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Archie Harrison Mountbatten -Windsor

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Feelbad1 · 08/05/2019 16:52

It's not like you all have not been wondering

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ItsMsAtomicBobToYou · 08/05/2019 23:42

Also to the people who believe George must be known as Archie because he told a woman that was his name, my daughter insisted people refer to her as Moonbaby, but that isn't a family nickname either.

Hopeygoflightly · 08/05/2019 23:42

tartantroosers - you’ve met the baby then, good for you!

AGoodWench · 08/05/2019 23:44

I was reading recently about Mary Tudor who was made Princess of Wales by her father Henry VIII, but the internet tells me she was the only woman to hold the title in her own right, which I hadn't clocked! Thanks Cassandra.

Boffing · 08/05/2019 23:44

AND it is so ironic that there are hundreds of threads on here with people saying their families do not like the names they have chosen - those people get support but everyone is wading in to criticise their name choice.

Boffing · 08/05/2019 23:47

Also to the people who believe George must be known as Archie because he told a woman that was his name, my daughter insisted people refer to her as Moonbaby, but that isn't a family nickname either.

My son was a cat at that age Grin

fibbertygibbit · 08/05/2019 23:50

I like the name. But it doesn't matter because his parents like it and that's good enough.

And this is it really - how very crass that those who purport it to being a 'common' name and not worthy of the royal family are those who slate it - howabout mum and dad like the name archie and that's it?

It's so obviously envious because she's a beautiful woman who fights for those disadvantaged people who haven't the platform to fight for deprived women, children in Africa without the basics such as sanitary provision and has a husband who supports her.

It's absolutely about how vile the posters are - not a good look

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 08/05/2019 23:56

I went through a phase of calling myself "Music Centre" for some strange reason
Oddly enough it never caught on.
I can't for the life of me think why.Grin

percheron67 · 08/05/2019 23:58

Harrison is a surname and, therefore, to my mind, ugly as a Christian name. Not surprising though where Meghan has so much influence.

CassandraCross · 08/05/2019 23:58

AGoodWench she was never technically invested with the title but she was in effect Princess of Wales and was referred to as such by some courtiers, she had the same powers and responsibilities as any Prince of Wales.

RubberTreePlant · 09/05/2019 00:01

Harrison is a surname and, therefore, to my mind, ugly as a Christian name. Not surprising though where Meghan has so much influence.

Where she has so much influence? In naming her child, you mean? Confused

DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops · 09/05/2019 00:11

Unsurprisingly, Percheron, Meghan has had say in naming her son. There are plenty of babies out there with names that make me go Hmm - but that is up to their mothers. If I have DC to name one day, some people will not agree with my choices.

There are some curtailments on royal names anyway that she will have had to abide by. If Archie Harrison had to be ok'd, they've relaxed a lot since Eugenie York wasn't allowed to be Sophie.

UnPocoLoco2 · 09/05/2019 00:12

I thought for sure they would pick an African American name because of his heritage .it is a bit of a boring name really.

AngelsOnHigh · 09/05/2019 00:13

Harrison means "son of Harry"' so what better name could they choose.

Archie is a great name
This couple are so down to earth, just like Princess Anne with her children. They also choose not to give their DC titles

dreichuplands · 09/05/2019 00:23

Archibald is also a surname. I am not really sure where this belief comes from that there is a really clear devision between the two and that historically there has always been so. The reality is that they have often been fluid.

TurquoiseDress · 09/05/2019 00:25

I love the name Archie

Harrison means "son of Harry"' so what better name could they choose

Didn't realise that- even better with that meaning

SlipperOrchid · 09/05/2019 00:34

Sorry it's not posh enough for you? Should they have gone with a mumsnet favourite Atticus, Ottolie or Hugo maybe? Surely that is just the middle classes trying to be posh? grin

Archie is just fine!

I totally agree.

The issue most people have about the name is that it shows how ridiculous they themselves were/are at trying to choose an appropriate name that distinguishes their social/middle class. H&M have chosen a name based on their personal preferences and it now makes the parents of little Hugos and Atticus's look ridiculously blatantly aspirational which it always did to be fair As a result, they are up in arms about the unsuitability of the name Archie which is a perfectly fine name.

hululu · 09/05/2019 00:41

I'm really surprised by how much hate the names are getting.

A lot of people seem to hate it but Harrison is one of my favourite names. My nephew is called Haris which sounds too similar so I have never been able to use it.

Don't mind Archie. I'm pleased they have gone with names they want rather than what they should have.

bridgetreilly · 09/05/2019 00:46

He's way too far down the line for it to matter at all about being a properly 'royal' name. Like, one day his uncle will be king? So let's look at the Queen's niece and nephew? Most people have no idea who they are. Princess Margaret's children are called David and Sarah. Perfectly nice, non-royal names from about 60 years ago.

What about Charles's nieces and nephews? Peter, Zara, Beatrice, Eugenie, James, Louise. There's nothing special about any of them. Only James is the name of former monarchs, but honestly, I can't see us having another King James after what happened to James II. Yes, there were princesses with the girls' names (not Zara, obviously), but when Beatrice and Eugenie were announced that took a lot of scrambling for most of us to find out.

Archie's second cousins are called things like Savannah, Mia, Lena and Isla. Normal, non-royal names.

He's not been named a prince, and I suspect he won't ever be one. So, I think it's not at all surprising for him to have a name that's popular at the moment. What I do find a bit cringey, personally is the Harrison/Harry's son thing. But whatever, their choice, and I'm definitely glad they stuck with just one middle name.

On another (mostly American) forum I was reading, everyone was screeching that they should at least have called him Archer. Can you imagine? Ugh.

And also, apparently, some people think that because there is one actress with a Pakistani name that is shortened to Archie as a nickname, this is somehow a "gender-fluid" (ugh, ugh, ugh) choice. Nope. That would be "unisex", but it isn't. It really isn't.

bridgetreilly · 09/05/2019 00:47

Oh ALSO, before I finish ranting, the royal family aren't posh. They're as middle-class as it comes.

HighsandLows77 · 09/05/2019 00:48

What’s an African American name ?

jakscrakers · 09/05/2019 00:48

Do find it a strange name given that Prince Georges nickname is Archie I do think it would have been rather nice for the Spencer bit to have been used somewhere

bridgetreilly · 09/05/2019 00:53

Yeah, can we stop with the George's nickname is Archie thing? It's an unsubstantiated thing that he apparently once said to a random woman. Small kids say all kinds of stuff. Who knows what he was thinking of, but I really don't think we should just assume that's what they all call him. In fact, given today's announcement, I think we should assume it isn't what they all call him.

Theoldwoman · 09/05/2019 00:55

Not a fan of either name.

Archie is too nicknamey, and Harrison is too naff when your Dad is Henry/Harry.

Sad they didn't use Spencer or Francis as a nod to Diana.

allworthwhile · 09/05/2019 00:59

Anyone who works in education will have certain views on the name Archie - and Alfie for that matter. Very much ‘of a certain sector.’

SlipperOrchid · 09/05/2019 01:04

Anyone who works in education will have certain views on the name Archie - and Alfie for that matter. Very much ‘of a certain sector.’

That is a very crass thing to write. The same could be said of Sophie, Emily, Amelia and Jack and in fact any of the top ten or twenty names given that they are used by ALL sectors.

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