Royal baby: Why George Alexander Louis? - Prince William and Kate Middleton first baby has been named George Alexander Louis. But what's in the name?
It is a partial victory for the old maxim, "the bookmakers are never wrong". George was the rock-solid favourite for boys' names for a while, backed all the way down to 2/1. Alexander and Louis were both not far behind.
A cynic might point out that before we knew it was a boy, Alexandra - the Queen's first middle name - had been the favourite.
Of the three names, it is the significance of the third that is most obvious. Louis immediately makes one think of Louis Mountbatten, uncle of Prince Philip and last viceroy of India, who was killed by the IRA in a bomb attack on his yacht.