Its George Alexander Louis

After choosing three traditional royal names, Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate named their newborn baby boy George Alexander Louis, William’s office said on Wednesday.

The new-born royalty, born on Monday and third in line to the British throne, will be addressed as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement, reports said.

Reports said that all three names had been among the favorites by British bookmakers, and the announcement was relatively quick by royal standards: it took a month for the name of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, to be announced, and a week for William, his eldest son.

George has been the name of six British kings. The last, George VI, was the father of Queen Elizabeth and reigned from 1936 to 1952.

Alexandra, the female form of Alexander, is one of the queen’s middle names, and was also the name of the queen consort of King Edward VII at the start of the last century, reports said.

Louis is one of William’s middle names, and was the given name of Prince Charles’s mentor and great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, who was assassinated by Irish nationalist IRA guerrillas in 1979.

The choice of name, reports said is relatively short by royal standards but does not necessarily mean the baby will eventually become King George VII. The queen’s father was christened Albert, but chose to be crowned as George VI.

“It’s interesting that they chose to go with just three names. It’s almost as if the royal family is coming down with ordinary people, who tend to have fewer middle names than monarchs,” historian Suzannah Lipscomb, told London news network. “It is a name that none can find any problems with. George itself can’t be shortened in any obvious offensive way … They’ve probably gone for something that is safe.”she added.

Some commentators said the names appeared to have no direct connection to Kate’s side of the family.

“They’ve kept it very simple by not trying to represent all parts of the family,” royal historian Tracy Borman told Sky News. “I think there seems to be genuine joy, warmth and good feeling about this birth and the duke and duchess are so popular. People will be nothing but pleased.”

Report said the interest stirred by the birth has given a further boost to the royal family after the public’s enthusiastic celebration last year of Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne, and Kate and William’s lavish Westminster Abbey wedding in 2011.

The monarchy’s popularity sank to a low in the 1990s after a string of divorces and the death of William’s mother, Diana, after which many said the royal family’s response made it appear out of touch with public sentiment, reports said.

The left-leaning Guardian newspaper described the turnaround as “an incredible recovery”, although its website offered readers a ‘Republican’ button to block out royal stories.

British newspapers devoted their front pages to big pictures of Tuesday’s first photocall, with headlines such as “Hello World” and “Our Little Prince”.

But after weeks of fevered coverage, the couple are expected to try to keep a low profile. They spent Wednesday at Kate’s parents’ home in the village of Bucklebury, in southern England, reports said.

According to reports, the royal couple have been living in a remote part of Wales, where William works as a rescue helicopter pilot, but are expected to move later this year to London’s Kensington Palace, William’s childhood home.

According to Royal observers, William is determined to shield his son from the obsessive attention that plagued his mother Princess Diana who was pursued relentlessly by the media and killed in a car crash in 1997 after her car was chased by photographers, reports said.

Sources: Gma news tv, Gma news online, Reuters