Why is Archie so hated on MN?

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When in reality it is actually a very well liked name or is it the fact that popular used names are disliked on MN?

the only Archie I know is a very sweet little boy so no bad connotations for myself. I am
tryjng to persuade DH to let me use Archie if you have not already guessed

Archie is a lovely name.
I like it as a nick name for Archibald and Archer, personally.

Archie seems more nick namey and juvenile than Arch, Archer and Archibald.

In saying that, I know of boys named just Atrchie and they are all great kids.

To me, Archie is both twee and cutesy, and I strongly dislike that in a name, both for boys and girls.

I suppose I'm quite traditional in name choices.

Archie. Alfie.Freddie .Frankie. They’re all
lovely names. I know a young Archie and on paper he is Archibald. Never been called than because it’s horrible. His name is Archie. But occasionally he gets called full legal name and he’s only 6 but he hates it so much.probably more so that your name is your identity. And the name he is on paper is not him and he will never identify as Archibald no 6 year old will

it's twee

Some people (whispers-I am of them and I don’t even know why) find nn rather than full version names irritating. It’s the only thing in life I have any sort of snobbery about. I find it weird even in myself. I never say anything in real life though. And as fate would have it I now have a DSS with such a name so I have to live with it daily . Actually I’ve started to covertly subvert the trend and sometimes call him by the long or even Italian version of his name, just for kicks. He doesn’t seem to mind.

I'm not keen on shortenings used as actual names. But others I don't mind so much. Archie is an incredibly ugly name.

It’s just the fact it’s a shortened version of a proper name I think.

I know a lovely Archie and so it has nothing but positive connotations. Anyone is BU to suggest that all MN posters think one way on any topic.,

I think it’s an ugly name, it’s short for Archibald and I wouldn’t want to give my kid a name with ‘bald’ in it. Its like Alfie, Freddy, Reggie etc, it just sounds common and chavvy.

I don’t think it’s hated. For me, it’s just a bit everyday. There are so many Archie, Stanley, Ronnie type names that like Ella, Eva etc they are barely names anymore because they are not distinguishing your child from the one next to them.

i would not say archie is hated at all

I don't hate it but I always think of Archie Andrews (he's on the left in the picture).

It's been done to death. Well, it has where l live

Ubiquitous, also kind of nickname-y/ infantile, like Freddie, Alfie, Reggie, Charlie, Bertie, Ollie etc.

It’s cute but I prefer Archer personally

I think its been done to death, like Jack was a few years ago.

It’s a name for a child, not a grown man

It's a perfectly fine name.

It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.

It only matters what you and your husband think.

If you like it use it!

I hear you but in 20 years’ time there will be an awful lot of 20 year old Archies! Ditto Ronnie, Reggie, Alfie

it’s just a bit too trendy for my liking. Archer is a good name that you could nn. Archibald is awful.

Except the child will grow up and be treated as an adult separate to its parents and therefore it does matter what others will think of them

Oh come on! That might be right if the OP was planning to call him something like Moon Unit but Archie is a perfectly reasonable name.

It might not be to everyone’s particular taste but it isn’t going to get in the way of him passing Mumsnet’s High Court Judge test.

Yeah I don't dislike Archie in and of itself (though I always wonder whether people would have even considered it without the royal reference) but I profoundly dislike any "diminutive instead of the actual name" choice.

But obviously everyone have their own preferences and I'm sure lots of people on MN would hate my eldest son's name (it's also the name of a public figure in the UK...) I'm neither british nor live in the UK so I don't care, but my point is, you really should only take feedback on here as a reflexion on how well you actually like the name. (so if getting negative feedback do you feel défensive, do you find that actually you don't like it that much, etc).