The Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander's new daughter is to be named tomorrow. His previous daughters are called Amalia and Alexia, and many observers expect that the third daughter's name will be similar. I for one think Alcydia has a nice ring to it, but there are quite a few other names that might also work. Anhedonia, Arrythmia, Afasia, Anorexia, Ambrosia, Apathia, Anaemia... add your own in the comments (while they still work)!
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Artemesia? Ariana?
Posted by Adam Cuerden | April 12, 2007 11:58 AM
Posted on April 12, 2007 11:58
Amnesia?
... now let's have some that aren't medical conditions.
Posted by Reinder | April 12, 2007 3:13 PM
Posted on April 12, 2007 15:13
But neither of mine are medical conditions; they're both names.
Posted by Adam Cuerden | April 12, 2007 6:21 PM
Posted on April 12, 2007 18:21
I wasn't referring to your contributions - rather to my own.
Ataraxia?
Astigmata?
Posted by Reinder | April 12, 2007 6:35 PM
Posted on April 12, 2007 18:35
Athesia? (tremor/spasticity: 'not staying put')
Posted by spinclad | April 12, 2007 7:58 PM
Posted on April 12, 2007 19:58
I did post an avalanche of apposite names starting with A, but somehow they never arrived. While Willem-Alexander and Maxima have settled for Ariane, my attempts might still be appreciated, or else aborted again:
Amoeba, Argentinia, Australasia, Acadaemia, Aspasia, Agrippina, Anonymia, Anathemata, Aleajacta, Axioma, Algorithma, Algebra, Analfabetica, Asparagia, Arkadia, Armenia, Adastra, Aspidistra, Acacia, Azalea, Aphrodisiaca, Annakarenina
Posted by Michiel P | April 13, 2007 2:44 PM
Posted on April 13, 2007 14:44
Note that Adam Cuerden came very close to guessing the right name.
Posted by Michiel P | April 13, 2007 2:53 PM
Posted on April 13, 2007 14:53
Yeah, Adam came close. The name, in case anyone cares to hear it, has been announced to be Ariane. For getting it so nearly right, Adam wins an opportunity to script-edit another page of ROCR and nit-pick its dialogue.
Michiel, I don't know what happened to your post, but I guess it got junked by Movable Type and then mass-deleted by me. Or it may just have been another timeout. I'll look into it.
Posted by Reinder | April 13, 2007 5:13 PM
Posted on April 13, 2007 17:13
My brain kept churning out names, so I thought I might still add:
Anatevka, Anastasia, Annakournikova, Agnesvarda, Arrogantia, Androgynia, Adhesiva, Aperitiva, Antidepressiva
and, to pay homage to the comic series in which this kind of wordplay was carried to an extreme:
Asterixinispania, Asterixencleopatra, Asterixenderondevangallia
Posted by Michiel P | April 13, 2007 6:12 PM
Posted on April 13, 2007 18:12
They're not only good names for princesses but also for albums by Asia.
Posted by Lee | April 14, 2007 3:21 AM
Posted on April 14, 2007 03:21
I think my post got junked as well. What I said was that all of these suggestions would also make good titles for Asia albums.
Posted by Lee | April 15, 2007 12:19 AM
Posted on April 15, 2007 00:19
Lee: How strange. I did actually see that one posted. My apologies in any case.
Posted by Reinder | April 15, 2007 7:55 AM
Posted on April 15, 2007 07:55
Found and restored it.
Posted by Reinder | April 15, 2007 7:58 AM
Posted on April 15, 2007 07:58
Ooo, we forgot Apologia!
Posted by Michiel P | April 18, 2007 7:57 PM
Posted on April 18, 2007 19:57
And Aprilia, Absurdia, Antologia, Aburbecondita, Antediluvia, Antarctica, Awrenceofarabia.
Posted by Michiel P | April 19, 2007 12:35 AM
Posted on April 19, 2007 00:35
I kind of like Antediluvia for one of Countess Alcydia's earliest ancestors...
Posted by Reinder | April 19, 2007 11:39 AM
Posted on April 19, 2007 11:39
I bet she employed sabretooth wolfmen! And maybe plotted to become Venus of Willendorf instead of the Venus of Willendorf!
(And I still forgot Ammonia, Altavista, Anarchia, Arachnofobia.)
Posted by Michiel P | April 19, 2007 3:40 PM
Posted on April 19, 2007 15:40