Archer started out as an occupational surname for one who practiced archery, from Latin ‘arcus’ for ‘bow’, but has become popular as a given name in modern times.
Archer is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Archer isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Archer ranks 219. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 10 were named Archer. In the entire USA, approximately 19,913 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Archer. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Archer started out as an occupational surname for one who practiced archery, from Latin ‘arcus’ for ‘bow’, but has become popular as a given name in modern times.
What is an occupational surname? This is a surname that is derived from the occupation or trade of a person. These names were often used in medieval times.
Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: Archer occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Archer is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Archer is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 19,888 men and boys of all generations bear the name Archer – that is one in 8,393. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Utah, where one in 400 men and boys is called Archer, while it is particularly rare in Rhode Island, where you have to ask an average of 52,461 men for their name to get Archer as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With six letters, the name Archer is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Archer and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Archer, you can simply say:
Apple
Rocket
Cat
Hat
Elephant
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Archer
Archer
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
R
C
H
E
R
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
R
C
H
E
R
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Archer sounds like this:
