I like
Archie but
Archibald is a bit stuffy, so the only way for people like me to get this nn would be naming him Archer.
Of course, this would be a backwards naming, starting with the nn and not the formal name.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)