Archer

Where Archer comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Archer.

  • 2 syllables
Archer through the years
  1. 1870
    Archer Milton Huntington born
    philanthropist and art patron
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1910
    Archer John Porter Martin born
    British chemist
  4. 2025
    Peak, #98
    3,627 babies named Archer, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Archer John Porter Martin · British chemist, 1910–2002
  • Archer Milton Huntington · philanthropist and art patron, 1870–1955
  • Archer Blood · American diplomat, 1923–2004
  • Archer Maclean · British video game programmer, 1962–2022
  • Archer Taylor · American folklorist, 1890–1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.