Arch

[KatieB356]

A male colleague has just announced that his son is Arch, just Arch. Not short for Archibald or Archer / Archie and now I want to add it to my shortlist as I absolutely love it however with Arch not being too popular would I look like I have stolen their name?

Bet that child will be changing their name as soon as they are old enough

Really, OP, the hormones do make one a bit dotty at times when pg. I developed a notion that I would call DD Lettice; but thankfully I came to my senses. With the greatest of respect, don’t do it. Arch is a terribly silly name, and everyone will think you are That Parent.

If you do it, don’t ever let him go to Germany, because it’s extremely close to the German word for arse.

If you like the spelling of Arch but want to be a bit different, you could go for Archangel?

Yes it would 100% look like you’ve ‘stolen’ the name, given essentially no one else has called their child Arch.

It makes me think of Arch Bug from Outlander. As far as the perception of copying your coworker, I'd guess it would only be evident when you announce the name/birth - ten years from now you probably won't still be working together, and most people who hear you say your son's name won't know whether Arch is a stand-alone or short for another name.

Behindthename.com says that in addition to being a diminutive of Archibald, etc., Arch is also an Armenian word, sometimes used as a male name, meaning bear. I think the original word (արջ) would usually be transliterated as Arj, though.

That’s even more stupid than Arch.

Yes OP, Arch is stupid and it’s lame to
brazenly copy someone’s name. Call the kid bridge or square instead.

Is the middle name going to be Nemesis?

I'd go for Nemesis - they'd make quite the pair

Snap!

Dreadful. 😖

I prefer Marble

Please don't call your poor child Arch

I wouldn’t bother, it’s awful.
And yes it would look weird and like you stole their name!
How about Archie/Archer/Ash?

It's like calling your child Pedestal or Settee.

Arch?! What an ugly sound. Worse than Archibald.

Arch Rivals or Arch Enemies…..

And really close to Arsch (Arse in German)

Cope?

I was thinking of Villain as a suitable middle name.

Too conventional. How about Nemesis?

Yes, I know and Archie who goes by Arch.

Don't be silly - Cornice is obviously a girl's name.

How about using it as a middle name? And instead as a first name having Gothic or Four-centred or even Marble?

Wow

Wow? It's not my personal choice but people are so incredibly mean on here about names!