Archie

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I really like the name Archie but opinions please..

Does it work as an adult name

Is it too popular with Megan and Harrys son

Thanks 😊

Unless you think your child would like to go as Archibald as an adult, I'd leave it alone.

Really, really not to my taste.

I think it will date badly.

I love it, and I don't see any problem as an adult's name. Is it too popular is like asking how long is a piece of string. Do you dislike popular names? Some people love them. Do you know any Archies? Do you have a popular name and has it been an issue for you? I personally don't find it too popular, maybe because I don't know any little Archies.

I would avoid. It's not 'classic' like other royal names (George, Charlotte etc) so it is more closely associated with the royal family.

It sounds like a nickname but I don't like the potential names it could be short for (Archer, Archibald).

Not really my cup of tea.

I like it and would have seriously considered it if we had had a boy, but we had three girls.

I see no problems with calling an adult Archie.

Hard pass.

There are lots Archies around aged 11 and under. As long as you are happy with that go for it.

Thanks all.. gosh some of you are quite rude, I didn't ask if you liked it!

I've not heard of any baby Archie's in the last year but I was thinking lockdown has probably impacted that.

I like a name that doesn't get shortened, that is quite average (don't know how else to put it!), but wouldn't want him to be in a class full of Archie's!

I like it.

I only know one baby Archie and I think it’s a cute name for a baby/toddler. I also know an adult Archie and it suits him, he definitely has no issues with the name. So I think it’s fine for an adult. Also when your baby is grown up there will be 1000’s of his peers with similar ie type names so it won’t seem ‘babyish’ to them. Lots called Reggie, Ronnie, Aflie, Albie etc

I love it!

I always get stick for suggesting this, but I considered Archer for DS which we would have shortened to Archie.

Awaits person saying "Archie? As in, a bowman?" or "it's very American". Well I am originally from America so :-p .

And yes, like a god damn bowman! Like Hunter is also a name.

Projecting? Moi?

It's lovely. I don't know any, other than MM and H's baby.

"Archer? As in a bowman?" I mean! It's too early.

I have an Archie. Much older than Megan and Harry's son. I love the name. I don't know how it will 'date badly' - it's not exactly a new name - there are plenty of famous Archie's. If you look up the name Archibald then it's hundreds of years old.....

Thanks all.. gosh some of you are quite rude, I didn't ask if you liked it!

What the?!

Yes you did:

I really like the name Archie but opinions please..

So when you said, ‘opinions please’, you really meant - only opinions that like it.

“It’s not a nice name” is also an opinion, just FYI.

Yes, it will date.

If you called your son Archibald, that will not date. But you didn’t, did you?

Archie absolutely will sound dated in a few years.

I think Archie is the best name out of that bunch (Archie, Albie, Reggie, Ronnie etc). I think they suit more to young kids and maybe teenage boys but I’m not sure about a grown man in a business meeting for example. However, like pp say, when our kids are 35 there will be all sorts of unusual names in the population in sure Archie will be quite common.

Archie, Albie, Reggie, Ronnie

They all sound like East End (second rate) criminals.

Sorry, but they do.

I love it, I have a 16 year old Archie, there are a couple of other Archies at his school but not too many, that it feels common. Here in Scotland it absolutely is a classic name like William or Harry and you don't need to call him Archibald either!

Not to my taste. Gets abbreviated to Arch, which is an adjective.
Archer is blimmin' awful as a first name.

DoS is Meghan.

Very popular name for dogs

I think it's sweet for a little boy, but I'm not sure it would suit a grown man. I also worry that it would date quite badly, as it seems fairly popular at the moment, in the same way as Alfie, Arthur etc.

Google “Archie Hamilton” and you won’t be disappointed.

I like it a lot. I've taught a few and that was back 13+years ago so they'd now be men in their mid to late twenties. I think it works for both children, teens and grown ups

It won't date because it's not a new name and has been used consistently for 20 years

I have an Archie and it was picked due to it being an old family name going back to great great great grandparents, they would have been Archibald’s then but I just registered as Archie

My son is called Archie and I still love the name! I think it'll suit him no matter how old he is.