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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Archie

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SpongeCake23 · 10/03/2018 19:50

What do you think of it? I've worked in many schools over the years both south and north of the country and only ever come across one Archie!

It's a Scottish name originally and my partner's family are Scottish.

I always loved it after watching the TV programme on Sunday evenings called Monarch of the Glen and there was an Archie in that ♥️

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SpongeCake23 · 19/03/2018 15:29

@lovelsa I certainly think it can be a stand alone name!

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lovelsa · 19/03/2018 12:26

** side note, I have also seen it used as a nickname for Archer. x

lovelsa · 19/03/2018 12:25

I LOVE LOVE Archie! A possible contender for our current bump actually!

But I'm a strong believer in a traditional name with a nickname and I'm not sure I can bring myself to name a baby Archibald! lol

Belindabauer · 17/03/2018 08:36

If you line it then go for it.
It seems every other boy under the age of 16 is called Archie or Alfie where I live.

Mclaren37 · 17/03/2018 02:24

I like Archie a lot! There actually seems to be a lot of love for it on this thread, so I wouldn’t let a few dislikes put you off if you love it. Our boys are Archie and Hamish, like you we have Scottish family. Go for it!

Blushingm · 16/03/2018 07:15

It's q common here - I know loads of Archie's - from about ages 9 and younger

Topseyt · 16/03/2018 00:24

I like Archie.

I would definitely use it as a standalone name in it's own right, not as a short form of Archibald, which I don't like at all.

Katyx3 · 15/03/2018 23:46

Currently trying to get my OH to love this name instead of just like it!
I LOVE it and definitely my favourite choice so far!
He says Archibald is terrible, and I agree, I wouldn't call him that, just Archie! X

Bouncingbelle · 15/03/2018 23:25

I know 4 Archies, all aged under 5. Not my favourite name but i think it ages better than the milly/tilly type names.

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SpongeCake23 · 15/03/2018 22:53

I'm going to stick to my guns and go with Archie if it's a boy as it's the only boys name me and OH can agree on and I really like it.

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blackteasplease · 15/03/2018 00:06

Far too cutesy imo. Twee.

Also every child and its dog is currently called Archie!

bellsbuss · 14/03/2018 21:26

I have a son called Archie who is 9 and a 22 month old called Teddie

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 14/03/2018 21:16

Sorry, it's a NO, from me.

Dontrocktheboat · 14/03/2018 21:15

It's OK - a bit meh. I wouldn't choose it as I don't like nicknames as given names and don't like Archer (or Archibald).

I think you may get a negative response on here (which won't be the same irl) as it is a bit 'yesterday's old man name' along with Alfie (old man names now having moved on to Stanley and Wilf) so people are going to say they know loads and it will date. (Most names do!)

If you love it, use it, it's a perfectly nice name which would suit a range of types/ personalities.

duckponds · 14/03/2018 20:45

It’s a nice name but every other baby boy I’ve met at the moment is an Archie!

pipilangstrumpf · 14/03/2018 14:41

go with a name you both love and sod everyone else's opinion!

But isn't the whole point of these threads to get others' honest opinions?

npn1989 · 14/03/2018 07:52

We are going to call our boy Archie! If you both like it, then go for it. You will never get everyone liking the same name, there will always be people who don't like it. There are a couple of people I know who have said in the past they don't like Archie (before I was pregnant) but it really doesn't bother me. I don't think it is too cutesy like others have suggested. Maybe that's because my grandad was Archie so I see it as a grown up name! My cousin (26yrs) is also Archie, sometimes he's called Arch for short.

KeepCalm · 14/03/2018 06:00

I'm in Scotland and actually don't know any

Our DD1 has a name we were told if we threw a pebble into a school playground, we'd hit 40 of them. We don't know ANY others here.

Dd2 has a more 'unusual' name and there are THREE going up from neighbouring villages into the catchment High school.

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't so please just go with a name you both love and sod everyone else's opinion!

LastNightsMakeUp · 14/03/2018 05:22

@SpongeCake23 whatever you name your baby they will take on that name and make it their own. I remember one of my best friends saying they were going to call their son Stanley (before it became trendy) and we were up in arms! Anyway she stuck to her guns and he’s a lovely little boy with a lovely name and he really suits it.
Archie is a little cutesy for my tastes but they’ll be nothing cutesy about a 20 year old man charging around the rugby pitch for example 😊 go with your gut. It’s far far from a terrible name!

Buxbaum · 13/03/2018 23:00

It’s been steadily climbing for while but the most recent spike was in 2013 which is probably why you haven’t encountered many at school - they have only just started. It is #18 in England and Wales so pretty popular but that isn’t necessarily a reason not to use it!

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SpongeCake23 · 13/03/2018 22:36

I thought this was a nice way of putting it ♥️

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SpongeCake23 · 13/03/2018 22:33

I wouldn't use Archer or Archibald, just Archie.

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SpongeCake23 · 13/03/2018 22:32

I'm sad so many people dislike it!

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MikeUniformMike · 13/03/2018 21:54

Don't like it. Archer is awful. So is Archibald.

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SpongeCake23 · 13/03/2018 17:56

My partner won't entertain Archer as he detests surnames used as first names!

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