Would you name your child the same as your pet?

JimmyTheWig

Personally I don't think George particularly goes with Henry. I think it needs to be a two sylable name. E.g.

Henry and Albert
Henry and Richard

tea_lover

Person_one wrote: »

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.

Nothing to stop her using Suzanne, or Georgina, or Fred. You can call yourself anything, regardless of what's on your birth certificate.

scheming_gypsy

Person_one wrote: »

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.

Believe me, some people do not want the option! My parents put no thought into my name and just gave me some random ridiculous foreign name because THEY thought it was nice (remember ,it's not the parents name. It's the kids name). I hate it and never use it, but it still appears on official paperwork and I still get called it by some people / officially..
If anybody does call it me I ignore them as I ONLY answer to the shortened version, I've changed it by deed poll but it still sneaks its way in and people from my younger days will still call it me.

My sister is called Suzie, her full name is Suzanne but she's never been a Suzanne. All her life she's been called Suzie, just because you get older doesn't mean people will start using the 'more grown up' version.

Person_one

tea_lover wrote: »

Nothing to stop her using Suzanne, or Georgina, or Fred. You can call yourself anything, regardless of what's on your birth certificate.

You can call yourself anything, but you can't insist on your name of choice being used in official situations if its not your 'legal' name, can you?

tea_lover

Person_one wrote: »

You can call yourself anything, but you can't insist on your name of choice being used in official situations if its not your 'legal' name, can you?

True, but then how many official situations do people actually have? Can only think of weddings, or legal situations off the top of my head. At work, and for professional qualifications etc. I think you can use what you like. Although I've never looked into it seriously so could well be spouting piffle

BaileyB

After a night sleep on it we gonna drop George. Mainly as the royal baby and be everywhere.

It actually broke two of the rules we have about names, try not and be in the top 10 list and have 2 syllables.

SavingPennies_2

Pet or not, the fact the royal baby is called George would mean it would be a total no no for me.

seven-day-weekend

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.

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

hazyjo

My niece is Becky (not Rebecca), and nephew Harry (not Harold, Henry or whatever). As above, no reason why the longer one needs to be used unless you want them to have the choice. With something like Danny, I could understand why you'd put Daniel on a birth certificate. Friend of mine calls her son Jake, but it's Jacob on the birth cert so he has the choice.

Think very carefully these days about initials and the first letter of their name alongside their surname - mainly cos of emails (usually at work as you prob won't get a choice). You wouldn't want a Steve Hitter, for example (think about it!).

We sometimes mail a Tim Morrow at work. Has me singing the bloody Annie song every time. If it drives me mental, what does it do to him! Can't believe nobody else has noticed. What were his parents thinking of lol. Even if before the song, it still sounds like 'tomorrow'.

Anyway, keep us informed!

Jx

LEJC

I have to say my initial reaction would be dont call them the same name...however when I'm trying to round up the family and no one is taking any notice I can see the benefit of everyone being called George...

Imagine just calling one name and they all come running!