Few Levin Babies Named After Royal Couple

Chronicle (Levin), 23 January 1948, Page 4

Few Levin Babies Named After Royal Couple

Since Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh on November 20, the names of 33 babies have been registjered by the Government offleer appointed to that task in Levin," and there was a seareity of little Elizabeths or little Philips ' among them. The Royal wedding failed to make either name popular, and •the .parents, who registered the births of these children with the registrar of 'births, 'deaths and marriages at Levin gave only one boy the name of Philip. No baby girls have received the name of .• Elizabeth. Parents all over the world have -chosen names for their children I from great men and women of the | day, and in many cases from towns in the new's. During the Boer War, children were burdened with such names as Mafeking an'd Ladysmith, as well as the Christian names of , some of the more popular generals. In the early stages of the First World War, Ian became a well-known name for boys, because Sir Ian Hamilton commanded on the Gallipoli front. Verdun was also registered as a boy's name, while i Lorraine became a popular name for baby girls. During the recent war cases of children being named after famous places an'd people were nutoerous, and even the nqme of a ehild called ELAlamein was recorded./ ; Names" that are. featufed --in front of theatres in the bigger cft- ; ies enjoy ' passing rpOpulai-ity, and there was a certaip mcotiC appeal In Marina that led' to the n'amihg : of many baby girls after the Duchess of Kent. ; It is evident from the .official • regi'ster of births in Levin that very , few people have been influenced by . the Royal- engagemnt and the ' Royal wedding in the matter of ; choosing names „for their chil- ; dren.