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starsg
15/04/2011, 02:12 AM
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Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederick have baptised and named their baby twins.
As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander and Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda, born on January 8, are the third and fourth children for Mary and Frederik.They are siblings for Prince Christian, five, and Princess Isabella, who turns four next week.
The children were each given a Greenlandic name, Minik and Ivalo, in honour of Denmark’s autonomous territory, Danish media report.
The name Sophia has links to the twins’ maternal great grandmother, Queen Consort of Denmark - Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta - who died in 2000.
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In keeping with Danish royal tradition, the names of the new prince and princess have been kept secret since their birth and news from Holmen’s Church on Thursday quickly spread around the globe.
http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/pregnancy/...0415-1dgjo.htmli think they're beautiful names! congrats to the happy family
Sarie
15/04/2011, 02:29 AM
Lovely names, congrats to them!
Speshelle
15/04/2011, 04:09 AM
Hehehe I know a set if twins names isabelle and Josephine! Cute names!
Gossamer
15/04/2011, 04:21 AM
Lovely names. I adore Josephine
and Vincent is great (the only downside being the potential for Vince as a NN).
LottieCait
15/04/2011, 06:35 AM
I love their names. I knew Princess Mary wouldn't disappoint
mischiefmaker
15/04/2011, 06:53 AM
Josephine is lovely, but Vincent is hideous.
mummytomany
15/04/2011, 07:03 AM
Horrible names.
cryptic
15/04/2011, 07:04 AM
I love both the names. Here is a pic. As usually they all look gorgeous. I think Frederick looks quite good with a bit of a beard.
idignantlyright
15/04/2011, 07:08 AM
I think they are lovely names.
What amazes me is how some people think the twins names are hideous, yet some of the names they do like are nowhere near as nice.
ms bonny
15/04/2011, 07:11 AM
Aargh.. Princess Mary 'stole' my favourite name for a girl!
Lovely picture. She looks impossibly good for a mum of 4 under 5.
frosted
15/04/2011, 07:13 AM
Gosh they are a stunning family. Great names as well.
nutsabouthazel
15/04/2011, 07:23 AM
Woohoo
really? is this worthy of an exclamation mark.
Robbie
15/04/2011, 07:27 AM
You are in Baby Names nutsabouthazel - we tend to get excited about baby names in here
I love Josephine. I don't love Vincent, but it's very fitting alongside the rest of the children's names
Little Isabella is a cutie pie!
Bel Rowley
15/04/2011, 07:29 AM
QUOTE (mummytomany @ 15/04/2011, 07:03 AM)
Horrible names.
Maybe Wills and Kate will have a little Princess Memphis or Prince Bowie for you.
I think both names are good, I like that they used the Greenlandic middle names.
mummytomany
15/04/2011, 07:38 AM
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What amazes me is how some people think the twins names are hideous, yet some of the names they do like are nowhere near as nice.
It amazes you that people have different tastes in names?
MotherClucker
15/04/2011, 07:38 AM
LOVE THEM!! Even Vincent! but then again I love the song by Don McLean.
Josephine is my imaginary baby girls name if we ever had an oopsie (which we wont but a girl can dream lol)
~Edie~
15/04/2011, 07:46 AM
It could have been so so much better.
Peanut
15/04/2011, 07:49 AM
Lovely photos of the christening here -
http://foto.jp.dk/fotosite_albumview.php?serie=1682I'm not so enamored with Vincent, but I do love Josephine!
fairylite
15/04/2011, 07:49 AM
I now have visions of Vinnie from Young Talent Time...
twosweeties
15/04/2011, 07:51 AM
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It could have been so so much better.
My thoughts exactly!
TripleB's
15/04/2011, 07:53 AM
QUOTE (Princess_Perky_Tit @ 15/04/2011, 07:46 AM)
It could have been so so much better.
I kinda feel the same. Not a big fan of Vincent.
missjoads1234
15/04/2011, 07:54 AM
I wish this would stop coming up in recent threads. Every time i see it i keep thinking of danish pastries.
BBlessed
15/04/2011, 07:58 AM
I feel a bit sad for Vincent.
Imagine being a Vincent, amongst Christian, Isabella and Josefine.
I'd feel a bit ripped off!
I love the photos Peanut linked too - they are so "normal"! I like the one where it looks like Isabella might be going to stick her fingers in the Christening water and Mary is "redirecting" her. And the one where Prince Joaquim (?) is giving his boys "the look" that Dads across the world give their kids when they're sitting in a church service which is boring the kids to tears!
Very natural and relaxed, for such a big occasion. Love it!
briandrea
15/04/2011, 08:00 AM
I wonder why they went with Vincent? Anyone have any idea?
Bel Rowley
15/04/2011, 08:01 AM
QUOTE (BBlessed @ 15/04/2011, 07:58 AM)
I feel a bit sad for Vincent.
Imagine being a Vincent, amongst Christian, Isabella and Josefine.
I'd feel a bit ripped off!
I don't agree at all, I much prefer Vincent to Christian.
PixieVee
15/04/2011, 08:06 AM
I adooooooore Josephine! One of my absolute faves! Vincent I could take or leave... I agree with BB, it's better than Christian though. The girls got the better names!
misslizzie
15/04/2011, 08:08 AM
They are lovely names - congrats to mary and frederick.
Kay1
15/04/2011, 08:08 AM
They are such a fairtytale. Its almost too good to believe!
I like Josephine but Vincent doesn't do much for me. I like the little nod to Australia with Mathilda (although I realise its probably a family name).
