THE jokes have started for Charlotte Gundry after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave their daughter the same name this week.
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“It’s funny thinking about your name in that context,” Mrs Gundry, the marketing manager for Brand Orange said.
“I think my friends and family think it’s funnier than I do, I’ve had a few friends make jokes about Princess Charlotte.
“When I was growing up there was very, very few Charlottes and now there’s many of them, it’s such a popular name now.”
New Orange mum Ragan Callaghan also had no idea the name would soon be associated with royalty when she named her daughter Charlotte on March 18.
Mrs Callaghan said she was surprised when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also gave the name to their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Dianna this week.
“I’m not disappointed, I think it’s quite nice really, it shows we’ve got good taste and makes me feel a little bit royal, a little bit regal,” Mrs Callaghan said.
“I just think it’s a very classic name that we liked.
“It wasn’t really hard [choosing the name], we had a choice of two names we really liked so we ended up going with Charlotte and it goes with the surname as well.”
According to the latest data from McCrindle, taken from births, deaths and marriages, Charlotte is also the second most popular girls name in Australia at the moment.
Olivia is the most popular girls name, taking over the top spot from Charlotte which was number one for three years, and Oliver is the most popular boys name.
Nurture One Albert Street Children’s Centre administration officer Bec Hayden said the name has not been particularly popular at the centre where there is a diverse spread of modern and traditional named.
“We’ve one [Charlotte] about to start and one in the preschool,” Miss Hayden said.
“For the last two years we’ve only had the one that’s in the preschool but I do know a few others [children named Charlotte] outside of here.”