Twitter Snarks After Prince Harry and Meghan Introduce Baby Archie: Please ‘Let the Next One Be Named Jughead’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, officially announced the name of their baby boy Wednesday, introducing the world to Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

The newborn son is the seventh in line to the throne and has one of the longer and more uncommon names of the royal family. Many people reacted to the name by poking fun at the overtly high class Britishness of the baby’s name or joking about what could have inspired the name.

Dear God, I don’t ask for much. But pleeeeease let the next one be named Jughead. #Royalbaby https://t.co/Lp93kEqGjy

— Steve Patterson (@patterballs) May 8, 2019

Archie is very toff, very Harry. Not sure where Harrison would have come from unless someone likes the Beatles. #babysussex pic.twitter.com/09lE4MRH6b

— Tina Brown (@TinaBrownLM) May 8, 2019

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— Archie Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 8, 2019

Archie is an absolutely first-class name. #RoyalBaby

— James Morrow (@pwafork) May 8, 2019

Me: “Isn’t it awful!”
Colleague: “What?”
Me: “The name, Archie!”
Colleague: “That is my eldest son’s name”
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— John Stevens (@johnestevens) May 8, 2019

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor made fun of my schooner in front of the whole regatta.

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) May 8, 2019

(I think Archie is a really cute name am I alone?)

— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) May 8, 2019

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is absolutely the name of the dude in every Edith Wharton novel who sits in the same opera box as the protagonist and is always making comments like “when did Pearl return from Paris anyway? I thought she was a continental girl”

— rachel syme (@rachsyme) May 8, 2019

According to BBC news, Archie means “genuine,” “bold’ or “brave” and is “more popular in Britain than the US.” https://t.co/sfZbAZgGtL

— Les Smith (@LesSmithwtkr) May 8, 2019

I’m hoping that the name Archie is cooler in Britain than it is in the United States :-)

— Ed Stetzer (@edstetzer) May 8, 2019

I haven’t been able to think of a single Archie Harrison joke, I’m losing my edge

— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) May 8, 2019

a shame you can’t hear Her Majesty’s pitch perfect impression of Edith Bunker as she coos “Oooh Archie” in a Queens accent https://t.co/wuyDukqBwU

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 8, 2019

However, a number of Twitter users noted the new royal baby shares a name with Archie Andrews, the main character of the CW show Riverdale. The show is inspired by the long-running Archie Comics franchise.

two years from now: “Archie Mountbatten-Windsor has a new brother, the Duke of Jughead.”

— Mo Ryan (@moryan) May 8, 2019

i’m baby

— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) May 8, 2019

Best. Crossover. Ever. #Riverdale goes ROYAL. Congrats to the Meghan and Harry #archie! ❤️ ?? ? ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sNoQInhMNg

— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) May 8, 2019

Proud to be Archie. ?? #Riverdale is new TONIGHT at 8/7c on The CW! pic.twitter.com/2G1hXB4c6d

— Riverdale (@CW_Riverdale) May 8, 2019

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