Would you name your child the same as your pet?

Serendipitious

My kitten thought it was called 'Oi' for several months, because it's what I used to say to distract it from from clawing clothes and climbing curtains...

maiasopohie

Was fortunate to grow up with lots of horses. Had one ( of many) called Maia.
25yrs later was expecting a girl ... So they told me at 12wks pregnant, & opted for Maia. The whole family, including my 3yr old, started talking to Bump as "Maia".
My hubby wanted a plain name for her middle name in case she hated it. But 11yrs later, Maia loves her name, even if she is sometimes Maiai (Swahili for egg!!) or Miai, or even Mia, or even incredibly, a letter home from school as Gaia!
go for it!!

FattyBettyBoo

My friend named her daughter Carley after her horse Karley,and still has both of them 5 years later.

G6JPG

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Come here George.
no George not you. You stay there George
George, come here
no George stay there
George.. No.. George come here... not you.
[snip]

George ... don't do that.
(Joyce Grenfell - quoted in the anti-[first-]gulf-war protests.)

happyinflorida

Noooooooooooooo. It won't work.

Find another name for your new born son and let the cat keep his name that he's used to.

There are millions of names out there.

Hope all goes well - good luck

Davesnave

G6JPG wrote: »

George ... don't do that.
(Joyce Grenfell - quoted in the anti-[first-]gulf-war protests.)

And on post 95 of this thread!

cte1111

Names that may go with Henry (must be 2 syllables and not in top 10)...

Morris
Samuel (think this is 3 syllables though)
Larry
Peter
Barry
Warren
Boris
Oscar
Carson

I was half thinking of naming my son a name that was a version of the cat's name, everyone said this was a bad idea. It didn't really go with our surname anyhow so was rejected.

I did call one of my rabbits a name that I quite fancied for my first child, but people said it was too fancy, thought the rabbit wouldn't be mortifed by an over-fancy name.

*Louise*

I missed out some pages in the middle, but I did see that the OP had decided against it - thank goodness. I think there may be a few Georges in his year at school, and wouldn't name a child the same as a pet. I even felt uncomfortable calling our cat the same name as one of the girls in DD's class:rotfl:

Janepig

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

My son's name is Ben, not Benjamin or Benedict, and it says Ben on his birth certificate.

DS is Alex, not Alexander. Alex is what's on his birth certificate and it was what DH insisted on and what I reluctantly agreed to, not Alexander.

Truth be told, I think short forms of names tend to be used when people get older rather than when they're younger. For instance, DD's got a "Christopher" in her class and that's what he's known as. I can't say I know any adults with that name who are known as anything other than Chris. Same with Alexander - I don't know any adults with that name who are known as Alexander (or Alexandra), only Alex. There's lots of other children in their classes with long names that will undoubtedly be shorted in adulthood rather than the other way around.

Another vote for avoiding George though because of the Royal baby connection. I changed the girl's name I'd picked for DD (not knowing at the time that she would be a girl) because about three weeks before she was born Catherine Zeta Jones called her daughter the same thing (Carys) and a, I don't like her, and b, everyone local would have suggested I'd copied her. As it turns out, the name we chose has been a better choice because there's lots of Carys's in her school.

Jx