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Archie

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Iamstrugglingtopick · 25/04/2021 14:51

Is this name still hated on MN?
Do you associate it as old man trend or just too popular?
Please help me decide, my other half loves it as it is an old family name

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MercyBodle · 26/04/2021 01:43

I love it! It's also quite popular which means lots of people love it too.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 26/04/2021 01:04

I think Archie's often disliked on here because it's super trendy - it hits the double whammy of the cute nickname as given name trend (usually ending in "ee" sounds - Tommy, Freddie, Charlie, Teddy etc) as well as the vintage/retro trend (Alfred, Wilfred, Stanley, Sidney etc).

Trendy names risk dating and eventually becoming downmarket (despite Royal usage!) but if you really love the name it shouldn't matter - and clearly by it's chart position lots of people love Archie.

KirstenBlest · 25/04/2021 20:34

Don't like it. Archer is awful, as is Arch.

Violetlavenders · 25/04/2021 20:14

Archie, Alfie, Artie etc are cutesy and overused so will sound dated soon

Tavannach · 25/04/2021 20:13

It’s 19th on darkgreener - that is very popular. But if you like it go for it.

Thefaceofboe · 25/04/2021 20:11

It’s just overused IMO.

Violetlavenders · 25/04/2021 20:03

I know an Archer who is known as Archie - definitely nicer than Archibald!

An Archer as in a bowman?

partyatthepalace · 25/04/2021 19:56

It’s v popular.

toastofthetown · 25/04/2021 18:50

A lot of people will say that they’ve heard it more since Meghan and Harry used it, but the name actually dropped in popularity in 2019; the year their son was born. We’ll have to wait and see what happened in 2020.

Personally I’m not a huge fan of the nickname as a full name, but I concede that the full names for Archie aren’t great. That being said, my view is personal taste, and I don’t think it will hurt someone to be called Archie. The most popular names include Archie, Alfie, Freddie, Charlie. Indeed the fastest rising boys name last year was Tommy. In general Mumsnet users don’t like these names, so you won’t get a warm reception here, but they are very popular so I’d take the warnings that you child will go nowhere in life without a Sunday name with a pinch of salt.

whatausername · 25/04/2021 18:42

It's been done to death but there's nothing wrong with it. I find the name a bit twee but that's me. If you love it go for it.

Flymetothestars · 25/04/2021 18:30

@Iamstrugglingtopick I love the name Archie. Great name and falling in popularity if you look at the official statistics (the below graph uses the ONS official numbers). I've actually never met an Archie but think I've heard it shouted in the park before. Wouldn't make me think of Harry or Royalty. Neither would Louis, Charlotte or George.

names.darkgreener.com/#archie

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Iamstrugglingtopick · 25/04/2021 17:56

It didn’t even cross my mind about Harry and Meghan to be honest but I do not follow the royal family so that would not put me off. Just wondered why it was so disliked

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ElderMillennial · 25/04/2021 16:59

I like it but I think it's very popular right now.

GintyMcGinty · 25/04/2021 16:59

Meh - it screams Harry and Meghan.

Sorry

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 25/04/2021 16:58

Hate it sorry

Amdone123 · 25/04/2021 16:49

I don't like it, not because of its popularity but it's harsh sounding to me.

Sawyersfishbiscuits · 25/04/2021 16:49

I know an Archer who is known as Archie - definitely nicer than Archibald!

19thNamechange · 25/04/2021 16:46

I like it.

FizzyApricot · 25/04/2021 16:45

I like it but as a PP said there are loads of A names for boys being used around my neck of the woods so its nice to have something else.

mn81987 · 25/04/2021 16:33

Oh god think of something more original! Every other child is called Archie or Alfie

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 25/04/2021 16:27

It’s a lovely name. Old men are not suddenly called Archie they were babies once I find it odd that this is mentioned a lot on MN for boys names but not girls so much. Anyway you get to choose the name you love.

INeedtobealone · 25/04/2021 16:26

I don't like it or any other nickname type names, Alfie, Reggie, Ronnie, Albie etc.

Archie as a diminutive so say Archibald is ok p, I wouldn't pick it, but not on its own.

OneKeyAtATime · 25/04/2021 16:19

I am not keen I am afraid

SelfMadeFantasist · 25/04/2021 16:12

I don’t like it at all. I dislike names that sound cutesy, I dislike old man names, and I just don’t like the way it sounds ... but why would you care what a random stranger thinks? All that counts is what you and your DP like.

purplecorkheart · 25/04/2021 15:53

It would not be my choice but do not dislike it.