Is Archie to popular?

[mama2be91]

Also I have a good friend with an Archer, are they too similar?

Alfie, Archie etc are very trendy and will probably start to sound dated as they fall out of fashion.

I don’t think the friends thing matters but unfortunately I do think it’s overly popular and very ‘of it’s time’ sorry

It's trendy and imo a bit twee.

Archibald nn Archie is nice. (Archer is fine as well... I wouldn't worry about your friend already having an Archer.)

What is wrong with a popular name? At least it's easy for them to spell and people aren’t going to be like Lucy is that Lucy or Lucie?

I know a lot of Archies. Their parents are either very posh and loaded or the complete opposite.

What is wrong with a popular name?

It won't identify a person without the addition of a surname initial. It may start to sound dated as it falls out of fashion. And some people find overused names a little dull.

I know 4 Archers/Archies born in the last year. Incredibly popular!

I know loads, and it is very close to Archer.

Archie is very popular in Scotland.

I have an Archie. I know of at least three others. I still love it but there is no denying it is a popular name. It wasn't as popular 8 years ago when we named DS but even it was I would have still used it.

I know quite a few Archie's aged 3 and under. It does seem to be popular here, though not as popular as Alfie's

We’re going for Archie for our baby when he comes. I only know of two and I work in a school.

Personally I have never met any. I do think it sounds like an old man's name though (sorry). I guess that is how they get their name though lol.

Archies are everywhere. And it's not a particularly nice name either...IMO (sorry).

I know quite a few pre-school aged Archies.

Archer and Archie are very very similar, however I don't think it makes any difference if Archie is your friends son.

Archie is a popular name, my little boy has 2 little friends called Archie, however my son is called Stanley. If you love it go for it, that's what we did. If it's popular then obviously a lot of people agree with your choice :)

If archer is your friends son I meant^

I don't know any little Archies (apart from our dog and we named him long before it became popular!)

It's cute for a dog!

It’s an old fashioned name too (very popular during the Victorian era).

We love it. Also because of its Scottish connection it works well as we have Scots in both our families.

Yes it’s very popular and rather twee imo. I don’t like that there is no option if he doesn’t want to be known as Archie when older, as it sounds like a babyish name to me.

Popular, twee and nicknamey, not a good adult name.

@CathyandHeathcliff

Were the Scottish Archies Archer, Archibald or Archie on the bc?

(DH is Scottish and a Scottish middle name might be a nice nod to his heritage...)

Very popular

Archie, Freddie and Alfie were massive about a decade ago. When I was pregnant with DC1 nine years ago, those were the most common boy names I’d see people using. Not sure how common they are now but I’m not keen.