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

[ballinderrymum]

had our 20 week scan and we are having a DD. We like the name Willow but we had a cat who died 3 years ago called Willow - is it weird to call our DD the same name? We are not naming her after our dead cat, just the same name (maybe, depending on verdicts). We also like the name Daisy but our friends had a dog called Daisy and i don't want to remind them of the dog they got rid off. picking a name is so hard!!

My dogs were Oscar and Maisie-both very popular for DC ATM.

Love the idea of a hamster called Florian. It's so... dignified.

OP, go for it, if we have a DS at any point there's a strong possibility he'll be named after a dead rat, so you're not doing so badly.

Actually I quite like the idea of a name being 'pre-warmed' for the family by a beloved pet... Maybe that's the way to look at it :)

:o viktoria i can imagine your reaction!!

I love the name Willow and would probably use it anyway. Not everyone will know that it was your cat's name.

I had a boyfriend with the same name as my employer's poodle once. That was weird but strangely accurate :o

I named my son after the tortoise I had as a child. Well, not named after exactly, it's just my favourite name and they both ended up with it!

i think its fine, my sister named her baby Caspar, lovely name :) and as children we had a cat named Casper, so obviously the spelling is different but the name is the same, he was a FAB cat, my nephew has a lot to live up to

Please use the name you want to, it doesn't matter if people have had a dog or cat with the same name. Really, no one you meet now with your new baby will even know you had a cat called Willow, unless you feel the need to tell them (please don't - because it's not necessary). My dad named our cat after his own father, our cat was as mad as a brush!

A name becomes associated with a person in the present not the past, I think, even when you name kids after relatives etc - eventually - you are thinking of the child and not the aged relative. That's my experience.

Congratulations.

PS I would be surprised if friends who have known you for a while can remember the name of your cat, I can't really remember my friends' pets' names from the past!

Hmm, I remember my cousin's friend's budgie's birthday was September 17th. And that was back in 1986!

Can't actually remember the budgie's name though

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I'd go for it. You obviously liked the name to start with so why not. I think it's lovely to name a child after a much loved pet. As long as it wasn't called Fido or Whisky :)