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How does the name Archer sound for a baby boy?

116 replies

Mesha2323 · 04/01/2025 07:40

We are going to have a baby boy soon, and I really like the name Archie. However, I’m not sure if it will suit him as he grows up, so I was thinking of naming him ‘Archer Storm’. I was wondering if the name Archer is common and if it pairs well with the middle name Storm. Also, any name suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I’d love to have a trendy English name rather than a more traditional one 🥰

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JanefromLondon1 · 04/01/2025 09:19

Beef him up from an early age and he'd fit right in on the TV series Gladiators!!

RockPaperS · 04/01/2025 09:18

LivingLaVidaBabyShower · 04/01/2025 08:08

This was the most appropriate Archer gif i could find to summarise my feelings about the name "Archer Storm"

Yes!
OP, watch at least one episode of the tv show Archer (named after the main character) before deciding on the name.

COPPER3 · 04/01/2025 09:00

I actually like the name Archer. It's nice to hear a different name rather than the popular ones. Archie is nice too, but it doesn't go with Storm. Maybe Archer (and a traditional name)...

TubeScreamer · 04/01/2025 08:50

Your child will hate you for it.

TinyMouseTheatre · 04/01/2025 08:46

MikeRafone · 04/01/2025 08:32

Storm no

archer will spend his entire life saying

no not Archie, Archer

That's true too but I have a very common name, completely of it's time, and I spend a lot of time spelling it too.

arrigatto · 04/01/2025 08:46

I expect this is a troll post

Mercurial123 · 04/01/2025 08:44

Awful names.

TinyMouseTheatre · 04/01/2025 08:36

I prefer Archer to Archie but then I'm not a big fan of the Street Urchin type names.

I'm not too fond of it together with Stirm though but honestly, how many of us use our middle names? There was a slight ripple around the room at a DF's Wedding when his middle name was revealed but even he finds it hilarious.

Use the name you love Flowers

MikeRafone · 04/01/2025 08:32

Storm no

archer will spend his entire life saying

no not Archie, Archer

thinktwice36 · 04/01/2025 08:27

Sounds daft. Really daft. Don’t lumber a future adult with a silly name please.

Sunnyflow · 04/01/2025 08:26

I also find Archie way too cutesy and think it will date badly

Berlinlover · 04/01/2025 08:24

I really like Archer but Storm is just awful.

PreferMyAnimals · 04/01/2025 08:24

DiscoBeat · 04/01/2025 08:18

Archer is a surname and Storm sounds pretentious. My kids have traditional names and have often said they're glad we didn't go for any 'out there' names.

Mine have more traditional names and accuse me of being boring. 😁

Sunnyflow · 04/01/2025 08:24

Archer 🏹 is awful as a name. If you like Archie, use the proper name Archibald.

Olika · 04/01/2025 08:22

Archer sounds to me like a misspelled name

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 04/01/2025 08:21

PS he will end up being called Archie anyway.

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 04/01/2025 08:20

LivingLaVidaBabyShower · 04/01/2025 08:08

This was the most appropriate Archer gif i could find to summarise my feelings about the name "Archer Storm"

Read the thread title and immediately howled "DANGER ZONE" in my head.

OP, I quite like Archer but I really, really hate Storm, both on its own and combined with any first name.

DiscoBeat · 04/01/2025 08:18

Archer is a surname and Storm sounds pretentious. My kids have traditional names and have often said they're glad we didn't go for any 'out there' names.

buttonousmaximous · 04/01/2025 08:18

Love Archie, Archer is also nice. Not sure on Storm.

I know an Archie James.

Begethwin · 04/01/2025 08:17

I know one Archer. He's about 5. He repeatedly gets Archie (due yo people mishearing his name) and his mum rather forcefully corrects people. So it depends on how wedded to Archer for day to day usage you are.

Definitely not Archer Storn though.

NewGreenDuck · 04/01/2025 08:16

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 04/01/2025 08:15

Do not name your child Archer Storm - it sounds like a shitty comic book character.

Or a porn star.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 04/01/2025 08:15

Do not name your child Archer Storm - it sounds like a shitty comic book character.

LlynTegid · 04/01/2025 08:12

Please don't given him the same name as the surname of a convicted perjurer.

PreferMyAnimals · 04/01/2025 08:11

Middle names are pretty much invisible anyway, so if you like Archer Storm, I wouldn't let the opinions stop you. He'll just be Archer LastName to everyone.

NewGreenDuck · 04/01/2025 08:10

Call him Archibald. ( no please don't,) Sorry but no to both the names.