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Brother for Leo

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Billycoral · 06/03/2026 17:17

Our son is called Leo. His baby brother soon to arrive and we like the name Arthur (Art, Artie as NN) or Archie as his sibling. Any other name suggestions are welcome too.
i seen a few posts about Archie not growing well into adult and cutesy or being associated with the royals. Also seen Arthur being a bit too old grandad. Opinions please!

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Muckypig · 06/03/2026 17:28

Not Theo 😂
Loads of Archies around here and it's a bit of a "little monkey" name on a register, but Arthur is nice. Or Alfred (Alfie/Teddy/Freddy)?

BlueMoonBlueCheese · 06/03/2026 17:21

Theo

GoldenRosebee · 06/03/2026 17:21

both fine. Love Arthur and not too crazy about nicknames, nor about Archie in particular, but nothing technically wrong with both of these.

when he grows a young man many of his peers will have cutesy name. Should not bother him. I would personally choose longer name, but I would use full name occasionally. If you only plan to use nickname, I would use nickname on BC because some people hate having official name nobody is using IRL
Also full name for Archie are Archer and Archibald. Archie better in this case.

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