Royal baby: 110 names to choose from!

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The royal baby wasn't even a day old before becoming more popular than you, loser. According to Facebook data, there were over 1 million interactions based around royal baby chatter on July 22, 2013—and that's 1 million interactions in the first hour of the newborn monarch's life.

But let's get down to brass tacks here: What the heck were they going to call the pint-sized potentate, who will be King of England someday far in the future when you and everyone you know has passed away into dust and ruin? Based on the U.K. Facebook buzz at the time, 10 names emerged as the most popular choices, among people who have no decision on the matter and should probably spend more time focusing on their own families. The top 10 names were:

1. George

2. James

3. Louis

4. Henry

5. Philip

6. Richard

7. Daniel

8. Andrew

9. Arthur

10. Spencer

So basically, the list mostly came down to "names of other Kings you've heard of," with No. 10 as the aww-inducing nostalgia dark horse ("Spencer" being dearly departed Grandma Diana's surname). Now, those names were all pretty good. But clearly, the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge could have used a few more suggestions in the name box. Forthwith, EW's own list of 110 names for any upcoming royal baby who would be King. William and Kate's kids are probably reading for future suggestions, for all you know!

1. Edmund

2. Edgar

3. Æthelred

4. Robb

5. Robward

6. Cedric

7. Ralph

8. Harry Potter

9. Larry Potter

10. Hermioner (male form of "Hermione")

11. Stuart Sutcliffe

12. John Paul George Ringo

13. Scaramanga

14. Napoleon

15. Emperor Napoleon

16. Dianer (male form of "Diana")

17. O. Henry

18. Henry IV, Part II

19. Henry V Origins: Before Agincourt

20. Downton

21. Abbey

22. The Doctor

23. The Master

24. King, the King (so his full name is "King King, the King")

25. Kong

26. Koopa

27. Leonidas

28. Alexander

29. 'Xander (with apostrophe!)

30. Madison

31. Wisconsin

32. Captain Britain

33. Colonel Wales

34. Rear Admiral Scotland

35. Midshipman Northern Ireland

36. Keats

37. Shelley

38. Percy

39. Frankenstein

40. Simon Belmont

41. Vlad

42. Thad

43. Chad

44. Brad

45. Lad

46. Lancelot

47. Fancelot

48. Camelot

49. Richard Burton

50. North

51. Elizabert (male form of "Elizabeth")

52. Anthony

53. Anfernee

54. Moon Unit

55. Prince Michael III

56. Cambridge (so someday he'll be known as "Cambridge, Duke of Cambridge")

57. Duke (so someday he'll be known as "Duke Duke," and then "King Duke")

58. Duke Nukem

59. Quicksilver

60. Quiksilver

61. 'Silver (with apostrophe!)

62. Silvio

63. Grizzly Adams

64. Bucky

65. Bucky Buckingham

66. Bucky "Buck Wild" Buckingham

67. Bronco Billy

68. Forrest Gump

69. Michael Clayton

70. Lear

71. Titus Andronicus

72. Titus Welliver

73. Tytus, with a Y

74. Tytys, with two Ys

75. Sherlock

76. Holmes

77. Benedict Cumberbatch II

78. Cumberbatch

79. Cumberholmes

80. Cumbergump

81. Cumberpotter

82. Cumbercumber

83. Kal-El

84. Clark

85. Cumberclark

86. Nemo

87. Brigadier

88. Abercromby

89. Abercrombie

90. Abyrcromby

91. Adam

92. Adam Warlock

93. David

94. Beckham

95. Hambeck

96. Clambake

97. Rooney

98. Joffrey (HAHAHA but f'reals good name, right?)

99. J. R. R.

100. George R. R.

101. T.S.

102. J.K.

103. Shakespeare

104. Shakespeare II

105. Shakespeare IV, Part 2

106. Thanos

107. Attenborough

108. Rattenborough

109. Zoltar, Lord of the Quickening

110. Steve

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