Is it weird to use a family pet's name for a baby??

I have to admit that I do know someone who has called her two boys Felix and Bruno and I giggle internally each time I hear the names

I on the other hand wouldn't name my child after any of my past pets because a sample of their names (the pets' not my childrens) is Stoopid, Swim, Chequers and Rasputin.

They just wouldn't go with the surname

My DD is Tilly (Matilda) and the amount of people I know who have had a cat/dog called Tilly is staggering. But do I care - no I don't as I love the name.

I also love Bertie for a boy. Bertie was a treasured cat for my DH and the name of the in-laws neighbours cat!!

Is it Indiana?

I'm pg now and love the name Felix for a boy. It's a family name, and I never really thought it odd. But now, when I mention it as a possible name, I hear about a lot of cats called Felix.

When I was all pregnanty and hormonal the only boys name I liked was the name we had given our puppy.... but I resisted the conflict - they are just too close to have the same name so DS had to have something else!

I don't think the hamster's name (Skitter) was ever on the list though

My family had a dog named Jake years and years ago I barely remember him. My DS is called Jake and my Grandma still goes on about it being a dogs name.

Our dog is called Blaise it could work...

Oh yes its ok depending on the name of course. Our dog is called Meg & I really liked the name Megan for a girl, but im having a boy anyway so I dont have that dilemma! But if you dont have the pet anymore then its fine I think

I call the pets names I would like to call my children but think hmmm better not.

So current dogs are called Atticus and Hero. One day I will have a Bathsheba.

Wouldnt call one of my kids Giro, however much I adored my dog (and I did )

Atticus and DS3 will be having a joint 1st and 2nd birthday party this year though

at all the little Elizabeths!

Our dd and goat share the same name and birthday.

All our brown hens are called Elizabeth. It makes life easier.

A friend of mine named her son after her horse. Which was maybe a little odd?

my chickens are Jessica, Erica, Tina, Rita and Pamela.

I love the names Jessica and Erica for a child, but the others are a bit old-fashioned.

The cats are Johann and Sebastian. like sebastian, but not Johann (but Joanne might be okay for a girl)

op, it does depend on how weird it sounds as a human name! if it's fluffy, then no, but jessie or kitty then it's okay.

An old friend was convinced he was named after the family dog. I always tried to convince him that really the dog had been named in anticipation of the child, but now I'm not so sure...

In fact, our dogs are both named after people. DD[og]1 is Frida, after Frida Kahlo, because when she turned up at our door (stray) we had just seen the film and she has really heavy eyebrows just like Selma Hayek.
And DD[og]2 is actually named after DD[aughter]2 - sort of. When she (puppy) was born, I was pregnant with DD2 and wanted to call her Poppy. But my DH is not a native English speaker and we live abroad, and he said Poppy would remind him of "puppy", so yep, the puppy got named Poppy and the baby Pola (which, I later found out, is also a name in Arabic, meaning... Poppy). Got that?

I wanted to do that. Use my cat's name for DS2 and rename the cat. Cat was Harry. I was thinking Barry. Or Larry.

My parents did the same as theagedparent. Called me thet cat's name and changed her name to Tigger. poor cat. Still, rather her than me being called Tigger.

I gave our cats name to my first dd and called the cat something else.

I have two boys who, as my name says, have dog's names.

These weren't my pets, although I did want to name DS2 after my cat.

George was nixed immediately due to it being our hamster's name (though he's about to drop dead any day now).

Jack was dropped due to being too popular and the name of my former dog (still alive and living in the U.S.).

DP put the name Dylan on our list but I vito'd it as my Mum's dog is Dylan and has a few years left in him yet.

I think if you won't have conflicting requests
E.g Dylan get down. Dylan come and get your bum changed etc.
you should be fine.
Our family has a habit of giving pets very human names, we've had a Tom, Jason, Sam, Charlie and Dylan in recent years. It's just a name but I'd think of it as taken if a living pet has it - would you call your DS Dylan if you nephew was called Dylan?
I have bitten my tongue a couple of times when people have told me their child's name 'oh we used to have a dog...'

lol at Pinky!

my favourite cat ever was Thomas. Guess DS' name! I'm not sure DH knew why i liked it!

An old school friend was named after her fathers beloved pet when he was a boy.

It was a pig.

Luckily, the pig had a normal name, it wasn't called Squealy or Pinky or anything like that

If you like the name use it! I wouldn't think it's weird at all.

And I have a Rex, it s cool name, I tell you