Is there anything really really wrong with Archon?

Boy Names
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I tend to like names that fall somewhere on the unusual - way out there spectrum. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband recently came up with the name Archon. I was impressed that he thought up such a rarity. There are several reasons why we like it (it has similarities to both of our names, we like the meaning, there’s a subtle nerd factor because he first heard it in a videogame, the fact that he thought it up appeals to me, Arc is a cute nn, etc)

But with a name this rare (there are only 4 Archons in the US according to whitepages.com) I feel it is necessary to do due diligence and make sure there is nothing really, really wrong with this name. I’m not talking “yellow light” wrong like “Oh it is unusual to my ear because I haven’t heard it, it sounds like a robot or something”, I know it has never even made the SSA list…I’m talking [name_u]RED[/name_u] [name_m]LIGHT[/name_m] wrong like being offensive or having an alternative, bad meaning.

If you don’t get the red light/yellow light thing, it is a reference to the current article on Appellation Mountain about unusual names which is definitely worth a read and got me thinking about this again. http://appellationmountain.net/

Thank you in advance!

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There’s nothing “red light wrong” with it that I can think of. It just makes me think of archaic, archaeology, etc… old things.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was ‘space alien’, and it sounds close to argon, but if you like it. An alternative might be Ariston, an ancient Greek name I love.

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Archons are basically angels/demons or aliens in Gnosticism, depending on the source you read. However, this seems to be pretty obscure information from what I understand. The most common meaning is a magistrate in ancient Greece. I don’t think most people would have any of these meanings pop into their head when told the name, and [name_m]Archie[/name_m] is a cute nn. Also, Archimedes is a great name to use the nn [name_m]Archie[/name_m].

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I love your Choice for Archon, he sounds like an intelligent creative individual!

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I don’t know that this is a red light, but to me it sounds like hard on.

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Haha nope, that’s the sort of yellow light association I was talking about that doesn’t worry me–something that any unusual name choice will run into.

The only possibly concerning thing is the demon thing, maybe I need to have a Gnostic explain it to me. I wonder if it’s a really negative word association to Gnostics. Then again, I’m not sure if it’s even worth worrying about since it seems pretty obscure. The Greek “magistrate” meaning was the easiest definition to come by and what I was originally alluding to.

Funny thing about Archimedes, I once was called by a rude, angry [name_f]Indian[/name_f] call center person demanding I pay a credit card balance that had already been paid…long story but after he figured out he was wrong I demanded his name so I could write a formal complaint to the credit card company about him…his name was Archimedes…or so he claimed. So a negative association there!

Thanks for the Ariston suggestion but 1) it is too close to [name_f]Anniston[/name_f] and 2) The meaning is too close to “aristocrat” which I don’t care for