Posted on 05/10/2019 6:34:57 AM PDT by C19fan
if true, it makes the pretentious taxpayer-funded fools at ABC Australia have egg on their faces!
10 May: ABC Australia: Was Archie named by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after one of these Archibalds?
By Michael Collett and Emily Sakzewski
However, the name isn’t without precedent among the aristocracy of the British Isles.
While Archie can be a name in its own right (and it seems like that’s the case with Baby Sussex), it nevertheless derives from Archibald, a mix between the old German name Ercanbald and old English name Eorcanbeald — ‘eorcan’ meaning genuine and precious and ‘beald’ meaning bold.
The Germanic version was brought to Britain by the Normans, but the name became more common in medieval Scotland where it developed its own Gaelic version...
There have been men by the name of Archibald in the House of Stewart (later the House of Stuart), while the name could also be a nod to Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, reportedly an ancestor of Princess Diana.
Here’s some background on two of the more famous noble Archibalds...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-10/was-archie-named-after-one-of-these-archibalds/11095496
I was POSITIVE that Archie had to be some significant British HERO from World War II... OMG.
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