Is this a dogs name ?

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My son was born and we have named him "Frank" , I don't expect all the people to like it but I felt quite sad when few of the mums on mums group where I belong, were commenting about their dogs name and they were laughing and saying that Frank is a dogs name knowing very well that this is my son's name.
The comments weren't directed to me (they both have had conversation between each other but I found it a bit rude...
Is this really a Dogs name ?
Have I made a mistake ?

Oh, and I meant to add that I've known two dogs, and one parrot with my own name.
(Real name, not Nigella.)

I had a wonderful Grandad called Frank.. I would have called my own DS Frank except my cousin got there first.

I have two DS (lets call them John and Jim)..Met someone on the beach with 2 dogs called John and Jim!
And my DDs name is a very popular Collie name.

Congratulations on the birth of Baby Frank..

I'm due next week and if it's a boy I want to call him Frank!

Never met a dog called Frank.

Two of my colleagues (in their 30s-early 40s) are Franks. Never met a dog called Frank, and I am a dog owner so know lots of dogs

Dd has a sausage dog called frank. frank furter.
It’s a lovely name for both people and pets.

I mean it is a very popular name for dogs, but it’s not a dog name. Most dogs have human names nowadays. Mine is called Billy but that doesn’t mean that no one I know could ever call their child Billy!

Frank is a human name.

@OGenkiDesuKa

I have a dog name. I’ve only ever met dogs with my name, no other humans.

Wuffles?

I know two children called Frank. One is 12 and the other is 10. Totally unrelated to each other.

I think it's a cool name.

I love the name 'Frank' congratulations.
My friend has 2 rescues called John and Adam, no such thing as a dogs name, those women sound like bitches themselves!

It’s very fashionable to give dogs a human name now, but it doesn’t take away the fact that Frank is actually a human name. Ignore them.

I have a dog called Frank!

We chose the name after my uncle Frank, who was the best human being I’ve ever known

It’s not a dogs name, it’s short for Francis. It’s a great name!

Those other Mum’s sound horrible - I wouldn’t mix with them anymore if I were you!

@VestaTilley We call him Francis if he’s been particularly mischievous! 🤣

Frank is a cool name. Your “friends” are rude and insensitive.

Frank was my granddad - he was absolutely lovely

My dog is Archie - I don't think it matters that some dogs have human names.

Some names are found more commonly on pets than children apparently. My son has one of them, a friend's son has another. Theyve both survived and not suffered because they share their name with golden retrievers, meerkats etc

I wouldn’t choose Frank but it’s certainly no more a dog’s name than Luna or Alfie.

I’m sure your son will suit his name. Ignore the rude people - after giving birth to DS3 we were on a ward with a baby named Frank and he was gorgeous.

I know a couple of child Franks- it's a name to grow into, if you see what I mean. Baby Stanley, Baby Frank, Baby Vincent - it's a bit tough for a baby to carry off but once they hit toddler age it seems to click perfectly.

Your friends are ridiculous, don’t give them that power to make you second guess yourself. Frank was on my shortlist before we knew dd was a dd! It’s a great name - it’s not like you called him Rover or Bouncer!

I’d only ever known dogs named Toby until recently and it’s popped up a few times in my wider circle. Another great name on either species imho.

Frank/Francis is lovely.

Frank is a perfectly normal name for a person, absolutely!
That said, I have noticed a trend recently for folk to call their dogs more 'human' names instead of traditional dog names, so it's not unreasonable some folk have heard of the odd dog called Frank. I still think it's a dog with a human name, not a human with a dog name though!

I have 3 brothers
Last two are twins-ones named after a sheepdog and the other a cat
The animals where around long before they where and it’s done them no harm at all
Ignore the rude mums-how bloody rude

We once had a dog (it was a dog and he had a girls name) with a people name, which ended up being my sisters girlfriends name. So we had ‘Dog X’ and ‘People X’.

It's a lovely name.
Ignore the stupid talk and steer clear of those women.