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Alexander or Archie?

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LittleNutTree · 11/07/2013 23:44

That's it really!

DS1 is due on Tuesday and I'm having last minute naming wobbles! DH and I really struggled to come up with a boy's name (his working title is Baby Dave!) It was hard to find something that we agreed on and that also goes well with the girls' names, but Alexander seemed to fit well. (DD1 is Gabriella and DD2 is Sophia) However, I was looking at a name book the other day and came across Archie, which I now really, really love! I'm not normally keen on shortened versions of names on birth certificates but I really like it and wouldn't use the longer Archibald at all. Alexander would be known as Alex though.

What are your thoughts ladies?

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Vajazzler · 11/07/2013 23:47

Alexander. It's lovely! Archie much overused I think. More than one in each year in my dcs school.

MintChocAddict · 11/07/2013 23:51

Alex.
Alex or Alexander goes better with your other DC names. Not so much Archie TBH.
Archie always makes me think of the inventor from Balamory. Am singing the Archie the Inventor song in my head as I type.

LittleNutTree · 11/07/2013 23:55

Thank you for the speedy replies! DH will love you both for agreeing with him! And I'm so thick, had completely not thought about Archie the Inventor despite DD2 being Balamory daft right now, hormones!

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LittleNutTree · 11/07/2013 23:56

And sorry if I've given you an earworm MintChocAddict!

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MintChocAddict · 11/07/2013 23:59

Still singing it!
Good luck for the big day. Am all broody now.

ShadowStorm · 12/07/2013 00:01

I prefer Alexander / Alex. I think it fits better with the other DC names.

But Archie's nice too.

LittleNoona · 12/07/2013 00:05

Alexander - 100 times better

jellybeans · 12/07/2013 10:19

Alexander. Far too many Archies and it's a bit old man.

Blanketsandpillows · 12/07/2013 11:40

Alexander to me too. I really like that name and love Alex too.

bassingtonffrench · 12/07/2013 11:58

Baby Dave, definitely!

or failing that, Alexander

bassingtonffrench · 12/07/2013 11:59

Baby Dave, definitely!

or failing that, Alexander

thegreylady · 12/07/2013 12:07

Alexander-I know 3 little Archies in one small village school!

thegreylady · 12/07/2013 12:07

I like Xander for nn as well as Alex :)

miffybun73 · 12/07/2013 12:10

Definitely Alexander, at least a 1000 times nicer than Archie.

MadameJosephine · 12/07/2013 12:31

Definitely Alexander, love it and it will suit him all his life. Archie is cute for a baby and an old man but not do much for the years inbetween IMO

LadyWishfort · 12/07/2013 12:54

Agree with MJ Alexander is timeless and fits better with the girls I think. Archie is cute but will be of its era and also not such a great name to grow into.
I'm biased though and mine goes by Xander which sets him apart from the Alex s, which is useful when he loses things! ;)

LittleNutTree · 12/07/2013 17:19

Thank you everyone! I think I'm getting the impression that you all prefer Alexander?? I think the heat and hormones have got to me this week, hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer to meet him!

And Bassingtonffrench, thanks for joining in the Dave love my MIL keeps telling me that Baby Dave will stick if we keep calling him that. It flows beautifully with the girls I think, Gabriella, Sophia and Dave!!

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Alisvolatpropiis · 12/07/2013 17:49

Alexander!

Tickledyellow · 12/07/2013 20:17

Alexander....I have a feeling Archie might be he type of name you will regret later. You will never ever ever regret Alexander. Classic and gives him options for shortening etc

Jazzicatz · 12/07/2013 20:24

I have an Archie and love the name - makes me sad no-one here likes it

wizzler · 12/07/2013 20:26

I have an Archie, and there are not too many of them around us. Only 2 in a school of 400+. There are 2 boys called Alex in Archie's class!!

Alisvolatpropiis · 12/07/2013 20:28

Jazz

I really like Archie but Alexander was always my favourite boys name,which sadly I cannot use now.

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LittleNutTree · 12/07/2013 21:28

Oh Jazzicatz I don't think that it's the fact that no-one likes it, just that out of the two names, Alexander is the preferred option. It could have been that if I asked which was better, Archie or something else, Archie could have been the favourite. IYSWIM? I love love love Archie, hence the reason I was finding it difficult to decide

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HouseAtreides · 12/07/2013 21:30

Alexander is lovely. Archie is soooo overused where I live, ditto Alfie. Not bad names but certainly at saturation point, like Jack was ten years ago.

TidyDancer · 12/07/2013 21:33

Definitely Alexander. Archie has become extremely overused where I am. I prefer Alexander anyway (not that I hate Archie!).

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