Peanut
15/04/2011, 08:13 AM
I like the photo where Isabella is lifting up her dress, as all little girls do despite the occasion!!!
Also the one where Christian is checking up on his little sibling in Dad's arms!
leisamd
15/04/2011, 08:17 AM
Congrats to them, love the names - especially Vincent! Swoon-worthy in this house!
RubyTuesday76
15/04/2011, 08:18 AM
QUOTE (twosweeties @ 15/04/2011, 07:51 AM)
My thoughts exactly!
I am not a fan either!! But I am possibly affected by a lady I knew in my teens called Josephine and she was a horrid thing, as were her daughters. Vincent reminds me too much of Vinnie from Home & Away (think Ryan Kwanten the dude who plays Jason Stackhouse from True Blood)!!
Peanut
15/04/2011, 08:22 AM
Apologies that this doesn't fit the "baby names" topic, but just wanted to add that I've read that the christening gown that Princess Josephine wore was a gown that was given to her great grandmother in 1940 that had never been used. It was adapted for the new little princess for the occasion.
Vincent wore the gown that his older brother and sister (and father) wore at their christenings.
~Nessa~
15/04/2011, 08:29 AM
QUOTE (Blondiebear @ 15/04/2011, 07:29 AM)
Maybe Wills and Kate will have a little Princess Memphis or Prince Bowie for you.
I think both names are good, I like that they used the Greenlandic middle names.
tickly_rain
15/04/2011, 08:30 AM
Thanks for sharing the pics Peanut!
I like the Greenlandic connection in their names. Josephine is lovely.
idignantlyright
15/04/2011, 08:34 AM
QUOTE (mummytomany @ 15/04/2011, 07:38 AM)
It amazes you that people have different tastes in names?
No it amazes me that some can be so nasty about other peoples choices.
A simple NMS would be suffice, but to term them as 'horrible' or 'hideous' is just being OTT.
*Shabadoo*
15/04/2011, 08:36 AM
Josephine - great!
Vincent - meh.
~Nessa~
15/04/2011, 08:37 AM
I love the pics of Prince Christian holding Princess Isabella's hand while they walk outside amongst the crowd. So adorable
Shauna+Molly+Annie
15/04/2011, 08:44 AM
I really like Vincent.
I would try as hard as hell to prevent NN Vinnie and the like but considering he is a prince I am sure only the inner circle would use shortened versions anyway.
Vin is not to bad I suppose.
I also love Josefine but I hate that spelling (even though I know its legitimate) compared to Josephine.
Peanut
15/04/2011, 08:47 AM
The spelling is Jose
phine according to the royal family's website -
http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_josephineI think the mixup came from a European journalist who spelled it the way it was commonly spelled in his country?
Freddie'sMum
15/04/2011, 08:50 AM
Love love love Josephine !!
Sorry but I don't think Vincent is a nice name at all. I also don't believe as twins they have made a good match. I was thinking they would go for a traditional Danish boys' name like Laars (sp).
Julie3Girls
15/04/2011, 08:50 AM
Josefine is lovely. Vincent, not my taste at all.
Love the photos - nice to see such candid shots, rather than the more posed official photos the magazines always have. Such a normal lovely looking family.
Super cute children with gorgeous names. If I didn't like her, it would be nauseatingly perfect.
This way it's just perfect.
delli
15/04/2011, 08:54 AM
Not names I would use, but I still think they are stunning all the same for a little prince and princess.
The whole combo's are gorgeous.
I have been looking through photos has mary wore the same head piece to all 3 christenings? She has defiantely wore cream to them all. Off to investigate that further....
Fantastic names, to go with her other 2 little ones fantastic names.
What a gorgeous family
babaganoush
15/04/2011, 08:59 AM
I love Josephine, very classic to me. Not so hot for Vincent though!
Just a thought about the names... A friend of mine married a Dane and has lived in Copenhagen for 15 years or so now. They have two boys. When naming them they were very careful to find names that would be spelt and pronounced the same in both Danish and English. It was their number 1 priority. I remember DF commenting on how hard that was for boys names especially.
All the kids' first names (even Christian, though they had no choice there!) follow this 'rule'.
Beautiful family!
justthinking1
15/04/2011, 09:02 AM
awwww.... now in 9 weeks time everyone will be asking me "so did you get that from Princess Mary's baby girl?"
la di dah
15/04/2011, 09:04 AM
I like Vincent, strong and classic. Josefine is pretty, a name I wanted for myself when I was younger.
Peanut
15/04/2011, 09:15 AM
Thinking about it, I guess the reason I'm not that keen on Vincent is that I prefer Vincenzo, especially when the name is applied to a dark haired, dark eyed Italian stallion! I guess it doesn't quite fit the context of a northern Danish prince in my minds eye. I'll get used to it though!
*Shabadoo*
15/04/2011, 09:17 AM
QUOTE (justthinking1 @ 15/04/2011, 10:02 AM)
awwww.... now in 9 weeks time everyone will be asking me "so did you get that from Princess Mary's baby girl?"
How annoying!
futureself
15/04/2011, 09:26 AM
I adore Josephine and fits very well with the older two. I must admit that Vincent is not my style here but I think that's an Australiian 'Vinnie' thing rather than the original Vincent...if that makes sense!
QUOTE (justthinking1 @ 15/04/2011, 09:02 AM)
awwww.... now in 9 weeks time everyone will be asking me "so did you get that from Princess Mary's baby girl?"
How annoying! There are those that don't pat attention to Royal goings-on though so you may get some reprieve. It's a beautiful name
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