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Help[Opinions] Archibald
Hi !!!
I'm reading a French fantasy book series called 'La passe-miroir' where Archibald is one of the main characters.
I read some statistics and I saw that it is currently 'only' British as in U.S.A. and Canada it is out of the top1000 since 1925 and 1931! In UK instead it Is increasing having reached the #392 position in 2017.
It has a really positive meaning (genuine bold) influenced by a Greek word for "master".
WDYTO this name?
I personally hope in a comeback.
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
I'm reading a French fantasy book series called 'La passe-miroir' where Archibald is one of the main characters.
I read some statistics and I saw that it is currently 'only' British as in U.S.A. and Canada it is out of the top1000 since 1925 and 1931! In UK instead it Is increasing having reached the #392 position in 2017.
It has a really positive meaning (genuine bold) influenced by a Greek word for "master".
WDYTO this name?
I personally hope in a comeback.
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
This message was edited 2/20/2019, 3:11 PM
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I have always liked it. It is a GP for me. A bit too British for me to use as I am not English, but I like it on other people.
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It’s my son’s name so I love it! He goes but Archie most of the time though.
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The -bald part puts me off and I can only imagine the amount of teasing that could happen to a kid with that name.
To me, it seems quite old fashioned.
To me, it seems quite old fashioned.
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I suspect that the '-bald' element puts people off - it certainly does for me. I like Archie, though, and no doubt any Archibald would be likely to be called Archie routinely all his life.
That said, I dated a Scottish Archibald, known as Archie, for a couple of years on and off. Boring man, good nn!
That said, I dated a Scottish Archibald, known as Archie, for a couple of years on and off. Boring man, good nn!
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I think in the US it would come across as a hipster niche name. Like, I imagine a little Archibald's father might own mustache wax.
It is fashionably eccentric (the arch part is fashionable, because of Archer, but the bald part is odd sounding), and names that are used primarily in the UK are often heard as pretentious by Americans. But, I'd enjoy seeing it. I think it's sunshiny.
Stylewise, I'd put it with these: Leopold, Alistair, Rupert, Maximilian, Percival, Benedict, Montgomery, Reginald, Walter, Boris, Eugene, Neville, Dexter, Phineas.
It is fashionably eccentric (the arch part is fashionable, because of Archer, but the bald part is odd sounding), and names that are used primarily in the UK are often heard as pretentious by Americans. But, I'd enjoy seeing it. I think it's sunshiny.
Stylewise, I'd put it with these: Leopold, Alistair, Rupert, Maximilian, Percival, Benedict, Montgomery, Reginald, Walter, Boris, Eugene, Neville, Dexter, Phineas.
This message was edited 2/20/2019, 5:08 PM
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