It has been revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s two-year-old son, whose full name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, almost had a different first name.
While talking to another parent at the Invictus Games, held in Holland, Netherlands, Meghan Markle was said to have revealed that her and Prince Harry were torn between Archie and Harrison for their first-born’s name.
Sherry McBain, a nursing officer competing in the Invictus Games, revealed that during a children’s reading session during the annual event, Markle was talking to McBain’s wife Mandy, who brought their son Harrison along.
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It was at this point that they realised the similarities in their children’s names.
‘[Meghan] was like, “Harrison, that’s Archie’s middle name”, and Mandy was like “Yeah, I know,”‘ McBain explained.
‘They were just having a chat because Harry and Meghan couldn’t decide between Archie and Harrison for the first name.’
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Archie, whom Markle and Prince Harry welcomed on May 6, 2019, the year after they wed at Windsor Castle, takes his name from a shortened version of Archibald, meaning bold and distinguished. As for the name Harrison, which originated in the Middle Ages, it stands for ‘son of Harry’.
The Sussexes later announced that they were naming their global nonprofit foundation Archewell.
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