Kate Middleton has been incredibly open in the past about the Any parent will understand her struggle - choosing a child's name can feel like an impossible task when there's everything from to to choose from. But we can all agree that she settled on the perfect names for , 10, , nine, and , five, with the regal-sounding monikers feeling fitting for both their positions in and for their growing personalities. But it has been revealed that Kate had 'set her heart' on a very different name before she and settled on George, then on Charlotte, and then on Louis, with the Princess never getting the chance to use her favourite baby name for any of her kids.
Speaking about Kate's first and her plans to use the name, royal expert Katie Nicholl told , "Courtiers insisted the pair had not found out the sex of their unborn baby, and friends close to the couple claim William wanted a surprise. "Although Kate apparently suspected it was a boy and had set her heart on the name Alexander, they had not yet decided what to call their firstborn." We don't know exactly why the couple didn't use the name Alexander, with some suspecting they chose George as a nod to Queen Elizabeth’s father King George VI.
But they did use it as a middle name for Prince George when he was born, his full name being George Alexander Louis. They also didn't use the name for Louis but reportedly very nearly used it for Charlotte, albeit in the feminine form. According to reports in , Alexandra was another of Kate's .
