Archie

[Wherethereshope]

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 😊

I really like it. I think it works for boy or adult. I'm a fan.

I think it started to be popular from a 1990s sunday night tv serial called Monarch of the Glen. It sounds better in a scottish accent.

An acquaintance named her baby boy Archibald not long after and I remember people saying (not to her face) that it was awful. I didn't think it was awful just that they probably would call him Archie.

I thought it was overpopular before H&M used it, and did think it was a strange choice, but if you love it OP, then use it.

Usual advice, check that it goes with the surname.

I don’t think it suits an adult man - unless by choice as a nickname. However, I have heard that it has for a long time been used as a stand-alone name in Scotland.
I do think people will think of Harry and Meghan.
Names like Charlie, Freddie etc are already dated, if you think it might fit in with that style. The Charlies and Freddies I know are in their early 20s or late teens.

@Wherethereshope

Just debating the name Archie myself.. it is a family name which my husband loves.
Personally I do not see it as a ‘twee’ name that will not suit an adult as all the Archie’s I know are old, also agree that it will not date as it has been around for so long unlike Arlo, Hunter, Jackson..

Archie was a popular name before H&M , and there will be enough of them around in future years.
When a friend named her baby Archie, I thought like the ginger lad in the comics!

I would just warn you that in 2019 we went on holiday and I kid you not every single boy on the plane was called Archie. Five of them. All turned around when a parent bellowed it (well apart from the baby). It’s ridiculously common where I am (north west) along with Teddy and you can expect 3-5 to a class.

Archibald is really ugly.

Archie is twee and cutesy. It will not age well imo.

I really dislike the name.

@Wherethereshope

Have you decided to stick with Archie?! I really love it