Opinions....

[Coco784]

Is there actually anyone on MN's who likes the name Archie? It seems to be so badly hated...

Personally I think it is lovely and cannot see the problem - so many people saying it is a cutesy name however I know men of 30/40/50/60 called Archie and it works?

My friend adored the name Archie until she saw the dislike towards it

[micc]

I like it, it's ok. I think it's cute.
It's not my personal favourite just because it's so common. But I think it really suits some little boys :)

[CatteStreet]

I don't feel drawn to the Archie/Alfie style of names myself, but they don't inspire the strong dislike in me that they seem to in others. Alfie is the iconic Shirley Hughes character (with a sister called Annie Rose) - named at a time when his RL contemporaries were being called Matthew, Steven, Darren and Philip. And Archie has been a thing for about two decades now.

[Puppilangstrumpfi]

I hate the full name Archibald! And Archie is so cutesy. So the worst of both worlds imo.

[Puppilangstrumpfi]

At least an Alfie can be Alfred when he wants a more grown up name.

[VinoOlive]

I don't like it. Same as Alfie, Reggie, Ronnie, Albie, Tommy.

I'm in the camp of full first names and using a diminutive, but the shortened names still aren't to my taste.

[sweetnosugar]

I think it’s lovely! Nothing wrong with the name at all.. people who moan about diminutives need to get over it. My children attend private schools and public.. diminutives/nicknames as a birth certificate name are used across all the year groups in both schools. Dislike people being snobby about the use of diminutives, if you like a name go for it!

[SisterCellophane]

I think it's quite nice, it sounds friendly to me, which I guess some people see as cutesty. The full-length version Archibald is a bit much though

[Coco784]

@sweetnosugar

Yes my nephew actually goes to a private school and there is an Archie and an Alfie in his class.

I don’t get the whole they’re cutesy names. I know more old men called Archie than I do young children

[Topseyt]

I like the name Archie. I might have considered it if we had had boys (I had three girls).

I think it is far better than the long form, Archibald. Absolutely fine to put Archie on the birth certificate as a name in its own right.

[CakeRattleandRoll]

I really like Archie, always have, and agree that it sounds friendly rather than cutesy. I would use Archer on the BC rather than Archibald.

[Puppilangstrumpfi]

Archer? Like a bowman?!

[emilybrontescorsett]

No it's not for me.
I don't like any of the 'ie' names that are everywhere, Archie, Alfie, Freddie, Frankie, Reggie, Ronnie,........ They all vere between twee and boring old man's names.

[SomeWateryTart]

@Puppilangstrumpfi

Archer? Like a bowman?!

😂 yes! It's got better connotations than Hunter surely, if we get down to it. And Hunter is a name 🤷‍♀️.

[Puppilangstrumpfi]

Just because some parents call their boys Hunter doesn't make an archer/bowman a good name or association.

At least Archibald is a traditional name meaning precious and bold.

But I don't like the sounds of either Archibald of Archie.

[ivfdreaming]

Cute as a baby - not so much a 40 year old man......

[Coco784]

@ivfdreaming

I don’t understand that as Archie is an old name so how can it not suit a 40 year old?
All babies grow up to be adults and even old men...

[SomeWateryTart]

@Puppilangstrumpfi

Just because some parents call their boys Hunter doesn't make an archer/bowman a good name or association.

At least Archibald is a traditional name meaning precious and bold.

But I don't like the sounds of either Archibald of Archie.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion. But both are names and I quite like Archer. So nerr .

[emilybrontescorsett]

All these 'ie' names are babyish, cutsey type names. Years ago the only Archie I knew was really an Arthur but his wife refused to call him Arthur because at the time it was viewed as a vile name. You asked for opinions and you are getting them. You cannot move here for all the ie names,they are very common.

[FeedMeSantiago]

I know two Archies. Both children, one is just Archie and the other has Archimedes on his BC but his parents have always called him Archie day to day.

Generally I'm not a fan of using diminutives on a BC, especially the cutesy ie or y ones like Alfie, Albie, Charlie, Tommy, however Archie is much much nicer than Archibald.

Diminutives on the BC are more common now though. When I was at school we had a Tim, a Tom and a Jenny who all had those names on their BC, and several teachers who insisted on calling them Timothy, Thomas and Jennifer as they didn't agree with using diminutives. The teachers only stopped when the parents complained!

[BabyDust13]

I prefer Archer but there's nothing wrong with Archie