Archie for a girl?

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Having second girl in December and just watched the Lazarus project and there is a character Archie (think shirt for Archana in her case)

Never met a female Archie but it's growing on me. But can't shake the fact she'll likely always be expected to turn up and be a boy unless it really catches on in popularity!

Thoughts?

Your poor DD would not thank you for it

So many girls and unisex names to choose from I can't understand why you would choose a boys name

No it's not a good idea.

Absolutely not!

Ooh I actually love it on a girl, but it is more traditionally a boys one

I really wouldn't but each to their own

Nooooooo, please, why would you do this to your little girl!!!

Archana is an Indian Hindu name. Are you south Asian? If so it should be fine, Archana is a popular name in India.

Archibaldina has a nice ring to it , OP.

No

Hmm, I wouldn’t. I was next to a little girl called James at the supermarket today, felt very weird.

No

No there are loads of gorgeous names that you can use for a boy or a girl, that’s not one of them. How about Ellis/Elis really cool and beautiful

Of course not

why would you do that to your daughter?

Maybe at some point in the future this will work, but right now Archie is such a popular boys name it's really not fair to do it to your DD.

Poor girl. No.

NO

One of my fave actresses is Archie Panjabi. She’s an Archana. I have a boy Archie and think it’s a fab nn for a girl.

Makes me think of the fab actress Archie Panjabi

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Nope from me

To all those brutal 'why would you do that to her?!' Pretty offensive to a lot of Asian families where it is a popular shortened name!

I think it's an intriguing name because it actually sounds very feminine as the shortened version more feminine than masculine and yet has been adopted mainly as a male name historically. If I were coming to it with no prior knowledge (or from a different culture) I think it does sound like a girls name.

Appreciate consensus is heavily on the No side!

Do you know what, I absolutely love it for a girl. I think it’s brilliant. However, I may not be the best judge as when I was a teenager I always wanted Sydney as a girl’s name if I ever had a girl.

For full disclosure both my boy and girl children have very boring names.

go for it!

But you’re not Asian are you?

Just give your DD a female name and stop being so ‘quirky’.

Oh balls. Loads of people choose names from a different culture. My DD is Megan. I’m not Welsh.