Archie Harrison Mountbatten -Windsor

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It's not like you all have not been wondering

It's funny how disliking a name makes a person vile, a Daily Mail reader, middle-class, a snob etc.

I am none of those things. Simply don't like the name. It's allowed.

DS (now 19) was almost called Archie, but neither DH nor I liked the idea of him being registered as Archie given that it's a diminutive and that Archibald was a heck of a name to saddle him with.

He has a friend from school called Archie who is officially Archibald and he told me that it's a bit of an albatross.

They've refused all titles though haven't they? The statement said they werent using Earl of Dumbarton, so it would be a bit silly to use prince Archie. Who cares what his name is? He's already 7th in line to the throne. If the monarchy survives long enough for George to get his hands on it, he'll be behind, Georges, Charlotte's and Louis kids too.

Does that mean that when Charles becomes King, he will get a title

Yes.

The sneerers are using 'nickname' out of context. 'Urgh, a nickname' well no it isn't is it. A nickname could be anything from Curly sue to Firecrackerknackers, not an abbreviation of a longer name.

Archie Harrison??? Sounds like the naughtiest boy in the class.

Philip absolutely did get a name in there. Where do you all think Mountbatten came from?

I like they've gone with a shortened name, we did too

Fuck the haterz!

I really dislike both names. Not a fan of abbreviations or surnames as first/middle names. Each to their own obviously but personally not loving either choice.

I know quite a lot of Archie’s, most are dogs
Harrison was my maiden name and my family are common as muck
Still, as long as they like it

Archie has flirted across my mind. I like it. Archibald, on the other hand?

"Does that mean that when Charles becomes King, he will get a title?"

I would have thought so if my reasons are correct.

No idea-just trying to think of differences between him & George, Charlotte & Louis.

Is that really necessary @escapade1234 ?

I love Archie. It was on our boys list.

It's not a nickname or an abbreviation.

Like Taffeta we went with a shortened name for DS1. Lots of people do, and it's fine. If people ask, is it short for "XXX" I just say no that's his full name.

Whatever the baby was named would be deemed wrong on Mumsnet/daily mail anyway.

HBStowe exactly what I was thinking! There's loads of Archie's up here- it's pretty posh ( you won't find any in your sink estates) and v cute ( esp my nephew) .

No no no!. What were they thinking? Archie?! Not Archibald? It's very....informal. Too informal. And Harrison? Harry's son? I mean was there some doubt about his parentage?

Meh. Very disappointed. I thought there would be a traditional name and hoped there would be some sort of ethnic nod somewhere I suppose. Meh!

There will be tonnes of grown up Archie’s (and Alfie’s and Evie’s and Teddy’s) loafing around by that stage so it won’t be an issue. At all.

That doesn’t mean anything. I work with a woman who has a name I won’t mention so as not to cause offence. It was apparently very popular in the 1980s. She hates her name because what sounded cool back then doesn’t work now.

My name is super popular amongst women of a similar age. It fits a young girl with blonde pigtails perfectly well, but as an adult, makes me a little self conscious about being taken seriously. The fact that there are many of us doesn’t help with this. I still know that my name has dated and doesn’t really suit an adult.

I'm due a baby in September. I liked Archie as a name if I have a boy! Won't be using it now as people will think I copied it!

People can like or dislike a name but it's wierd when they seem to get a kick out of saying nasty things about name choices. I'm sure Harry and Meghan couldn't give a flying fuck. They look so happy as a family...and this is coming from someone who isn't keen on the royal family in general!

I think that Prince George told a woman in the park ( or somewhere) he was called Archie . I read this somewhere a while back and it made me wonder if it was a ' code name' or something? Or just an over active imagination! They do have nicknames for the royals.

It's pretty posh ( you won't find any in your sink estates

Huh? It's VERY common among the working classes.

hb To be fair my grandfather was as working class as you could get and Archie was a family name.
So I see it as a Scottish name but not a posh one.

Poor kid, that's an awful combination. Individually not so bad but together they are terrible.

There are quite a few in this sink estate 🙄

I like it, much nicer than George