Archie or Freddie

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I know both quite popular according to MN,
Archie not so popular around my area..

Which do you prefer?

Archie.

Archie
Love it

Not keen on either of them.

Prefer Archer..

Frederick is lovely. Don't like Freddie or Archie.

Archie 😊

Freddie short for Frederick on BC. Allows him to use Frederick and Fred when older.

Frederick Archer is what DS was meant to be called but by the time we got around to it, they were everywhere. Can't blame though, they are awesome names!! Love both (full names preferred here rather than nn)

Frederick/ Freddie.
I quite like Archie but because Archibald is ludicrous, I would consider Richard / Richie over Archie.

Neither sorry.

But I prefer Frederick over Archibald

Freddie if it’s Frederick
Archie if it’s standalone

No neither. Too many. Richie is even worse I think. I don’t like of the ie ending names. Slightly worse are the surname names.

Archie.

I like Ritchie even though it's a surname, but as a nn for Richard.

Archer is awful IMO, as is Arch.

Archie isn't too bad, and Archibald is better than Archer, which just makes me think of the novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer, and peer of the realm.

Frederick and Freddie are better, but I'm not keen on Fred.

Freddie

Richie sounds like a rich guy - he's a Rich-ie

I have a strong dislike of both. Of the two I'd pick Freddie as it's marginally less awful than Archie.

Both sound to me like they should be shortened from something longer. Frederick is nice. Archibald is awful.

Freddie :)

While I prefer Frederick, Alfred or Wilfred with the nn Freddie; even as a given name I think Freddie will date less than Archie - Freddie just feels the more classic of the two. Also if he dislikes it, he can be Fred or even Ed when he's older, Archie doesn't really have any other options.

I prefer Archie, though I also don't mind Freddie.

Freddie just feels the more classic of the two. Also if he dislikes it, he can be Fred or even Ed when he's older

Or even Just D

My second boy is Archie. (He's actually Arthur but his brother was only 1.5 when he was born and when he said Arthur it sounded like Archie...so it stuck).

I definitely prefer Arthur, but everyone calls him Archie and it suits him well.