Is Archie a real no no now?

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It’s been on our shortlist for a while, before I was pregnant, but now everyone seems to associate it with Meghan and Harry... so I’m wondering if it’s now a bit of a no no.

Do you like the name Archie? Would the royals choice put you off it?

I know it’s up to us at the end of the day, I’m just interested in gauging opinion, be they brutal or not!

Definitely not a no-no. If Archie’s name was a totally obscure name instead then I’d probably say yeh it’s unusable but Archie is still a lovely name to use. As are Louis, Charlotte and George

Do I like it? No, not at all. If I liked it I wouldn't be put off by the royals using it, but it's much too cutesy for my taste.

I don't like it personally.
But if I did the Royal connection would not deter me from using it.
But I would recognise that people would assume that my choice of the name had something to do with Harry/Meghan having chosen it.

I really dislike Archie. It's cutesy as well as ugly sounding (the arch part). But the fact that Meghan chose it wouldn't bother me personally.

And Archibald is even worse imo

Never liked it, so I wouldn’t use it.
But those who do should if they want to.

I think it’s awful - I’m not a royalist but they’ve probably made the name a bit nicer to me if anything

It’s very cute! Though that might be my view because waaaaay back Barbie had a horse called Archie...

I love it. If you like it , go for it. There will probably be a celebrity somewhere with whatever name you choose, and honestly I predict H&M will move abroad and be much less in the spotlight in 5 years time

I don’t like it

I’ve never liked it. However, if I did the Royal connection wouldn’t put me off.

I like it and would have considered it if we had had a boy.

Why should it be a no-no? Prince William and Prince Harry's names didn't become no-nos when they were born. Use it if you like it.

I like it and wouldn't be put off.

I think it's a cute name and unless Kate is your bestie (my best friend wants to use the same baby name as me, AIBU) I certainly wouldn't let that put you off.

Sorry, that would be Meghan, not Kate, shows how up there with royal family news I am 🤣

I never liked it. Around here Archie and Harrison are both considered extremely common and perhaps "chavvy" names over the last 3 or 4 years.

I really don’t like it, I didn’t like it before Meghan and Harry used it and I like it slightly less now as they irritate me slightly.

It was on our shortlist, but took it off after the royals used it.. I still love the name, but as we’re due this year I just thought it was too close to the royal baby and was worried people would think that was where we’d got the name from. I think people will associate Archie with the royals for a little while, but it won’t last forever, if we hadn’t had other names we loved as much and more I’d have probably still considered it. I think it just depends on how strongly you feel about the name!

@Emthebaker yes this is kind of what I feel like.
I’m not sure I love it enough to stick with it anyway but our shortlist is so ... well short!

Why would it be? Is George now a no-no?

Clearly not, because I know about five million George’s aged 8 and under

No I don't believe so. If you like it still just go for it