is it weird using the same name as our dead cat?

We named our DD the same as our cat and changed the cats name!

I personally wouldn't do it, especially if the story is attached to your child. I wouldn't like being reminded I was named after a dead pet, but each to their own.

If you and DH are ok with it then go for it. My DS has the same name as one of my PILs cats, the cat just has 'furry' put in front of his name when we're talking about him!

There's a lesson for us all here, never use favourite names for pets in the pre baby days. We have a cat with a name I love and now we won't be able to use it for DC3 if a girl.

How I wish I'd thought on before!

But if our cat were no longer with us.........hmmm, I might be tempted to go for it.

Someone I know named their car a favourite name and years after it went for scrap has given their first child the same name. As she pondered whether they could name their baby after a car I said go for it - it's only a very few people who remember the name of the old car and we don't care, their baby's name is lovely. Maybe the same applies to you and your old cat.

I wanted the same name as a family members dog but my dp didn't like it. Fwiw I really like willow!!!

On my list for any future DS is the name of my gran's old cat, my goldfish and budgie and for DD my dad's current dog. They are all just names I like.

Nah - ds2's named after dp's dead cat. Although we do tend to get some faces when we tell people

No, we are planning on naming our baby the same name as DP's not too recently departed and well loved dog, we haven't got a huge list and I love the name, more problematic is the fact that my parents cat is still alive and I love it's name! I did name it at 16.... I have always given my animals proper names and after 20/30 hamsters I am running out of ones I like!! Go for it, the cat won't mind

For me, it would depend how close you were to the cat TBH! If you really saw the cat as part of the family etc, she will always have a special place in your hearts and you hold memorial services on the date of her passing etc then no.

If the cat was a pet, an animal you were fond of but accept as a fleeting element of your family life, then I'd say go for it, as its a pretty name!

FWIW I'd also use Daisy despite your friends' dog. Your daughter's name is a big decision and the only people you need to please with it are yourselves and your DD. How do you know that any name won't be a reminder to close friends of their dog/mum/gran/best friend etc. All names come with baggage and associations for someone. As long as you like it thats all that matters.

Congrats by the way!

I know some other people will say 'Do it!' but I personally wouldn't. I have a cat called Bella, which is a name I love, but I wouldn't call any future daughters that because... well, that will always be my cats name to me!

Just me though, ofc.