Archie Harrison

[Carpetburns]

Not convinced...
Will he be Prince Archie?!

He is Archibald officially isn't he?

I like the etymology of the name: pure, genuine, precious or bold/strong. Lovely.

He’s Master Archie on the line of succession which is, in my opinion, very sweet.

I like the name Archie. Here in Scotland it clearly doesn’t have the negative connotations that had led to all the pearl clutching in England.

In Scotland it is seen as a pretty posh name - similar vibe to Hector / Lachlan / Magnus etc.

It’s not your circus...

Southerner here and I like it. Don't listen to all the curtain-twitchers .

Apparently though it's Prince George's nickname.
That would have a thread on here!

My BiL and SiL have named their DS my DS nickname. AIBU to be raging?

Why on earth would Archie be a nickname for George?

Whilst its not to my taste do we really need another thread about it?

@PyongyangKipperbang that makes sense

Why on earth would Archie be a nickname for George?

It might not be a nickname from his name but could be for a variety of other reasons

It seems like a really normal name to me- there's plenty of kids called Archie and Harrison where I live (South England).

I read on the BBC news website that H and M don't want a formal title for him so he will be known as Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.

Maybe Archie stands for Archduke

Officially he is going to be known as Master Archie I think.

I don’t think Archie is actually George’s nickname, there was just some funny story about how he once told a dog-walker that was his name.

I can’t see why he would be named George but called Archie by his family - it would be really unusual, no? And I really doubt that Harry and Meghan would have chosen the name if it’s also what they’re all really calling George.

I expect that it’s something mildly amusing George did once (in the way small children have of not always being logical etc) and it’s just been seized upon by the hordes of people who want another excuse to criticise Meghan for being difficult / selfish / entitled / thoughtless / whatever.

I reckon little Prince George potentially has been ear wigging on mummy and daddy talking about Meghan and Harry deciding on the name Archie..and the name has been stuck in his head and that's why George said it was his name 😂

HBStowe that makes a lot of sense.

I suspect W&K's kids might be drilled to give fake names to strangers for security. Archie was reported in the press so if that's the reason, he'll be giving another name now anyway.

"Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor" sounds like ne'er do well drunken toff character from a Jeeves & Wooster story. However Prince Archie sounds just wrong so good thing they aren't trying to do that.

I think it sounds like a complete Rake from a Georgette Heyer ...

Not convinced about what??

The nickname for George thing is a very tenuous story. Much more likely he heard the name discussed and repeated it to a stranger.

I hate to say it but there is a very slim chance that Kate, Wills and their children could have an accident in the future, in which case Harry and Archie would then be in line for King. So there is always a very small possibility that we could have a Prince Archie.
I hope this post isn't taken in bad taste but horrible things have been known to happen.

Harrison is fine. Archie is a name as nickname thing which I dislike. Agree Prince Archie just sounds silly. It's not very classy.

nickname as name, got it wrong way round