Archer or Asher?

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Which do you prefer and why?

Asher. Looks and sounds better. Has a nicer meaning too.

Neither unfortunately

Well, if you take the origin to be Hebrew, and not a derivative of Ashley

Definitely Asher.

An Archer is someone using an 🏹!

Although I don't really like either

I know what an archer is 😂

I think Asher is better but quite like both. You've also got to think of the shortened versions as it's inevitable they'll get shortened. Ash OR Arch.. which do u prefer? 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was thinking of the biblical origin. It's not a derivative of Ashley.

WHAT?

WTAF is this bollocks?

Anyway OP Asher makes me think of 90s hottie Ashton Kutcher for some reason.

Archer sounds like “and lemonade” 🤭

To be honest both will most likely just blend into the current sea of boys names beginning with A think Alfie, Albie, Arthur, Arlo and Artie etc

Also Archer will most likely just become another Archie and given how popular and overdone it is he will inevitably be one of many.

Neither would be a great choice to be honest.

Neither. What else have you got.

I like Archer. My grandfather born in 1911 was called Archer but always known as Archie.

Of the two, Asher. Archer is awful.

Archer - smart, modern, in keeping with the following trend to resurrect old profession names. I like it . Distinctive too, not too common, as in Mason, etc
You could add Butcher, Barker, Cartwright and Costermonger

This is really fucking offensive to me as a pagan. Taking the worst bullshit stereotypes about witchcraft and embellishing them. Ashley is a popular 90s name and the only person knocking around graveyards in the 90s was Buffy the Vampire Slayer and occasionally the Backstreet Boys. It also wasn’t the name OP asked about.

Asher. Love it. One of Jacob’s sons.

It's a biblical name. It's nothing to do with the name Ashley.

OK that was weird - anyway in answer I like both, although Archer will probably generate more comments about The Archers or Archers and lemonade as a PP said (who must be about the same age as me :)).

Asher is a beautiful biblical name and has always been on my list.

I now have 2 songs in my head...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wNEawM6vZf4

And....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBnMRWeV-E

Asher, which is an actual name.

Is one of those Sugar, Sugar and the other a Brimful of..?
My evening ruined!

Two very different names IMO. Archer is like Hunter, Tyler, Fletcher etc - what I tend to think of as American names. Which is not to say that is a bad thing at all. Asher is a bible name like Levi, Jacob, Seth etc and therefore seems more traditional. I prefer Asher. I personally wouldn’t choose Archer simply because of how many Archie’s there are in Britain.

Asher

Asher, if I had to choose. Archer is dreadful.

I must admit that I don't particularly like Asher either, though it's the best of the two by a country mile.