my name was going to live on in a new baby would make me very happy.
A thoughtful gesture from a caring GS and his wife.

What a lovely name!

Lovely names Good choice

Oh such a nice thread too makes such a welcome change
Makes me happy to read the positivity

I was silently horrified when my son and his wife used my second name, ( and my mother's first name) as a middle name for their daughter . I think it was a kind gesture but it's a name I just can't stand. My mother, who had become very vocal with dementia, would have told them right out that it's a bloody awful name and what were they thinking. She died before the baby was born so we managed to avoid an outburst.

Someone mentioned upthread that there will be a few more Lilibets being born and that's very true. Happens a lot these days. However there were only 2 Lilibets born between 1900 and 1988 in England and Wales. People would have been aware of the nickname but didn't copy it.

It’s not an uncommon name in the US though apparently, 16,276 babies called Lilibet were born in 2020 there.

trisher

If I was 95 and lets face it most of the people who had called me a nickname had passed away I think knowing my name was going to live on in a new baby would make me very happy.
A thoughtful gesture from a caring GS and his wife.

It might be nice to use her nickname and it might very well make the Queen happy but I'm not sure how caring a GS and his wife are when they said the things they did when his grandfather was dying.

Surely we can accept that people do good and bad things and don't have to pretend?

GS just contacted me to ask if I knew the new royal baby had copied my plants name.

Casdon

It’s not an uncommon name in the US though apparently, 16,276 babies called Lilibet were born in 2020 there.

Gosh, how interesting!

It is a very pretty name.

I like the names. I feel the Queen will have given the couple her blessing to use her childhood name Lilibet, and shortening it to Lili is what most of us would do. . Not at all surprised that Diana is the baby’s 2nd name - very fitting.
We would have criticised them if the had chosen Hollywood names like Courtney or Britney ......

Agree with Fanny. The choice of Lilibet is wrong on all sorts of levels. However, as with any young couple having a new baby, I wish them well.

(No offence to anyone with daughters or granddaughters named Courtney or Britney!)

Congratulations to the family, lovely sentiment in the name Liliebet Diana.

A new baby brings joy into any family.