we had just decided to name our baby (if a girl) poppy, i love the name and my other 3 kids love it, anyways a week after making that decision dp remembered his bi**h ex has a dog called poppy.
its so not fair,

I would still call your dd Poppy! What does it matter what the ex's dog is called?

That is a daft reason for not using a name. Use it if you like it, what does his ex or her dog have to do with it?

Shoot the damn dog and be done with it!

Oh I wasn't allowed Nell for the same reason

oh no sorry he had a dog called Nell
not his ex!

Do you still see his ex? Would she know and think: "A-ha, they've named their daughter in honour of my dog." Or is it just that you'd always think of her and her dog when looking at your dd?

If its taken dp a week to remember the dogs name, then its likely that no one else will remember at all!
Call your baby Poppy if you love it.
I think its a lovely name!

Wahey a name thread where I actually like the name. We were going to call DD1 Poppy but then I think Gail Porter and then someone else stole it. I can understand the OP's reservations TBH.

My boy children share names with my dh's last two girlfriends. Idiot.

Number 37 on the list of things you don't want to hear from yout MIL.

Oh PM I love the idea of naming a dd after an ex's dog, in honour of said hound!

Unless this woman and her dog are still in your life then i can't see that it matters. Poppy is a lovely name.

look i am really sorry to sound like a cow but it isn't the end of the world is it ?

and whining it's not fair is just silly. there are 18000 people trapped under rubble in China, thousands starving in burma FGS

call the child poppy and be done

Yes, but this is a section dedicated to children's names - not third world disasters.

I love dogs but I have to say, it's not going to live forever anyway. Your DD will be around for much longer.

Love the name Poppy.

yes i know that but the thread title it's not fair is a bit ott. i was when i read the thread and it was about a dog having the name

We called our dog Angus. friend called their boy Angus. Neither of us minds.
Call her poppy. Its nice

Ah don't worry about it, my name is Lucy which every third labrador seems to be called.

f1nut - this thread makes me smile - it's so trivial but I understand why you think it's not fair!

f1nut, the name both me and DP like for our boy is also the name of a friend's dog! We won't decide finally until he's born anyway, but if I get any grief then it's goodbye to the dog (and the friend). [manic laugh smiley].

What's wrong with a bit of frivolity btw? Are the baby names threads all meant to be deadly serious??!!

My dd is named the same as a friend's cat...

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TheProvincialLady lol

its one of them mini dogs , it lives in her handbag, has bows on its ears and wears a baby girls pink knitted cardi and wot a yappy darn thing it is, dp says no way, choose another name, i do like it though,
its sooooo not fair, oh sh*t theres me whining again....

pmsl at pink knitted cardigan!

probably for the best

My daughter was 6 months old before I realised both her names were the same as two children I had nannied for.

Name her Poppy and be done.

God deffo would kill it it sounds vile - was your DP the boyfriend of Paris Hilton or something???

quite the opisit actually, 54 year old indian lady

It's funny how you get fixated on these things isn't it? I actually wondered if it would be ok to use the same name as next doors little girl.

If you love it, use it.

Oh dear Lord, now I completely understand why you wouldn't give a child the same name. Poppy was one of our potential names for my DC2 if it is a girl - but after this, no way

Poppy is a lovely name.

The dog won't live forever.

My parents told me that I was named after a dog, it was a joke said in passing, apparently, but I believed it to be true for about 30 years. It didn't scar me for life!

Poppy is lovely go for it, it is not like it his his ex-s name,
now that would be a whole different kettle of fish!

Poppy is number 1 on my list if I'm having a girl, forget the dog and go for it.