Archie Harrison: What Does Meghan And Harry's Baby Name Mean

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The world continues in turmoil for the birth of the first son of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that occurred this Monday in England. After the couple first introduced their son on Wednesday morning, it was revealed that the little boy will be named after Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

The name has taken many by surprise, especially those expecting something more conservative or even historical. The bets pointed out that the baby would be called Arthur or James, if it was a boy. Philip and Albert were also among the favorites.

Archie is the diminutive of Archibald, a name of Germanic origin that means bold, genuine and brave. Archibald Campbell, the ninth Earl of Argyll, in Scotland, is an ancestor of the late Princess Diana, mother of Prince Harry. Using the name with its abbreviation gives it a more casual and even Americanized feel, observers note.

As for Harrison, the baby's middle name, it is known that it originated in the Middle Ages and is a patronymic derived from "son of Henry" or "son of Harry", as People explains.

The baby's surnames are also surprising as Harry has rescued the Mountbatten surname belonging to his grandfather, Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

Said surname was the cause of conflicts between the queen and her husband when they married in 1947. Her children bear the surname Windsor and not Mountbatten - which is also of German origin - something that always weighed on Prince Philip, according to his biographers.

As for noble titles, it was anticipated that the baby was not a prince, but that he would probably receive the mention of Earl of Dumbarton. However, at the moment little Archie will not receive such an honor, as confirmed by a real source to People.