Would you name your child the same as your pet?

adouglasmhor

This thread made me think of Sean Connery talking to Harrison Ford.

Henry: Come on, Junior.

Indiana: Dad, will you stop calling me Junior?

Sallah: I don't understand. What is this Junior?

Henry: That's his name: Junior! Henry Jones, Junior.

Sallah: I thought his name was Indiana.

Henry: The dog's name was Indiana.

Marcus: Can we go home please?

Sallah: Haha, you were named after the DOG!

Indiana: I have a lot of fond memories of that dog.

Gloomendoom

If you call your son Alfie or Archie, do you put the full name Alfred and Archibald on the birth certificate?

Mojisola

There are going to be so many Georges named after the new prince that, unless you want your son to be one of a herd, I'd go for something else.

There must be something else you like that sounds good with your surname and doesn't spell something funny or rude when combined with a middle name.

Mojisola

Gloomendoom wrote: »

If you call your son Alfie or Archie, do you put the full name Alfred and Archibald on the birth certificate?

Only if you want their name to be Alfred or Archibald. The name on the birth certificate is the name that will be used on official occasions such as their marriage.

There are plenty of Alfies, Archies, Billys and such like round here who have the shortened version on the birth certificate.

tea_lover

I love my cat's name! There's no way I'd be stealing it for a baby

I'm another one that would definitely be steering clear of George. It's a lovely name but it's just going to be so popular in the next few years. My friend has a baby George (born in March, so before prince George) and she was quite disappointed when they went for that.

Slinky

mountainofdebt wrote: »

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

It can go horribly wrong.

I was out walking the other day and a parent was calling her daughters. Hanna - Mia - Hanna - Mia

I was very tempted to start singing an Abba song.

I don't think I'd call a child Merlin or Tinka

scheming_gypsy

Gloomendoom wrote: »

If you call your son Alfie or Archie, do you put the full name Alfred and Archibald on the birth certificate?

If you call your son Alfie or Archie then you put Alfie or Archie on the birth certificate otherwise you're not calling them Alfie or Archie.

Gloomendoom

Mojisola wrote: »

Only if you want their name to be Alfred or Archibald. The name on the birth certificate is the name that will be used on official occasions such as their marriage.

There are plenty of Alfies, Archies, Billys and such like round here who have the shortened version on the birth certificate.

Most of the young people I come into contact with have the full name but get called the pet names day to day... or even some other name totally unrelated to their given names.

Person_one

Mojisola wrote: »

Only if you want their name to be Alfred or Archibald. The name on the birth certificate is the name that will be used on official occasions such as their marriage.

There are plenty of Alfies, Archies, Billys and such like round here who have the shortened version on the birth certificate.

Giving them the longer versions means they have options though, seems better to me. I know a middle aged suzie who is just that, not a Suzanne or a Susan, and I do wonder if she'd prefer a more formal, less babyish option for some occasions.

Mojisola

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Most of the young people I come into contact with have the full name but get called the pet names day to day... or even some other name totally unrelated to their given names.

That not unusual but if the parents want their son to carry the name Archie into adult life, that's what should go on the BC. If they are happy for him to be called Archibald on official paperwork and legal occasions, then Archibald should be on the BC.