Archie & Alfie

[Ijustcannotdecide]

Are these names suitable for all ages?!?

DH loves both - I much prefer Archie

They sound a bit too twee and will date rapidly.

Dreadful infantile overused names with certain connotations IME.

Wow can’t believe how unpopular both these choices seem to be. I personally think they both lovely choices and yes they are popular but im a strong believer in pick what you like don’t not pick because you worried it’s popular.
I have a first name that was very popular when I was at school and multiple girls with same name in my class and never bothered me at all to be honest I didn’t give it a second thought.
I don’t really get the cutesy thing either because they are popular names and will grow with child so won’t be considered cutesy in 20 years time. For example I’ve never thought of the famous singer Alfie Boe having a cutesy name he’s an adult and suits him!

@Sunshines123

Ha I know I’m exactly the same. I knew Archie wasn’t a popular choice with people on here as I’ve seen it get bad reviews before.

I personally do not think of either as cutesy, to me they’re both old names that are quite classic especially Archie..

I like them both :) I think they are associated with little boys but soon the little Archie’s and Alfie’s will be grown men and we’ll associate them with that

A few years ago it seemed compulsory to name every newborn baby boy either Alfie or Archie.

I'm afraid I also find Archie and Alfie childish and the opposite of classic. I think they'll soon fall out of fashion and sound dated.

soon the little Archie’s and Alfie’s will be grown men

And they may then well want a more grown up name!

Dreadful infantile overused names with certain connotations.

This sums up my view too.

There are far nicer, stronger and more classic names!

@Hortensien

Hence Archibald/Archer or Alfred...

Just because I didn’t state the full name does not mean I have no intention of using it for BC

Urchin names we call them in our house. Anything twee with “old man/ old lady” stem ending in -ie is going to really date. I am a primary teacher and it’s just so common. Charlie (Charles on BC) is about as far as I would go but even then, I wouldn’t. DS has a mega traditional name and he actually hates people giving him the -ie suffix, as do I when people do it with my name.

Op I'm with you. I'm an Elizabeth and have always been a Lizzie. No one, not even my mum, colleagues, anyone, calls me my full name. Is Lizzie too cutesy for me at 45 years old? I'll be Lizzie till the day I die! Ridiculous notion that names ending in ie are for kids only.

Elizabeth and Lizzie are classic and not overused.

Archie and Alfie may be shortened versions of other more classic names (the full names are much nicer), but the shortened versions have become trendy and overly popular. I just wouldn't want to give my child a name that 10 other kids in their year will have.

I'll also say that I have a very 80's "trendy" name that you can date to the decade it was fashionable, and I hate it.

@Bubbletrouble43

I know everyone has opinions but in my family old relatives are Elsie, Ronnie and Bobby ... all on the birth certificate and I’ve never once thought they are just cutesy baby names..

My first thought was 'they sound like a right pair of shits'. Sorry.

Whoever said about their mums being screechers also has a point

@Ijustcannotdecide,
It's fine to just have the short form.

I know plenty of people with names like Dick, Tony or Sandra on the bc.
Sure it's nice that Aunty Betty is really Elizabeth and Aunty Daisy is really Margaret, but that's from decades ago.

There's an MN obsession with needing a grown-up name in case little Ellie or Max ends up a high court judge.

If Archie is what you are going to call him, call him that not Archibald or god forbid Archer.

"and yes they are popular but im a strong believer in pick what you like don’t not pick because you worried it’s popular"

That's not why I don't like the names

Elizabeth and Lizzie are classic and not overused.

Whereas Archie, Alfie are shortenings that have become fashionable in their own right. Not only do they sound twee and cutesy imo, but they will inevitably fall out of fashion and sound very badly 'dated'.

I find that with most names they are fine when you only know one or two.

Freya and Grace were lovely when first heard them, but when they are everywhere like a school class with 4 Olivias, then they become boring.

Alfie and Archie fall into that category for me.

For some reason, plainer names don't seem boring. I know so many Sarahs, Helens, Marks and Steves (my age) and they are still nice.

Elsie, Ronnie and Bobby ... all on the birth certificate and I’ve never once thought they are just cutesy baby names..

Well many would disagree. I personally find them babyish and would much prefer the option of being known as Elisa, Elisabeth, Ronald or Robert!

@Gummibearsi

Possibly however I’m sure many would also agree with my point of view as there would not be so many Elsie’s / Ronnie’s running around :-)
I have never once ruled out the full version of Archibald or Alfred

Oh god, please don’t call your kid Alfie. I doubt the teachers can cope with another one. There is a reason so many PPs have negative preconceptions about children with these names. Alfies always have their hair cut too short, and misbehave on public transport, while their mothers tell them off using the eff word and look like they might have served time in prison.

I don’t mind Archie so much, as I always remember John Peel announcing years ago that his grandson had been born and was named Archie.

@Orphlids haha I wasn’t sure who John Peel was - had to google him!
I do prefer Archie out of the two and it seems to go better with our surname.

I like them both. With Archie I prefer Archer to Archibald. Have met a few adult Archies here in Scotland as well as baby/child ones.

The snobbery on this thread is astounding.