Kate Considered ‘Alexander’ Before Naming Prince George
Princess Kate weighed up different names for her first child before she and Prince William ultimately chose George, new reporting has suggested. The Prince and Princess of Wales’ eldest son, Prince George, was born on 22 July 2013, and the latest detail has resurfaced as extracts from a forthcoming royal biography are shared.
In excerpts from Russell Myers’ upcoming book William and Catherine, The Monarchy’s New Era: The Inside Story, Hello Magazine reported that Princess Kate had “her heart set” on Alexander for a boy or Alexandra for a girl, and that the couple did not learn their baby’s sex before the birth.
The same extract says Prince William privately voiced a preference for having a girl and hoped to include a tribute to his late mother, Princess Diana, if they welcomed a daughter. Myers also writes that the couple were given a baby-name book by a close friend and spent hours going through suggestions together, sometimes laughing at more unusual options.
Although Alexander was not selected as the first name, it did become one of Prince George’s middle names, alongside Louis. Recent profiles of the Wales family have repeatedly stressed that the couple are aligned on key decisions at home, including how they present a united front on family matters as their children grow up in public view.
The details add a personal note to the couple’s early months of parenthood and underline how carefully royal names are considered, balancing tradition, family tributes and the pressures of future public roles.
