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Coco784 · 31/07/2020 18:09

Is there actually anyone on MN's who likes the name Archie? It seems to be so badly hated...

Personally I think it is lovely and cannot see the problem - so many people saying it is a cutesy name however I know men of 30/40/50/60 called Archie and it works?

My friend adored the name Archie until she saw the dislike towards it

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MrsStavrum · 31/07/2020 18:11

I love the name Archie!

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MikeUniformMike · 31/07/2020 18:13

It was Cary Grant's real name.
Character in Emmerdale (a long time ago)
Monarch of the Glen, but that popularised Lexi, so nuff said.

Gets shortened to Arch, another word for sly.
Don't like it sorry.

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Spied · 31/07/2020 18:14

I don't like it. I also think of Balamory.
Archibald is horrendous too and am sure many wouldn't use 'Archie' on a Birth Certificate.

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MikeUniformMike · 31/07/2020 18:21

Archer is even worse. It's fine as a surname, but not as a first name.

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FluffyEggsontoast · 31/07/2020 19:18

I love it! In real life it's popular, I think it has a lovely sound to it

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123Dancewithme · 31/07/2020 19:25

I think it’s fine. It is very popular though.

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123Dancewithme · 31/07/2020 19:27

It also kind of blends in with similar names like Alfie and Albie. I think they will all sound quite dated in a few years.

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whatausername · 31/07/2020 19:30

Dislike - I can't see anything redeeming about it at all. Maybe that it is so popular that most people in the UK will be able to spell it easily? Definitely not my style though.

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 31/07/2020 19:40

I detest the use of diminutive as 'full' names, almost as much as I detest hyphenated first names...

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mummy2myJJ · 31/07/2020 19:57

Absolutely love it, works for every age... only ever met sweet little boys with the name xx

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RowboatsinDisguise · 31/07/2020 19:59

It’s fine. There’s just a lot of them about at the moment. I just imagine a little gang of Archies, Alfies, Ronnies and Reggies running around in tiny flat caps at primary school 😂

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SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 20:40

I love it! It is a lot nicer than Archibald as well. Just Archie on its own is lovely. I like Archer though. Think that's quite cool.

I think the problem is that it often gets lumped in with Alfie, which I don't like at all.

I love Albie as well, but actually would have Albert on the BC for that one.

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MaverickDanger · 31/07/2020 20:43

It’s just a bit cutesy for me.

Just loads of Archies, Alfies, Freddies, Harrys, Poppys, Daisys and Avas running around - cutesy and unimaginative.

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SpeedofaSloth · 31/07/2020 20:46

It's OK, bit I am not keen on diminutives on birth certificates so the name would be Archibald which I like less.

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DramaAlpaca · 31/07/2020 21:20

It's an awful name, so cutesy.

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Miljea · 31/07/2020 21:22

There's your problem Archie is a diminutive of a clumsy old fashioned name, Archibald.

I'm not a fan of BC diminutives.

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VerbenaGirl · 31/07/2020 21:26

I like it!

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Grufallosfeiends · 31/07/2020 22:17

I hate Archie. So ugly (Archibald) and cutesy at the same time.

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Poppydaisies · 31/07/2020 22:19

Awful name. The Arch sound is so ugly.

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Lavenderbluesy · 31/07/2020 22:23

Archie, Alfie, Albie etc are so cutesy and childish sounding. I think they will date badly.

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RuthW · 31/07/2020 22:25

Awful name imo. Archibald is ok though. It's half a name.

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Puppilangstrumpfi · 31/07/2020 22:35

I hate it. It's cutesy. And it's short for Archibald!

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BackforGood · 31/07/2020 22:40

It's alright. Same as many of the names been given to babies over the last 5 years or so. I think they are old fashioned, but I am a generation older than people having babies today. When the babies being born today have dc, they will probably be named after my parents' generation and then their dc will be named after my generation etc etc.

I don't mind 'Archie' at all, but don't really like the name 'Archibald'

I haven't seen hate for it on MN.

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worstwitch18 · 01/08/2020 05:37

I think it's an OK nickname but I don't like it as a full name.

But then it's short for Archibald which I can't imagine being used on a real person.

Or Archer I suppose, but I don't really love that as a name either.

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subhashini · 01/08/2020 08:44

Its nice name Archie

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