BIL gave dog same same as DS

It could be worse. I was given the name of my grandparents' pet poodle.

I suggest you resolve this sensibly by throwing a stick and whichever retrieves it first can claim the name.

My best ever boy was a Jack. He was a lovely dog. His best mate was Bob, Sunday name Robert dog. As a kid I had a Samuel. Now have a Neville. I like human named animals.

It's not precious of OP at all to be bothered by this.

Most of us know that our first name is not unique and that we will always share it with many other humans and non-humans. But it's still nice not to have to share it with anyone too close to us, isn't it?

Or maybe are there 2 kinds of people; the kind who care to share and the kind who don't care to share.

It is somehow like BIL is saying DN is not unique enough, though I bet in actuality, the thought 'process' has been along the lines of what @Allthegoodnamesarechosen said.

BIL may well be surprised to have caused grief over this. He was simply thinking it's a cool name and obviously his DB and DSIL like it! If I was you though OP, I would have to mention it - in a neutral tone - at some point!

Maybe he just loved the name, and went with it.

I currently have a large breed named Blake. Not weird to me as I always wanted a dog called Blake for some reason. I dated someone who only ever gave dogs human names. He had a retriever called Craig, then another called Chad. I thought it was different but not odd.

I'd congratulate him on his fine taste & think nothing more of it. Great opportunity for lots of creative description of Jacko the Dog & Jackie the boy, I suppose.

My threshold to take umbrage is just too much higher.

Oops just realised the name isn't actually Jack. But it should be.

Jack was literally the first name I thought of when I read your title.

Jack is a good dog's name! Or at least our dog thinks so.

I might have agreed with you - until, a few years ago, we adopted a rescue dog who already had the same name as my youngest niece (who was then 9) - so we changed it.

My mum, for a reason known only to her, told my niece we'd done this - and my niece was very upset!

No, I wouldn't

A few years ago my best mates brother had a son, which he named Max.

Me and DP popped into my mates Mum's house at Christmas shortly after Max was born. As you do, we asked my mates Mum "How's Max?"

The response rocked us "Oh, didn't you hear? Max died"

We sit there shocked, how could we not know this, why didn't my best friend mention that his nephew had died?

And then it filters through, she thinks we're talking about her dog, with the same name, that died 5 bloody years ago.

He sounds goady.

I guess you like the same name. I think it’s odd what he’s done and I wouldn’t do it however I wouldn’t get upset about it. My BIL and SIL named their DS the same as mine although mine has a double name so it’s different. I thought it was a bit odd, especially as it is a family name and they didn’t tell us for two weeks as if they were dreaming up a new name when actually they were using a name from the family which is important to them. Anyway I’m just glad they have their DS and can cope with the cousins have same names!

😂 you lie. IRL you'd be pissed.

It's not really a new thing to give dogs "human" names.

My parents gave my sister the same name as my cousin's dog and that was back in the 60s. It wasn't a particularly common name.

My cousin, my sister and I were having coffee the other day and my cousin still remembers how strange she found it. My sister doesn't like her name!!

My cat is called Jack but that was down to DD. I love the idea of Mark the cat.😁

This is a complete non-issue OP.

My cat who I got a few months ago I decided to name Nessa after a favourite TV character from Gavin and Stacey. She was previously called Lolipop and I couldn't abide that name as the song just popped into my head immediately. I'm sure nobody will mind that lol.

Its strange how you said it was like a common name "Jack". that is one of the most common dog names tbh.

Nah, I'd let this one go OP. It's not the insult you imagine it is, or one at all, and there's no such thing as a 'dogs' name.

That's weird and annoying. Why did he do that?? Surely your brother's first reaction was to say 'what?? Why did you give your dog the same name as my son??'

The same thing happened in our family. The grandparents quite often had the dog whilst BIL was at work, so it was a bit confusing when DD and the dog were both at the grandparents’ house. I always thought it was weird but never said anything, and he ended up splitting up with his girlfriend and she took the dog with her.

I think it depends on his thinking behind the name, if he absolutely loves it and it's meant as a compliment, then all good. If he knew it would piss you off and did it as a wind up, then not so good.

On the flip side close friends called their son Max, I’ve had to bite my tongue 22 years. Could have been worse, could have called him Fido or Patch.

Do you see it as an insult to your son Op?