New royal baby names

I like Archie, its a modern name and suits the little boy,and his parents.Good luck to the new family.The Queen looked delighted with her new Great Grandson.

Of course, I love Harrison - it is the name of one of my grandsons. He is 14 and excels in football, as well as being a lovely, thoughtful boy as well as a loving grandson.
Archie is okay.....certainly different!

Love the names, all of them, very up to date and of this era. Good for them.

Just a thought but I read somewhere that Prince George's nickname is Archie. If so it's odd that they chose that?

He can’t be prince until Charles is King. He can be Earle.

I like the name.

message Kandinsky . What a snob!

I had an uncle Archibald who we called Uncle Arch. He was my favourite uncle so has a friendly feeling for me. Harrison makes sense. I think it is a nice combination of names and unusual without being strange or pretentious.

I quite like the name but if he is given the title of Prince by the Queen it doesn't really sound right. Prince Archie?

I doubt he will find many in his prep school with the same name

Archie is not a name I would choose, but then I am from a different generation. He will find others with the same name when he starts school so will fit in well. I quite like Harrison, but imagine him solving the mystery of the Ambridge bunting!
My neighbour has a cat called Alfie and a son called Archie. I find myself having difficulty remembering which is which. I might be less confused now!

I quite like Archie but
I assume they already knew he wasnt going to have a title.
Prince Archie or Lord Archie wouldn't have quite the same ring to it as Prince George etc.

Seems Harry made a gaffe today saying how much his son had changed in two weeks

BradfordLass* Prince Harry didn't actually say that. He simply said , when asked what Archie looked like, that he'd been told that babies change a lot in the first two weeks so they'll be monitoring his appearance to see how he changes.

I was a bit confused as I am certain I read that George's nickname was Archie. Why would they chose the same name????

Apparently George once told a reporter " My name is Archie". Nobody actually calls him that, he just made it up as kids sometimes do. My DD used to tell everyone her name was "Pink" but that was just her imagination. Same with Prince George.

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I grew up listening to a ventriloquist dummy called Archie Andrews, so it's the dummy I'll be thinking of unfortunately.
However, there's a handsome NZ-Samoan actor called Archie Andrews as well.

Personally, it doesn't matter two hoots to me what the royals (or indeed anyone) calls their babies, it's their choice.

I liked the little boy on the BBC video who suggested 'Cloud-Pineapple' and the dear little girl who said, with such aplomb, 'Blaze!'

Who was it told us well in advance of an announcement that a footman knew it was a boy?

Seems Harry made a gaffe today saying how much his son had changed in two weeks!

Just read that George's nickname is Archie..why would M & H give their new baby that name too? I knew an American name would be there somewhere. Harrison is nice but Archie (no!).

I'm not too keen on it although I know of a few little Archies. Surprised they got it passed Granny, though.

But, as others have said, it's their choice, and "Archie" as a name will probably gain other connotations over the next couple of decades.

I´m afraid that here on the Continent, the German press have picked up on the fact that the name would be mispronounced as "Arschie". Arsch being the German word for one´s posterior.

We have a Harrison Archie in our family. I am quite pleased they haven't gone for the usual king's names.

My DD, when she heard the names, said that when Meghan calls him in the park, ten other little boys will look round. I was hoping they'd call him something a little less popular.

I like the name Archie.( Sorry Dawn22 don’t like the name Hugo but do like Alex). Lovely to see the photos of a very happy couple with their new baby today.

I don’t like trendy names or cute names

Remember all the fuss about Princess Anne calling her daughter Zara? There was a lot of Shock Horror about that.

Just what I expected of these two 'slebs' - trendy names rather than classic ones. How dull.

Some years ago we had a neighbour who called her son Harrison, so it isn’t a brand new name ( he was usually called Harri.)
I like Harrison but dislike Archie, although all the old names are back now ( but in shortened form, Freddy, Bertie,Harry,
Olly etc.)
To me, Archie conjures up the vision of either an elderly man, pottering in his greenhouse or a West Highland terrier.