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Baby names used on dogs!

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By Fri 24-Apr-09 10:50:58 Add message | Report | Contact poster

I've noticed a lot of people giving out that their children's names are also the names of local dogs. Or they are reluctant to use a name because there's a dog with that name around and they're not sure if they're picking a 'dog's name'. I think it's because these days, a lot of people are replacing having babies with getting a dog, and they take it really seriously and treat it like a human. when i think of the dogs i know, they all have the names that people would have given their kids.

maybe there should be a yearly chart of most popular dogs names to make sure you arent going with the hounds trend of choice.

i know dogs called jake, george, rosie, penny, jack, benny, billy, ted, archie, sam, all popular names for babies i think

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 03-May-09 22:42:07

Thell- my friend has a dd named Padme grin

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 03-May-09 22:36:18

our cat is tilly and our guinea pig is henry.

i know a dog called alfie and one called pippa.

I know cats called max, reggie but also socks, pepsi and pele.

in childhood my cat was called scampi and then we had ebony.

recent cats are lucy, barnie, harry!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 28-Apr-09 21:40:14

My neighbours dog is called Kafka and their cats are Boris and Natasha. I like that.

I also know dogs called Bertie and Schröder.

Our dog is called Daphne, a name that I am confident will make a comeback sometime soon.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 28-Apr-09 21:36:13

Our dog is called Lily !!, such a commom name for girls now xx

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 25-Apr-09 07:38:08

i had a Pixie Chihuahua. now i have cats Vinnie, Willie, and Jack Russel named TJ. my parents still have a childhood dog named Layla. we wish now we had reserved Willie, but it quite suits him. i had a cat named Lily, but she ran away. does that mean that name is free for baby naming now?

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 25-Apr-09 01:24:39

I know you probably don't need encouraging, but I quite like Pixie!!

Yes, naming pets is a good outlet for that kind of avant garde name you're just dying to give to someone!
I know a couple with two pugs called Vader and Padme grin

Padme is such a lovely name, but perhaps a bit too geeky for an actual child.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 24-Apr-09 23:44:16

I called my dog Pixie - one of my reasonings being it would prevent me calling a future dd Pixie - because I do go through phases of thinking that would be cute!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 24-Apr-09 23:22:04

This thread is hilarious.
I let my dd name our cat "Rosa" after a friend she had at playschool.

Do you think the reverse will happen ie people naming their children after popular pet names.
Examples could be:
Rover
Stripe
Spotty
Fluffy
Snowy
x

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 24-Apr-09 17:42:25

People call their children by 'pet' names too though. Honey, Bluebell, Daisy, Poppy, Velvet - all are quite common animal names that are now used for children.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 24-Apr-09 16:59:36

Is there such a thing as 'an animal name'?
You very quickly run out if you keep to names like Tiddles and Rover.

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