Archer

Archer is precisely what the word sounds like, an occupational English surname for a bowman, used across medieval muster rolls and hunting parties. As a first name it's been a quiet American phenomenon of the last fifteen years, entering the U.S. top 300 around 2009 and climbing into the top 150 by the 2020s. It benefits from a certain on-screen charm, Newland Archer in Edith Wharton, the animated spy Sterling Archer, and the long-standing pull of Artemis and Orion. Two syllables, one arrow, lots of trajectory. Archer suggests a child with focus, aim, and a good eye for the thing just coming into view.