Happy Christmas Baby
It’s Newcastle against Wigan on the telly tonight so the big news is that Mary, Victoria and John are the joint 8/1 favourite baby names with Paddy Power after the announcement that Kate Middleton is pregnant.
Next in the running is Diana and Frances at 9/1, with Philip, Anne and Charles all available at 10/1. Current long shots include 80/1 Chelsy, 100/1 Bradley and 250/1 Fergie.
Elsewhere, Paddy Power make it an unlikely 6/1 that the child will have ginger hair, with brown the current 13/8 favourite.
Weight wise, the 5/2 favourite is for the new arrival to be born between 7lbs and 7lbs 15oz, while Pippa and Prince Harry are leading the charge to be named godparents ahead of 25/1 David Beckham and 100/1 Victoria Beckham.
A spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “There’s very little to choose from between the top 10 or so names in the betting. The nation will wait with bated breath on the blighters name – but I’d imagine some of our punters will be paying closer attention than most.”
Betting odds on the Name of Royal Baby
8/1 Mary
8/1 Victoria
8/1 John
9/1 Diana
9/1 Frances
10/1 Phillip
10/1 Anne
10/1 Charles
10/1 George
12/1 Sarah
14/1 Alice
14/1 Louis
14/1 Richard
16/1 Elizabeth
16/1 Arthur
16/1 Henry
16/1 Edward
16/1 William
16/1 David
16/1 Spencer
16/1 Carole
20/1 Caroline
20/1 Andrew
20/1 Catherine/Kate
20/1 James
20/1 Marie
25/1 Phillippa
25/1 Alexander
33/1 Albert
33/1 Oliver
33/1 Frederick
33/1 Sophia
33/1 Jane
40/1 Patrick
40/1 Fiona
40/1 Christian
50/1 Janet
50/1 Georgiana
66/1 Camilla
80/1 Chelsy
100/1 Wallis
100/1 Bryan
100/1 Bradley
250/1 Fergie
Hair Colour
13/8 Brown
2/1 Black
2/1 Black
6/1 Ginger
Sex of First Child
5/6 Male
5/6 Female
Weight of first child
5/1 Less than 5lbs
7/1 5lbs to 5lbs 15oz
7/2 6lbs to 6lbs 15oz
5/2 7lbs to 7lbs 15oz
3/1 8lbs to 8lbs 15oz
6/1 9lbs to 9lbs 15oz
5/1 10lbs or more
Godfather
Evens Prince Harry
3/1 Prince Charles
5/1 Thomas van Straubenzee
6/1 Michael Middleton
8/1 Guy Pelly
10/1 Earl Spencer
12/1 Prince Edward
15/1 Prince Michael of Kent
15/1 Peter Philips
25/1 David Beckham
30/1 Mike Tindell
Godmother
Evens Pippa Middelton
2/1 Carole Middelton
8/1 Sophie, Countess of Wessex
8/1 Zara Philips
12/1 Princess Beatrice
12/1 Princess Eugenie
100/1 Victoria Beckham
