The baby name dilemma Meghan and Harry found themselves has divided Australians
By Sarah Swain|
Finding a baby name you can agree on with your partner can be tough.
But there are a lot of places to find inspiration.
From websites and baby name books or your favourite celebs, TV shows or movies,? you never know where you might find the perfect one.
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However, your ideal name could be closer to home. Naming a child after a loved one ?is an age-old tradition.
Calling the first-born baby boy after his father has a name - it's a patronym.
However, taking a name from a relative could be controversial if you don't get permission.
In an exclusive Nine.com.au poll, readers were evenly split on the issue of naming a child after a family member.
We asked: Should you ask permission if you want to name a child after a loved one?
A quarter said yes, a quarter said no, and the other half said it "depends on the situation".??
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The most famous example of this is of course, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex.?
It has emerged the late Q?ueen Elizabeth was left "as angry as I'd ever seen her" by the news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had named their newborn daughter Lilibet in honour of her.
Lilibet was the Queen's nickname? It was reported she had given her blessing, but now the whole affair has become murky?.
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A new biography by Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, quotes a senior palace source who claims Her Majesty was left seething.
Back after the baby's birth, the couple's spokesperson said the Duke called his grandmother and "shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honour."
But then the BBC reported the Queen was not consulted.
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The couple then fired off legal warning, the book claimed.
Later reports in US gossip column Page Six claim Prince Harry did call the monarch about the choice of his daughter's name but alleged Her Majesty was "told" rather than "asked".
