OK, so we have a royal baby. Who still doesn’t have a name more than 24 hours after being born.

That would be (name here), Prince of Cambridge.

So, what should this kid’s name be?

Let’s think this through.

First, we can be certain the kid will not have a name created just for him. William and Kate’s kid will not be named D’Brickashaw. Nor will some trendy 21st century name be stuck on this kid. Chad, Josh, Aiden … no.

I think Philip has a shot — the name of the child’s great grandfather, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, aka Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

However, no Philip has been king of England, and the English seem to prefer names with a past.

Edward, perhaps? Well, no. It has been a popular name for English kings, but the most recent, Edward VIII, created that horrific scandal just the other day, in 1936, when he insisted on marrying a divorced woman and had to abdicate.

Could go with Charles, the name (in theory) of the next king, son of  QE2. But Charles has some sketchy history, too. The first King Charles was beheaded by the Puritan-dominated parliament back in 1649 (when England flirted with the idea of a republic; alas, it didn’t stick), and his son, Charles II, was a dissolute mess popular mostly because he was not a Puritan.

William would seem a bit redundant, since his father, a future king, has that name. Henry, maybe? But no Henry has been king of England since Henry VIII, 466 years ago.

The winner?

I’m thinking “George”.

Americans may associate the name with George III … the lunkhead whose misrule prompted the 13 American colonies to rebel in the 1770s and set up their own government. But George V and George VI, from the 20th century, seemed like decent enough guys.

The former had some great facial hair (check the link), and the French liked him well enough that they attached his name to a Paris Metro stop on the 1 line.

George VI was king during World War II, and seemed to do well enough rallying the country in dark times.

And Britons probably do not recall that George Foreman, former heavyweight champion, has five sons named George — from George Jr. through George VI.

Other names knocking around English history include Richard, Edmund, Harold and James, but I don’t see any of those making a reappearance.

I think it’s time for a George, prince of Cambridge. Even if it has been noted that the last guy with that name and that title was something of a dunderhead. Or a “cad and bounder”, as the story in The Australian put it.

No one will remember that other guy, by the time George VII takes the throne, maybe a half century from now.