I often wondered why MJ would name his son Prince MJll. The only conclusion I have come to is that MJ truly a "fanatic" of Prince Rogers Nelson and that he has the utmost respect for.

his grandfather and great grandfather's names were Prince
ding dong

4bjb said:

you didnt bother to take much time trying to work it out Prince is a family name

2 people above said enough , although i dont get why he would name some one this and that I ans II

No need to add to this....Evvy and B3xy provided the answers

Evvy said:

thx dingy dongy

motownlover said:

You haven't heard about George Foreman's kids

But I don't think that's their real name.

Prince is documented as "Michael Joe Jackson Jr." but they say his name is Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr

bboy87 said:

George Foreman's six sons are all named George Foreman II-VII.
Apparently just because he could.

MJ must be sooo thankful that there are so many dumb people out there who believe all his lies.
With the whole Prince/MJ rivalry during the 1980's, the grandfather named Prince didn't come up until after MJ named his kid. Hmmmm.

SUPRMAN said:

George said he did that to make sure his kids remember who their father was since George didn't know about his real daddy until he was in his twenties.

shygirl said:

or probably because no one cared/knew what his granfathers name was or asked before his sons were born

i think MJ mentions it in his autobiography...i don't remember
[Edited 5/13/08 21:57pm]

Timmy84 said:

there are other ways

mimi07 said:

Hehe, I know, that was just HIS way I guess.

I've always wondered if Prince Michael Jackson II (Michael's youngest son) will be called Blanket all his life. I'd assume he would reject that nickname when he gets older. It's cute for a baby, but not for anyone above the age of 5. He'll probably get called Michael, Mikey or something like that when he gets older.
[Edited 5/13/08 22:44pm]

DarlingDiana said:

You really think his name is really Michael II?

shygirl said:

If you bothered to check, it's been in the public domain since the 70's or something, and Katherine explicitly mentions it in her book, which came out well before the kids were born. It was her father's name.

It was just that, before he named them, nobody gave a damn what Michael Jackson's grandfather was called.

shygirl said:

You really believe that?

The fact about his grandfather, Prince Scruse, has been known for years way before the kids were even born

Only Prince fans would actually believe Michael Jackson was obsessed with Prince enough to name his kids after him

I don't think Prince is on Michael's mind enough to even warrant that

Annika said:

sometimes it's easier to laugh

Timmy84 said:

Prince Michael Jackson II IS his name

Timmy84 said:

I am also suspicious of this. I think Mike would do whatever to protect them. He may tell the public that all their sons have one name while keeping their real names from the public to protect them. BTW, Prince seems to be a nickname because I have seen MJ´s and Debbie´s divorce papers and the kids´ names were there as Michael Joseph Jackson Junior and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. Who knows what Blanket´s or Prince II´s real name is. And how can it be Prince Michael II if there is no Prince Michael I?

dag said:

Yep

I think Blanket's name is Philip

bboy87 said:

Oh I laugh, believe me, mostly just because the whole thing is just ridiculous ('Prince Jackson' I could have kind of understood, but 'Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr I' is just too funny). And because I'm sure that if Michael's grandpappy had been named Herbert, we wouldn't now have 'Herbert Michael Jackson Jr I'.

shygirl said:

LOL and you talk about people being dumb!? Jeez!
[Edited 5/14/08 4:43am]

There are many people in this world named Prince ....I would doubt they were all named it because of Prince the Artist ....

Come people, get real ...

shygirl said:

Not true. i had a Michael Jackson Annual in the mid-eighties that had a photo of his grandfather sat on a porch with the Thriller LP in hand.

A few years ago when something was going on with Debbie Rowe - in court papers they showed the official papers and his son's name was Michael Joesph Jackson Jr.

No Prince anywhere.

It was a Jacko Stunt. The papers dont lie.

Michael will make a comeback using his "talented" children- whose names just happen to be the names of already famous or infamous people

Evvy said: