Reggie, Archie or Alfie?

[Ashleigh95]

So my DS is called Brodie and I will be expecting DS2 in September and struggling on names for him, me and my partner really like Reggie, Archie and Alfie but I'm unsure for different reasons with each of them e.g
Reggie: kray twin association and the fact it sounds like wedgie,
Archie: I'm worried it will be too popular with Harry and Meghan calling there baby Archie but was my second choice when naming Brodie.
Alfie: again worried it's too popular or too cutesy?
Your opinions would be great thanks for reading :)

I don't like any of them I'm afraid! Archie is a no, surely. Reggie Kray - argh. First thing you think of. And Alfie is so overused - absolutely everywhere.

Brodie is really nice, none of those measure up.

Roddy springs to mind as a good match for Brodie - perhaps the Scottish feel - ?

I like Reggie the best from your list (the kray thing wouldn't bother me)
Archie's nice.
Alfie's my least favourite from your list.

Actually though they sound very similar - think again. If you definitely want an ie/y ending, how about:

Jonty

Laurie

Cory

What about cayson, Isaac, Caleb.

I like Alfie

Casey? Goes well with Brodie.

Or Brandon? I know alliteration isn't for everyone but I like it

Rory

I think they are all very nice names, but they are all quite popular at the moment. My favourite is Alfie, with Alfred as a full name followed by Reggie.

Reggie

Archie- def no now
Alfie- so over used the last 10 years.
Reggie- def no. Yes to wedgie and yes to Kray.

What about:-
Carson
Carter
Brandon
Ezra
Baxter
Grayson
Nate
Addison
Jackson
Aubry
Tatum
Tate
Quinn
Ralph
Sonny
Chase
Ellis
Eli
Elijah
Dayton
Dexter
Ashton
Sean
Fletcher
Axel
Parker
Brendan
Shane
Guy
Kenzo
Levi
Marcus
Clayton
Riley
Monty
Glenn

I strongly like Archie best from your 3 options, royal baby notwithstanding. I think Archie is a good name. I also like suggestions of Jonty, Rory and Monty.

I don't like any of the suggestions but especially dislike Alfie and Archie. Too cutesy and overused.

Brodie is lovely but I probably wouldn't choose another-ie name. How about

Brodie and Quinn
Brodie and Liam
Brodie and Felix

I like Alfie & Archie

I don’t really like giving nicknames as real names. That said I felt really bad for Harry & Meghan getting so much abuse for picking a ‘chav’ name. Perhaps they have started to break the class divide on this? Lots of countries don’t have the same class obsession with names that the U.K. does - I hope so as it’s quite unfair on the children who get judged / treated differently as a result.

Anyway I don’t hate them but I wouldn’t be able to use a name like that as I’d be concerned about the stereotypes. Do you like any of the full names ie Alfred?

Also these are names that will be dated very quickly - a bit like how the names Sharon or Colin sounds to us - very heavily associated with one generation & as a result become quickly & deeply unfashionable to the next. This isn’t actually something I particularly care about but it’s worth deciding if you care as lots of people on here do seem to mind.

This picture shows you the use of those names over the past 100 years.....

It’s the reason names like these sound so dated to us..... again you might not care - the sharper the spike up the more quickly the name becomes unfashionable

Ronnie
Rory

Do you like Rory? I love that name
Reggie is an awesome nickname for Gregory - do you like that? It feels most similar to Brodie in style whereas Alfie & Archie’s are everywhere.

Wow, those names (Alfie, Archie) literally came out of nowhere and shot up! They're bound to fall out of fashion soon...

In fact, it looks like they've peaked already.

All of them awful!

I wouldn't associate Reggie with the Kray twin at all - actually my first thought was Reggie Yates that does the charts 😂

Alfie I always think is a bit cutesy and suits toddlers but not adults. Also a dog name.

Archie I like, mainly because of Archie Kennedy from Hornblower (could always name your child Horatio ). I wouldn't think too much of the Harry/Meghan connection, once he's a few years old nobody will even remember.

I think Logan goes well with Brodie.

Alfie/Archie seem to be getting more & more popular lately.

@purplelavenders staggering isn’t it. I love all stats though so I’m unusually interested in this sort of thing.
I actually don’t mind dated names as long as dated to the right generation - but I know lots of Mumsnetters really try to avoid ‘faddy’ names.

Some of the classics have done incredibly well for 100 years - but they can also suddenly fall out of favour. Agnes was a top name for over 100 years !

Brutal posters 🙈 I have a 4 month Alfie and I haven't met another one and everyone says it's lovely for my DS, we get complimented on it a lot!