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Damn it...we used our baby name on the dog!

41 replies

AlmondFrangipani · 30/03/2013 20:32

We got a lovely soppy black lab 2 years ago and decided to call him Finn. Now that we are expecting our first baby we have realised that is our favourite name or Quinn (we cant do it can we??) for a girl as we dont know what we are having. We are now really struggling with alternatives. We have a very unusual surname with lots of i's and e's in it but dont want a traditional name. What do you think to the following options:

Girls
Molly
Mia
Neve (easy spelling as our surname is hard to spell)
Evie
Ava - love this but fear it is very popular
Isla - same as Ava
Darcy

Boys
Toby
Felix
Heath
Blake
Isaac - too common now?

Thanks [busmile]

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ktp693 · 01/05/2013 22:01

Congratulations!

Why don't you name your baby Finley and then shorten it to Finn?
Or try Flynn?

BraveLilBear · 29/04/2013 17:50

Didn't hurt Indiana Jones, did it? Grin

You have my sympathy, I had to stop OH calling one of our hamsters one of our boy shortlist names, and I'm ever-so-slightly mulling over the fact that the alternative - Faraday - would be on the longlist if we hadn't named DH4 it first.

But we have very unusual tastes...

I'd say go with Finn. Makes a nice story for when they're older, too.

melodyme · 28/04/2013 20:42

My mother did this to me twice, with two different children! We have laughed our butts off about it for years. Ooh well. The laughs were better than the name, and your post made me laugh our loud.

OwlBeThereForYou · 20/04/2013 16:20

I think we've used ours on a rabbit Hmm DH loved it and I wasn't keen so we used it for the rabbit (who is now dead) and now I'm really starting to like it! No sign of babies yet but still a thinker...glad to see some people think it's ok to name after pets

thermalsinapril · 12/04/2013 18:06

Ava, Mia or Darcy for a girl, Felix or Isaac for a boy.

Isaac is a classic name, rather than faddy.

Iona
Lucy
Bethany
Olivia
Miranda
Naomi
Jessica

Daniel
Peter
Zachary
Dylan
Elias
Ethan
Samuel

Slavetothechild · 12/04/2013 17:16

Ds3 is named after a dog !!!!

DolomitesDonkey · 12/04/2013 16:11

Our second son is named the same as my husband's first dog. He had grudgingly admitted that the boy is in fact better than the dog. Grin

Badvoc · 12/04/2013 16:06

Neve and Toby.
And not because I have one and he is scrumptious
:)

Yama · 12/04/2013 16:06

See, this is why people should cal their dogs Ian. Grin

fussychica · 12/04/2013 15:59

Great thread - still laughing

Finn is lovely - give it to you child and call the dog Quinn or Bim or similar and he probably won't even notice. Otherwise Isaac or Heath - not Blake, (fake/flake etc). Obvs. needs to go with surname hoping it's not Hayes.

amandasegal · 11/04/2013 13:21

love toby!
and you made me laugh out loud with the dog story.. so funny!

Hedwig3 · 11/04/2013 12:08

Shock HopefullA

Was anything said at the time?

Wow!

HopefullA · 11/04/2013 11:58

Well my inlaws named their dog after my name..... wasnt sure if i am honorued or horrified!! Seriously!
And they only got the dog and named it after i joined the family... WTF!

We also gave our dog my fav name, which is also Finn.

Quinn is lovely. Niamh is the correct spelling technically.
LOve Heath, Darcy for a girl even?
Toby i think floppy dog - sorry.

Apparently, Oscar is coming back!?!?

SuburbanRhonda · 04/04/2013 18:50

Agree with frankatzen that the spelling Neve looks wrong - it should be Niamh. If I was more than the half Irish I am, it would irk me that so many traditional Irish names are being Anglicised. A child at our school is called Shianade. Enough said.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 04/04/2013 18:45

I used mine on the cat.

everlong · 04/04/2013 18:43

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anonymosity · 04/04/2013 04:01

Your child will live a long life and your dog probably won't. When you get a new dog you can call it something very different. Use the name on the kid!

Shybairns · 03/04/2013 21:11

P.S. like for thread title Grin

Shybairns · 03/04/2013 21:10

Vote for Darcy and Toby

TeacupTempest · 03/04/2013 20:58

My dog and dd have very similar names. The up side is that they both come running when you call out in the park!

bigbluebump · 02/04/2013 16:27

Apart from being your dog's name, Finn is also very widely used for boys - it has risen rapidly up the charts and become quite trendy. I think it will sound dated once people start to tire of it. I know five Finns under age 10.

Love the names Quentin, Felix and Heath - much cooler, more interesting and less overused

xigris · 01/04/2013 12:22

Sorry but I'm with Zola on the Quinn / Quim concern!

MickeyTheShortOne · 01/04/2013 12:22

i love evie. i wanted to name dd evie but we decided on pippa instead Smile

FarelyKnuts · 01/04/2013 12:19

We called our cat Mia. My aunt called her daughter Mia.. no one died. the end :o
though we do giggle a lot because the cat was here first

melika · 01/04/2013 11:55

No don't do it, have a rethink, I named my dog Bailey and a relative named his boy Bailey, it produced a few sniggers, I tell you!