The new son of the Earl and the Countess of Wessex is called James.?

Question

James Alexander Philip Theo. Lovely name, don't you think?

Answer 1

Nice mix of names.  Some old and traditional family names and then the Theo seems a bit newer and younger.  I like it!

Answer 2

Welcome home, Jimmy!

Answer 3

Yes, it is a nice name! I wonder if they will call him Jimmy. Probably not!

Answer 4

you bet...

Answer 5

A very nice name indeed!

happy holidays

Answer 6

Yes,the names honor both sides of the Wessex family; Philip for Edward's and Theo for Sophie's.

From the BBC:

"Royal connections

Earlier, Prince Edward had said the couple planned to wait to choose a name until getting to know their son - whose title will be Viscount Severn.

Prince Edward and Sophie, 42, took him home from Frimley Park NHS hospital in Surrey on Thursday.

James, which has the royal connections of King James I and King James II, is a favourite name of the couple, as is Alexander.

Philip is thought to be as a gesture to the Duke of Edinburgh, the baby's paternal grandfather, and Theo is a name shared with the baby's maternal great-grandfather.

Edward and Sophie were much quicker naming James compared with his older sister Lady Louise in 2003, when they kept people guessing for more than two weeks.

As the couple's eldest son, his title is Viscount Severn or Lord Severn. His full surname is Mountbatten-Windsor, but he will only use Windsor."

Answer 7

All these royal babies seem to get more names than Heinze has pickles.  I guess it is just a tradition.  Will they also add his Godfather's names to his name once he is christened?  So that his name might be something like James Alexander Phillip Theo William Harry?