"Archer" Welch in origin. The name is derived from the Middle English archere, and Old French archer, archier. The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer. By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman. In North America, the surname Archer has absorbed many like-sounding names, and cognates (for example, the French Archier).
Aaron Archer (born 1972), American toy designerKevin "Al" Archer (born 1958), English guitarist and songwriterAlbert Ernest Archer (died 1949), Canadian physician and political activistAlex Archer (1908–1979), English ice hockey playerAlfred Archer (1871–1935), English cricketerAndrew Archer (1659–1741), British landowner and Member of ParliamentAndrew Archer (producer), British electronic music producerAnne Archer (born 1947), American actressTony Archer (musician) (born 1938), English jazz double-bassistArthur Archer (1874–1940), English footballerBarry Archer (born 1977), Irish cricketerBert Archer (born 1968), Canadian author, journalist, essayist and criticBeverly Archer (born 1948), American actressBill Archer (businessman), British businessman and founder of Focus DIYBob Archer (1899–1982), English footballerBrandon Archer (born 1983), American football linebackerBrenda Archer (born 1942), retired Guyanese high jumperBrian Archer (1929–2013), Australian Liberal Party senatorBrian Archer (1929–2013), Jamaican Music ProducerCam Archer (born 1981), American independent filmmaker and photographerCarl Archer (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobagan athleteCatherine Archer (born 19??), Canadian writer of historical romance novelsCharles Archer (1861–1941), British Chief Commissioner of BaluchistanChris Archer (born 1988), American baseball playerChristopher Archer (born 1983), Australian vocalist of the band Backyard MortuaryColin Archer (1832–1921), Scottish-born Norwegian naval architectDale Archer, American medical doctor and television personalityDan Archer (born 1944), American football playerDave Archer (painter) (born 1941), American reverse glass painter and sculptorDavid Archer (quarterback) (born 1962), American football playerDavid Archer (umpire) (1931–1992), West Indian cricketer and umpireDavid Archer (scientist), American computational ocean chemistDennis Archer (born 1942), American lawyer and politicianDennis Archer (cricketer) (born 1963), Bermudan cricketerEdward Archer (disambiguation), multiple peopleElise Archer (born 1971), Australian lawyer and politicianErnest Archer (1910–1990), British art directorFred Archer (writer) (1915–1999), English farmer and authorFred V. Archer (1888–1971), American college football coachFrederic Archer (1838–1901), British, composer, conductor and organistFrederick J. Archer (1857–1886), English flat race jockeyFrederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), British pioneer of photographyFred W. Archer (1859-19??), Canadian politicianGarath Archer (born 1974), English rugby union footballerGem Archer (born 1966), English musicianGeoffrey Archer (writer), British author of military thrillersGeoffrey Francis Archer (1882–1964), British colonial administratorGeorge Archer (1939–2005), American golferGleason Archer, Sr. (1880–1966), founder of Suffolk University, Boston, MassachusettsGleason Archer, Jr. (1916–2004), American theologianGlenn Archer (born 1973), Australian rules footballerGlenn L. Archer (1906–2002), founder of the Americans United for Separation of Church and StateGlenn Leroy Archer, Jr. (1929–2011), American judgeGraeme Archer (born 1940), English cricketerGraeme Archer (bowls) (born 1967), Scottish lawn bowlerHarry Archer (born 1932), American graphic designerHenry Archer (1799–1863), Irish businessman, lawyer, railway pioneer and inventorIain Archer, Northern Irish singer-songwriter musicianJack Archer (sprinter) (1921–1997), English sprinterJames Archer (Jesuit) (1550–1620), Irish JesuitJames Archer (artist) (1823–1904), Scottish painterJames Archer (stock trader) (born 1974), English businessman and stockbrokerJames J. Archer (1817–1864), American Civil War Confederate generalJames T. Archer (1819–1859), American lawyer and politicianJeffrey Archer (born 1940), British author, former politicianJennifer Archer (born 1957), American authorJim Archer (born 1932), American pitcher in Major League BaseballJimmy Archer (1883–1958), Irish-born American catcher in Major League BaseballJoey Archer (born 1938), American middleweight boxerJohn Archer (Maryland) (1741–1810), American congressmanJohn Archer (actor) (1915–1999), American movie and television actorJohn Archer (British Army officer) (1924–1999), former Commander in Chief, UK Land ForcesJohn Archer (basketball) (died 1998), American basketball coachJohn Archer (magician), British comedy magicianJohn Archer (footballer) (born 1941), English footballerJohn Hall Archer (1914–2004), Canadian historian, and first President of the University of ReginaJohn Archer (politician) (1865–1949), New Zealand politicianJohn Lee Archer (1791–1852), Australian architect and engineerJohn Archer (British politician) (1863–1932), British race and political activistJohn Stuart Archer (1943–2007), Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997–2006Johnny Archer (born 1968), American professional pool playerJules Archer (1915–2008), American authorKen Archer (born 1928), Australian cricketerLaurence Archer, English guitaristLee Archer (footballer) (born 1972), English footballerLee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), American fighter pilotL. Bruce Archer (1922–2005), British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design ResearchLeonie Archer (born 1955), British author and historianLes Archer, Jr. (born 1929), English motorcycle racerMalcolm Archer (born 1952), British composer, organist, and conductorMargaret Archer (born 1943), British sociologistMark Archer (born 1973), American film producer, director and writerMary Archer (born 1944), British solar power scientistMeghan Archer (born 1987), Australian footballerMelissa Archer (born 1979), American actressMichael Eugene Archer, American singer-songwriter known as D'AngeloMike Archer (paleontologist) (born 1945), Australian palaeontologistMike Archer (American football) (born 1953), American football coachMildred Archer (1911–2005), English art historianNicolas Archer (born 1955), English cricketerNuala Archer (born 1955), Irish American poetPeter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell (1926–2012), British peerPhillip Archer (born 1972), English professional golferPhilip Edward Archer (born 1925), former Chief Justice of GhanaRalph Archer, American college football coachRaymond LeRoy Archer (1887–1970), American bishop of the Methodist ChurchRenato Archer (1922–1996), Brazilian naval officer and politicianRenato Archer (born 1984), Suriname Entrepreneur. Founder of Archer Business GroupRichard Archer (born 1977), English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-FiRobyn Archer (born 1948), Australian singer and actressRon Archer (1933–2007), Australian cricketerRuby Archer (1873–1961), American poetShelley Archer (born 1958), Australian Labor Party politicianSimon Archer (born 1973), English badminton playerSimon Archer (antiquary) (1581–1662), English antiquary and politicianSteve Archer (born 1953), American singer-songwriter and producerStevenson Archer (1786–1848), American congressmanStevenson Archer (1827–98) (1827–1898), American congressman, son of the aboveTasmin Archer (born 1963), English soul/pop/rock singerThomas Archer (died 1685) (1619–1685), English soldier and politicianThomas Archer (1668–1743), English Baroque architectThomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), English politician and noblemanThomas Archer (pastoralist) (1823–1905), pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, AustraliaTommy Archer (born 1954), American racing car driverTony Archer (referee) (born 1969), Australian rugby league refereeTroy Archer (1955–1979), American footballerViolet Archer (1913–2000), Canadian composerWes Archer (born 1961), American television animation directorWilliam Archer (architect) (1820–1874), botanist and architect and member of the local Archer familyWilliam Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopistWilliam Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish criticWilliam Archer (Toronto politician) (1919–2005), Canadian politician and lawyerWilliam Reynolds Archer, Jr. (born 1928), American politician and lawyerWilliam S. Archer (1789–1855), Virginian politicianCate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer gameFrank Archer, a soldier in the Fullmetal Alchemist animeJonathan Archer, in the television show Star Trek: EnterpriseLew Archer, a private detective in series of novels by Ross MacDonaldNancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50 Foot WomanNewland Archer, in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel The Age of InnocenceObadiah Archer, a main character in the Valiant Comics comic book series Archer & ArmstrongSean Archer, portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/OffSterling Archer, main character in the animated television series ArcherSeveral related characters in the Philip K. Dick novel The Transmigration of Timothy ArcherDanny Archer, main character in Blood Diamond (film), a 2006 film