New reports are coming out stating that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry rejected a title for their son Archie because they feared he’d be bullied over the fact that it had the word “dumb” in it.

When they named their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019, they deliberately avoided the Earl of Dumbarton title that had been given to Harry by his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II before his wedding.

“They didn’t like the idea of Archie being called the Earl of Dumbarton because it began with the word ‘dumb’ [and] they were worried about how that might look,” one royal source told the Telegraph, with another source adding that “it wasn’t just Meghan who pointed out the potential pitfalls, it also bothered Harry.”

When news of this broke, however, Meghan and Harry found themselves becoming the butt of the type of jokes they were seemingly intent on helping their son avoid. Even the hosts of BBC Radio 4’s usually straight-laced “Today” show could not help but laugh while reporting on this, with Nick Robinson ending the segment by quipping, “Dumb and dumber.”

Others were offended by Meghan and Harry’s decision.

“What an insult to Dumbarton,” Sue Sutton-Smythe complained, with others sharing the history of the Scottish town as well as its earldom, which was first created in March of 1675.

This comes after Meghan and Harry claimed in their interview with Oprah Winfrey that Archie had been blocked from having a royal title.

“They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and (said) that he wasn’t going to receive security,” Meghan said. “In those months when I was pregnant we have in tandem the conversation of, you won’t be given security, not gonna be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”

Sources have since denied this, saying that Meghan and Harry had “never raised an issue” about the titles, or lack off. They added that Harry had been “adamant” that his son “should be raised without titles.”