Prince George was almost given a very different name that mum Kate Middleton 'had her heart set on'. When Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and William, the Duke of Cambridge, found out when they were expecting their first baby they decided not to be told the gender.
Instead they created a list of names for the tot, knowing they would become third in line to the throne as soon as they were born.
And although we know the couple went on to call their son George Alexander Louis, there was another boy's name Kate is said to have been particularly fond of.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl previously revealed in Vanity Fair: “Courtiers insisted the pair had not found out the sex of their unborn baby, and friends close to the couple claim William wanted a