Archer
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Origin of the name Archer:
Transferred use of the surname derived from archer (a bowman).
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- Comments and insights on the name Archer: | Edit
Older generations often hear this name and mistake it as "Arthur," so be prepared for the confusion.
I love this name! I think it is a very strong, masculine name, and I am surprised it is not more common.
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Archie, Arch/Arc, Ari, Cherry
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- Famous real-life people named Archer: | Edit
Anne Archer, American actress
Anthony John Archer, an English jazz double-bassist.
Brenda Archer, Guyanese high jumper
Colin Archer, naval architect
Frederick Scott Archer, British pioneer of photography
Geoffrey Archer, British author of military thrillers
Gleason Archer, Sr., founder of Suffolk University
Gleason Archer, Jr., American theologian
Iain Archer, Irish musician
James Archer, Scottish painter
James J. Archer, American Civil War Confederate general
Jeffrey Archer, British author, former politician
John Stuart Archer, Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997 - 2006
Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
Malcolm Archer, British composer, organist, and conductor
Margaret Archer, British sociologist
Peter Archer, British peer
Richard Archer, English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
Tasmin Archer, English soul/pop/rock singer
Thomas Archer, English Baroque architect
Thomas Archer a pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, Australia
Violet Archer, composer
William Archer, Scottish critic
William S. Archer (1789-1855), Virginian politician- Archer in song, story & screen: | Edit
Newland Archer (often referred to only by his last name) is the protagonist in Edith Wharton's "Age of Innocence."
Archer, Robin Hood's half-brother in the BBC TV series "Robin Hood" (2006-2009)
Captain Jonathan Archer of TV Series "Star Trek: Enterprise"
Archer Montgomery, brother of Addison Forbes Montgomery on TV Show Private Practice
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Global Popularity of the Name Archer
- #61 in Australia (Victoria)
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