As I understand it Zenouska was made up. It was something to do with some rock star who had a band called "Eno"- or perhaps his name was Eno, and the "ouska" was just a Russian sounding ending. I'm sure thtat Marina announced this when she was bourn...
I seem to remember reading in a bio of Pss Alexandra that she had said that she liked the unusual name.. and the writer saying "what else could she say?"
I did not say that all these names were made up, I said they were unusual. Did not know that Davina's husband was Maori, as I thought he was from Australia and that the names reflected Native Australian culture. (I don't like the term aboriginal and I don't know what the politically correct term is).
Zara was certainly an unusual name for a royal, and I believe that Anne chose it deliberately to indicate that she didn't think of her children as royals.
The Earl of Ulster 's 2 children also have unusual names, Xan and Cosima. the earl of St Andrews' 3 have traditional names, Marina Charlotte, Amelia and Edward,
Lady Helen Taylor has 2 sons called Columbus and Cassius, again unusual.. but Lord Nicholas's 3 sons have traditional names, Albert, Louis and Leopold.
I seem to remember reading in a bio of Pss Alexandra that she had said that she liked the unusual name.. and the writer saying "what else could she say?"
I did not say that all these names were made up, I said they were unusual. Did not know that Davina's husband was Maori, as I thought he was from Australia and that the names reflected Native Australian culture. (I don't like the term aboriginal and I don't know what the politically correct term is).
Zara was certainly an unusual name for a royal, and I believe that Anne chose it deliberately to indicate that she didn't think of her children as royals.
The Earl of Ulster 's 2 children also have unusual names, Xan and Cosima. the earl of St Andrews' 3 have traditional names, Marina Charlotte, Amelia and Edward,
Lady Helen Taylor has 2 sons called Columbus and Cassius, again unusual.. but Lord Nicholas's 3 sons have traditional names, Albert, Louis and Leopold.