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Natalie Corner

Royal baby: The hilarious things Twitter reckons Archie was named after

Meghan and Harry have revealed their royal baby's name is Archie Harrison and social media is going wild over what exactly inspired the moniker.

Theories so far indicate the couple's love for British TV soaps, children's show Balamory, and redheaded Archie Andrews from Netflix series Riverdale.

Meghan is no stranger to working in television and with Prince Harry's love of Game of Thrones, it doesn't come as a surprise that there's an onscreen link.

Their newborn son also shares his name with Blanche Hunt's gentleman friend Archie Shuttleworth from Coronation Street and Larry Lamb's legendary Archie Mitchell in EastEnders as well as Archie Carpenter from Hollyoaks.

Meghan and Harry chose Archie Harrison as the name for their son (PA)
Miles Jupp was Archie the Inventor in children's TV show Balamory (CBBC)

Delving back in time Meghan and Harry's newborn son also shares his name with Emmerdale plane crash victim Archie Brooks.

Heading over to US television, younger royal fans may be familiar with Nate Archibald from Gossip Girl.

In Balamory Archie the Inventor, played by Miles Jupp, lived in a pink castle on the TV show.

One person on Twitter said: "Meghan and Harry named their son after Archie from balamory because he had a massive castle."

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KJ Apa stars as Archie Andrews in Netflix's Riverdale (The CW)
Baby Sussex looks just like his mum (PA)

Others cracked jokes claiming the name sounded like "a 19 year old car thief in EastEnders".

Betting site Paddy Power Twitter page added: "Archie Windsor, sounds like a new character in Eastenders.

"He's come rolling into Walford with a flash motor and a shady past, but what is he hiding?? DOOF DOOF DOOF...."

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Archie Shuttleworth, played by Roy Hudd, was Blanche's boyfriend in Corrie (Granada Television)

Archie's middle name even had people chuckling because it literally sounded like 'Harry's son'.

The Queen's eighth grandchild's name may have divided opinion for some but Megs and Harry are delighted with their new arrival.

Meghan gushed earlier as she revealed her first baby to the world alongside husband Harry: "It's magic, it's pretty amazing. I have the two best guys in the world so I'm really happy."

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