📖 About Archie
Archie is a diminutive of Archibald, from the Germanic 'ercan' (genuine) + 'bald' (brave), brought to Britain by the Normans and long favoured in Scotland. After decades as a vintage favourite, it roared back into fashion across the English-speaking world. In Australia it has ranked in the top 20 since 2019 (peaking at #14 in 2021–22); in the UK it reached #9 in 2020. Its global profile soared when Prince Harry and Meghan named their son Archie in 2019.
📍 Details
- OriginEnglish
- Gender♂ Male
- MeaningTruly brave
🔀 Variants & Related Names
⭐ Famous People
- Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor — Son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, born in 2019 — whose naming sparked a worldwide surge of interest in the name.
- Archie Manning — American NFL quarterback (1971–1984) for the New Orleans Saints and patriarch of the Manning football dynasty, father of Peyton and Eli Manning.
- Archie comics character — Archie Andrews, the red-haired teenage protagonist of Archie Comics (est. 1941), one of the longest-running comic series in North American history.
- Archibald (Archie) Norman — British businessman and politician, known for rescuing ASDA supermarkets in the 1990s and later serving as a Conservative MP.
- Archie Roach — Revered Australian Aboriginal singer-songwriter and storyteller whose music gave voice to the Stolen Generations experience.