--- title: William and Kate Middleton Royal Baby: What Will the Name Be description: Britain's Kensington Palace announced Monday that Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting a third child. canonical: https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-04T10:30:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:59.681Z article:section: World og:title: Here's What the Royal Baby's Name Could Be, According to Oddsmakers og:description: "Donald" is a longshot at 50/1 og:url: https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83faa230f8ed76ee/69878703f887dcd8dce8afc6/ap110429124487.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Britain Royal Wedding og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What the Royal Baby's Name Could Be, According to Oddsmakers twitter:description: "Donald" is a longshot at 50/1 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83faa230f8ed76ee/69878703f887dcd8dce8afc6/ap110429124487.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What the Royal Baby's Name Could Be, According to Oddsmakers by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 4, 2017 10:30 AM CUT  Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Royal Wedding in London April, 29, 2011. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Royal Wedding in London April, 29, 2011.Matt Dunham—AP by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 4, 2017 10:30 AM CUT Britain’s Kensington Palace [announced Monday](http://time.com/4926420/prince-william-kate-pregnant-third-child/ "undefined") that Prince William and [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/4920961/princess-diana-kate-middleton-fashion/ "undefined"), the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting a third child. The child, whose gender has not been identified, will be a younger sibling to Prince George, 4, and two-year-old Princess Charlotte. A statement from the palace said that “the Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news.” Less than an hour after news of Middleton’s pregnancy was revealed, the London-based bookmaker William Hill revealed odds on the royal baby’s name. Currently Alice is the most popular choice, with odds at 8/1, followed by Elizabeth (10/1), James (12/1) and Arthur (12/1). The odds on gender are equal, at 10/11 for a boy and a girl, and the odds on the Duchess of Cambridge having twins are pretty high, at 33/1. The oddsmakers clearly believe that there’s a chance the newborn could be named after a former or current member of the royal family. Diana (the name of Prince William and Prince Harry’s late mother) has been given odds of 16/1, Margaret (the name of the Queen’s late sister) has been given odds of 20/1 and Charles (the name of the baby’s grandfather) has been given odds of 25/1. The name Donald has been given particularly high odds of 50/1, but William Hill did not elaborate on why that might be the case. Bookmaker Ladbrokes has similar odds: Alice is 7/1, followed by Arthur (10/1), Victoria (10/1), Alexandra (12/1), Albert (14/1) and Phillip (14/1). The odds on Middleton having twins is 4/1 and triplets is 50/1. “The early money suggests punters would love to see Kate and Wills welcome another little girl into their family, who is called Alice,” Jessica Bridge, a spokesperson for Ladbrokes, said in a statement. “It should come as no surprise to see fairly normal yet regal names top the betting.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/"},"headline":"Here's What the Royal Baby's Name Could Be, According to Oddsmakers","datePublished":"2017-09-04T10:30:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:59.681Z","description":"\"Donald\" is a long shot at 50/1","url":"https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Newsfeed","Royal Family","kate middleton","Prince William","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83faa230f8ed76ee/69878703f887dcd8dce8afc6/ap110429124487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83faa230f8ed76ee/69878703f887dcd8dce8afc6/ap110429124487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britain Royal Wedding","caption":"Britain Royal Wedding","creditText":"Matt Dunham—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4926436/royal-baby-kate-will-oddsmakers-names/","name":"Here's What the Royal Baby's Name Could Be, According to Oddsmakers"}}]}] ```