Archie

Thanks all.. gosh some of you are quite rude, I didn't ask if you liked it!

No one on this thread is being rude? They're just giving their opinions which, as another poster pointed out, you did ask for.

It's a bit blah

I know several Archies - the oldest is 17 and the youngest about 8. I see it as a very normal name with fits with the Alfies, Freddies, Charlies...
It will be totally normal as an adult for this generation as will be Milly, Maisy etc and all the other names people can't "imagine" on an adult.
It's not to my personal taste as I prefer longer more formal names but I don't think it will date badly and I think it's a perfectly fine normal name.
(The Archies I know have siblings Ruby X2, Jack, Bella, Amelia, Rose and Charlie).

Archie is a slightly fat, disobedient beagle

Archie is lovely and I think it would be great for all ages.

I love the name Archie (it's never been popular on Mumsnet but is very popular in real life), and if you look at the official statistics, the name Archie has actually declined in popularity since H&M chose it so now is an excellent time to use it @Wherethereshope

The official 2019stats showed it is about to leave the top 20 names. By the time the 2020 list is announced the name will be well outside the top 20 given the current downward trajectory

Great choice

I confess I have an absolute loathing of those abbreviated names for boys which are very popular at the moment: Alfie, Ronnie, Reggie, Albie etc. But for some reason, I rather like Archie, and feel it doesn’t fall into the same category as those others. The thought of a grown man named Archie is perfectly pleasant. It’s probably because I’m a ghastly snob, and Archie sounds much more middle class. As PP said, there are plenty around, so there will be enough middle aged Archies around in forty years to seem perfectly normal.

My son is called Archie and I still love the name! I think it'll suit him no matter how old he is.

I have an Archie and it was picked due to it being an old family name going back to great great great grandparents, they would have been Archibald’s then but I just registered as Archie

I like it a lot. I've taught a few and that was back 13+years ago so they'd now be men in their mid to late twenties. I think it works for both children, teens and grown ups

It won't date because it's not a new name and has been used consistently for 20 years

Google “Archie Hamilton” and you won’t be disappointed.

I think it's sweet for a little boy, but I'm not sure it would suit a grown man. I also worry that it would date quite badly, as it seems fairly popular at the moment, in the same way as Alfie, Arthur etc.

Very popular name for dogs

Not to my taste. Gets abbreviated to Arch, which is an adjective.
Archer is blimmin' awful as a first name.

DoS is Meghan.

I love it, I have a 16 year old Archie, there are a couple of other Archies at his school but not too many, that it feels common. Here in Scotland it absolutely is a classic name like William or Harry and you don't need to call him Archibald either!

Archie, Albie, Reggie, Ronnie

They all sound like East End (second rate) criminals.

Sorry, but they do.

I think Archie is the best name out of that bunch (Archie, Albie, Reggie, Ronnie etc). I think they suit more to young kids and maybe teenage boys but I’m not sure about a grown man in a business meeting for example. However, like pp say, when our kids are 35 there will be all sorts of unusual names in the population in sure Archie will be quite common.

Yes, it will date.

If you called your son Archibald, that will not date. But you didn’t, did you?

Archie absolutely will sound dated in a few years.

Thanks all.. gosh some of you are quite rude, I didn't ask if you liked it!

What the?!

Yes you did:

I really like the name Archie but opinions please..

So when you said, ‘opinions please’, you really meant - only opinions that like it.

“It’s not a nice name” is also an opinion, just FYI.

I have an Archie. Much older than Megan and Harry's son. I love the name. I don't know how it will 'date badly' - it's not exactly a new name - there are plenty of famous Archie's. If you look up the name Archibald then it's hundreds of years old.....

"Archer? As in a bowman?" I mean! It's too early.

I love it!

I always get stick for suggesting this, but I considered Archer for DS which we would have shortened to Archie.

Awaits person saying "Archie? As in, a bowman?" or "it's very American". Well I am originally from America so :-p .

And yes, like a god damn bowman! Like Hunter is also a name.

Projecting? Moi?

It's lovely. I don't know any, other than MM and H's baby.

I only know one baby Archie and I think it’s a cute name for a baby/toddler. I also know an adult Archie and it suits him, he definitely has no issues with the name. So I think it’s fine for an adult. Also when your baby is grown up there will be 1000’s of his peers with similar ie type names so it won’t seem ‘babyish’ to them. Lots called Reggie, Ronnie, Aflie, Albie etc

I like it.