Would you name your child the same as your pet?

Gloomendoom

mountainofdebt wrote: »

(btw I think george is such an old man's name)

Old men were babies once.

Richard53

Alikay wrote: »

btw, I like the name George. ... Its a nice, masculine, traditional name, and probably wasted on a cat

Thank you! As said above, it is my middle name, given to me after my grandfather who died before I was born.

As a child, I absolutely hated it. It took me until I was about 40 before I came to think of it as something other than elderly and a bit thick.

I'll take your description of it as 'nice, masculine' and cuddle it for a while.

Oh, sorry, now it's 'Gay-orge' and I can't.

peachyprice

Richard53 wrote: »

Thank you! As said above, it is my middle name, given to me after my grandfather who died before I was born.

As a child, I absolutely hated it. It took me until I was about 40 before I came to think of it as something other than elderly and a bit thick.

I'll take your description of it as 'nice, masculine' and cuddle it for a while.

Oh, sorry, now it's 'Gay-orge' and I can't.

I think there's a difference though in the names we choose as middle names for a reason and first names that our children will live with day in, day out.

All of my children also have the names of relatives as middle names, but their first names were chosen to suit them, not to go with their siblings, not after the cat, not after a celebrity or royal (although I was mighty pee'd off when Diana used one of my boy's names as one of her middle names, the following year they were a dime a dozen, a bit like George will be now).

Although none of mine were named until we'd actually met them, somehow the names you choose before they are born don't seem to fit once they arrive. Perhaps it's the parents who were adamant that that was the name they were going to give are the ones whose children you look at and think 'Now he really doesn't look like a Gay-orge'.

This_Year

mountainofdebt wrote: »

why do you have to have a name that goes with your eldest's name?

Sounds like a daft reason to pick a name personally but hey ho each to his own.

All names go with each other after a while, through natural usage.

I wouldn't name a child with a pets name, either. Nor would I name a child with a lovely name if I knew someone obnoxious with that same name.

Names come and go in and out of fashion but personally, I wouldn't call a child George as others have mentioned, someone will call "George" in school and half the class will turn around.

Plenty of time to choose a new name you like.

missprice

pukkamum wrote: »

Or do as I do, give the kids alternative names, I have Boy, Girl and Beast it saves time and confusion!

Even simpler method
Boy child 1
Boy child 2
Girl child 1
Etc
Never run out of names and can be adventurous with
Boy child the first, second etc
I can see this catching on.
On a slightly different note, my ex hubby had a younger brother with same first name. Really weird to have oy 'mark, get here and have 2 grown men come running.
Not his real name, and it was the mother that shouted oy.

hazyjo

Really got the giggles through some of this thread - thanks all, need that today! :beer:

My old cat, Jerry, knew his name! Jerry Springer was on the telly once (shame) and they were all shouting out JERRY, JERRY, JERRY and my cat turned round looking for who was calling him lol. Awww. Saying that, I've just got a cat last weekend and have renamed him. He doesn't seem to know his old or new name yet.

Agree with others - wouldn't touch 'George' with a bargepole cos of the royal baby.

List of suggestions of names along the same vein:

Finlay
Alfie
Archie
Frank
Oliver
Oscar
Jack
Edward
Stan(ley)

Jx

seven-day-weekend

George for the child and some version of George for the cat.

seven-day-weekend

It was maybe a mistake choosing your favourite 'people' names for your cats! Over all our years (40+) of owning cats, we have only ever had one with a 'people name', and it was one that I don't think anyone would chose today - Prudence.

hgotsparkle

Personally I wouldn't as the pet has already been given that name as part of their personality.With my GSD, I wanted to call him Oscar but instead it was decided on Alfie. I couldn't call my (non existent) son Alfie now but instead would love the name Oscar for a baby boy.

Twopints

hazyjo wrote: »

My old cat, Jerry, knew his name! Jerry Springer was on the telly once (shame) and they were all shouting out JERRY, JERRY, JERRY and my cat turned round looking for who was calling him lol.

He might have been traumatised if he ever saw Tom & Jerry :beer: