Shortly after the royal boy was born,the new father briefly spoke with the press.
With feminine names likely out of the running, we all got to narrowing down our favorite boy names.
Would they choose a traditional name likemany experts speculated?
Here’s everything you should know.
To our knowledge, there haven’t been any other Archies in royal family history.
Though, there was once an Archibald, the name from which Archie is derived.
According to theEncyclopedia of Britannica, the ninth Earl of Argyll was a Scottish Protestant leader named Archibald Campbell.
Sometimes all there is to a baby name is that the parents simply like it!
We suppose at leasttheseroyals are just like us.
Although a strong name, it’s not very popular in the United States.
The name has remained a favorite overseas, though.
In 2017, it ranked in the top 20 boy names atnumber 18 in Englandandnumber 19 in Scotland.
However, naming the baby after Meghan’s first name isn’t the only conclusion some fans have drawn.
One Twitter user supplied the formula for her similar, yet further-reaching, theory.
“Rachel + Charles = R.C., pronounced ‘Archie,“read the tweet.
In January 2019,The Sunran the headline “Call Me Archie.”
We may never know for sure, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
One person took to Twitter to help others connect the dots.
“Listen, someone told me that Meghan’s real (first) name is Rachel.
Archie is a very close acronym of her name.
Harrison = Harry’s son.
Archie + Harrison = Rachel and Harry’s son.
Pretty cool, indeed.
Like Archie, it is a more popular name in the UK than in the states.
That’s not to say he couldn’t have a title, though.
Technically, hecouldone day become His Royal Highness Prince Archie.
This isn’t a name Meghan and Harry just picked out of thin air, though.
Thus, they adopted a hyphenated version of their two last names: Mountbatten-Windsor.
However, it’s still untraditional for royalty.
This gives the name a more American and certainly less royal vibe.
Though, you may have initially been perplexed by the decision.
You weren’t alone.
Fellow Twitter user Harrison Jones chimed in,writing, “I feel your pain, Archie.”
Let us just take a moment for all the Archies out there.
