Its Archie Harrison!! Mountbatten

[MissQuad]

Wow that's a different name for a Royal

Oh I wasn’t expecting that! Wonder if the Queen approves!

The snobbery on this thread is ridiculous.

A lot of babies were called Archie at one point due to the series, Monarch of the Glen. It was considered a cool name then.

What negative connotations does Archie have

Apparently some members of the working classes have been cheeky enough to use it.

It’s not what I was expecting but it’s not awful

Not liking that

British - you mean English don't you?

In Scotland we would say Aarchee. Or Erchee maybe depending on the accent.

Typical MN snobs on this thread, I see.

Not a ghastly popular name! And a simply dreadful American name.

Listen to yourselves.

I think it's great!

Love how all the commoner MNers are sneering and and saying “dreadful name dahling”

Get over yerselves. Their baby and their choice.

Great name it's the same as the child next door and no we do not live on a so called sink estate

I'm not a fan of the name but then I also don't understand why they would pass on the chance to use some bonkers old royal name. As in Charles James Alexander George Phillip Archibald Ethelred Mountbatten-Windsor. Now that would be a brilliant royal baby name! Why do they want to be normal?

At least it’s not American or spelled in an odd way. Just the shortened form of a horrible name, Archibald.
Archie is popular as a dog name.

At least it’s not American

What's wrong with American?!

Jesus Christ, this thread is an absolute doozie.

I really like it.

But my children have top 10, 'Oh my dog's called that!' ( ) names too .

MattMagnolia

Why would an American name be bad? His mother is American, so it wouldn't have been that odd if they'd decided to use one surely?

At least it’s not American

If you replace 'American' with Polish, Indian etc the xenophobia in that sentence becomes much clearer. Unbelievable.

Not going to comment on the name, I don't know anyone with it and I don't really have an opinion on it, but there will be lots of MNers on here who have dc called Archie. So maybe we should be mindful of that before being too harsh. It's not AIBU.

Dull

They are "embracing there normality " considering there personal wealth it gets a bit eye rolling at times but it's not a fruit nut or Cadbury so back to Brexit news please

To be fair they couldn't win. It didn't matter what they named him. If they went traditional they'd have been slated as boring and falling into line with the firm. Going with a nickname as a formal name is common in the US and they will be slated for it. They couldn't win. He's a gorgeous little baby and should welcomed.

It's actually growing on me the more I hear it.

And will he live in a pink house?
Do you mean " I'm Archie the Inventor"

Dreadful.

Archie 'Arrison. Common

My dog’s name is Archie so I’m a fan