Archie Harrison Mountbatten -Windsor

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It's not like you all have not been wondering

Learning a lot about fellow mumsnetters here

Yup, enlightening and depressing in equal measure. As a previous poster said, this place is like the comments section of the Daily Mail these days. It's vile.

As the mother of an Archie clearly I'm biased but I like the name. Was not expecting it for a royal baby though.

Laughed at the person who said that Gene was classier than Archie - it's an American shortening of Eugene! Archibald/Archie has been aristocratic for centuries; Margaret Tudor's second husband was Archibald Douglas and he may well have been called Archie given that the various kings James were often referred to as Jamie. What we consider 'royal names' now has changed - there has been a Queen Annabella, a Queen Ingebjorg and two Queens Joan (both English princesses) in the past. Archie Mountbatten-Windsor will fit into aristocratic circles very well. Several diminutives have become 'proper' names over the centuries, such as Robin and Eliza.

And as for surnames used as forenames, I presume that those people also knocked out of the running for their little bundles of joy names such as Scott, Graham, Douglas, Bruce, Elliott, Percy, Gordon, Ross, Keith, and so on? All surnames originally. In addition, it's pretty insulting to a whole nation of the UK to deride its tradition of using surnames as forenames as naff and chavvy. It's been well-established in Scotland since the 19th century at least to use surnames; my father, for example, had four names, three of which were surnames.

The80s luck apparently, her grandson’s name with same birth date or something like that Mirror

Probably the only one!

The interview was nice as Meghan was allowed to speak a lot

Do you really think she has to be allowed to speak? I'm sure she's more than capable of saying what she wants to say without needing permission.

No with Mountbatten-Windsor you don’t have to stick to Alexander etc. He’ll be grand.

I like it and to all the haters, I very much doubt that Meghan or Harry give a shit if you don't like the names and they are the only people who matter.

Well you don't get much posher than seventh in line to the throne. People may have to start reassessing what their opinion of posh is.

"That's the point.It's also pretty common"

Do you mean popular?

Like, well Harry, William, George, Charlotte, Catherine-even Elizabeth?

@IHaveNoIdeaReally what's wrong with Oliver?
I have an Oliver and I love the name!?
They should be able to call THEIR CHILD whatever the hell they want I'm glad they have gone for a none traditional royal name

Archie is lovely. But it is not a real name. It is a diminutive.
Harrison is apparently because he is “harry’s son”. Which I find boak-worthy in the extreme.

It annoys me when people say it's a dog's name- it was a people name first! I get annoyed when people call pets by people names!

Patch, Fido, Fluffy- Dog's names.

Archie, Holly, Martha- people names!

Megan clearly thinks archie and harrison are very british-sounding names, which they are, but not in a good way...

Wow... you clearly know something the rest of us don’t.

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My Grandpa's name was Archie. It was a popular name in Scotland 100 years ago and is a perfectly respectable name in Scotland now. Chav is a horrible word and I'm glad it isn't in use up here. It's so bad mannered.

Megan clearly thinks archie and harrison are very british-sounding names, which they are, but not in a good way...

The child has a British father who also chose these names you know...

Ddog is ecstatic they have named the baby after him

Archie is a dog’s name round here, lol. Like the name Harrison though. And he’s not a Prince remember - he only gets that title if the queen gives it to him (which I hope she doesn’t as prince Archie sounds dubious at best, and out of a Shrek film....)

All this "Not a real name" bollocks. Can you hear yourselves? Are you trying to somehow come across as clever to a bunch of strangers on the internet?? Of course Archie is a fucking name.

Great name ! My son is called Archie and we very nearly named him Archie Harrison as that’s also DP name! I also watched the royal wedding in hospital when I had my DS last May

Archie. I love it

You'll all have to forgive me, I can't pretend to have any class or taste, so I'm failing to see what the issue of Harrison/Harry's son is?

As someone else pointed out, it's still a practice in Iceland, and in Slavic culture the fathers name is used as a middle name "Sergei Ivanovich" or "Natalia Ivanova" for example. I quite like the sentiment behind it.

Who really uses middle names anyway? I only use mine on official forms with the majority of the people I know not knowing what my middle name is. Of course, it can be seen as a bit vain, but from my own perspective I can also see it as a sign of pride, and joy at becoming a father. I'd love to do the same if I had a son. Better to have "Name Frothyson Surname" Than "FrothyB II".

Archie is lovely. But it is not a real name. It is a diminutive.

Its been used as a name in its own right since at least the 1900s if not before. So, seems like its been a 'real' name for a pretty long time tbh.

To those saying Archie is a bit American - it is absolutely not one bit American. It is the sort of twee name Americans think of as quaint and therefore British.

Harrison is American. And dreadful. 'Harry's son' is cringeworthy as a concept for a name.

Do royals pick their own surnames?
Why Mountbatten-Windsor for Harry’s family, but not for Will’s?