DH won't name DD a name we love because he had a rabbit with that name!?!?

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He's BU? Surely? We both love a name, but as he had a rabbit with that name when he lived alone, he doesn't want to use it, WTF?

thy namd h lamb on neighbours casserole-no thy didnt eat him

how long ago did he hav this rabbit

Weird name for a rabbit, though.
From Watership Down

Ironically not in the book at all, just in the cartoon version.

I was named after my dads first car

Erm how odd. He does love it... Says it's his favourite name but wouldn't want to use it because Of the rabbit that died 5 years ago.

Pascall "Our rabbit was called Casserole."

Actually I love Cassidy. (Similar!)

I worked with someone who claimed that he named his daughter after his childhood pet kangaroo - and, no, she wasn't called Skippy.

It's just mean to call a child Bigwig. I know its Violet really

I think for a dead rabbit it's a bit unreasonable - but people have strong name associations that can lead to irrational behaviour.

A friend of mine once refused to date a man that she really liked and was really attracted to and really liked her because he had the same name as her brother. She said she'd never be able to get passed the association at the ...er ... crucial moment.

Ninja
You have to tell us now, or I'll think Cortina

My DS shares a name with one of the most evil cats I ever met. We loved the name, the cat is long forgotten and his name is just him.

Flopsy, Mopsy or Cottontail?

Violet is a gorgeous name, HIBU.

On a thread not so long ago a few people admitted to naming their children after their dead dogs so I wouldn’t say a rabbit was a big deal

Ninja Allegra?

steff

ninja
Princess?

I couldn't have a DC that had the same name as a pet either (and our pets have - mostly! - had pretty sensible names)

There are so so many lovely names out there, why do you need to duplicate?

From Watership Down

My mom said I couldn't read/watch Watership Down because it was too upsetting.

I agree with your husband, I wouldn’t name a child the same name as a pet (previous or not).

Is there not another, better name you both love?

I agree Olennas, 2 of my 3 pets have names that would be perfect human names, but I still wouldn’t.

I also wouldn't use a name that had previously been used on a pet.

Sometimes that means you don't get to use names you love. That's life. I loved Lucy, but had a dog for 16 years named Lucy, so it was never going to be a consideration for a child.

He's not being unreasonable.

My parents named a cat after one of their grandchildren. I thought that was quite odd.

I wanted to give DD a middle name that we'd already given to the cat. DH said I couldn't because we weren't naming her after any relations. I said I liked the cat much better than the relations. But he said they'd probably guess that if we gave her the cat's name.

So we didn't. But DD quite fancies using it for any daughter she might have one day.

I really liked Otto but our NDN ( non cf) had a cat called Otto so DH said 'it'll always be a cat's name to me.' It was the most beautiful cat though.

Same reason I couldn't take to my exes first choice of name.

YABU. Pick something else. If nothing else your daughter might be a bit... having been name after a pet rabbit anyway later on. I know I would be.

My DD was named after my pet hamster

Two decades on family friends delight in reminding me