Giving baby same name as old family pet?

[Moggymorn]

Would you do this? We had a dog called Alfie growing up, he passed about 6 years ago. We are due a baby soon and love the names Archie and Alfie, we're put off Archie after the royal baby as it'll probably sky rocket in popularity now. DH thinks I'm being silly vetoing Alfie because of an old pet. Opinions?

To be completely honest, I think both names are better on a dog. Sorry.

My DD has the name of a cat I used to have and my DS has the name of a dog my aunt used to own years ago.

They’re very unusual names so all the family thought of the animals when I first announced the names but I like them and that’s all that matters

I think Alfie and Archie are a bit boring and uninteresting to be honest

My DGD is named after a dearly missed family cat. DGD knows and is quite happy about it because she understands that cat was special to us, was loved and regarded as a member of our family.

My husband had a family cat growing up called Phoebe.
I absolutely love that name. We have said for past couple of years between ourselves if we ever had a girl that's the name we would like. He doesnt relate it to his old cat it was many years ago. But his nan got a puppy about 12 months ago and called her Phoebe .
We are currently 6 weeks pregnant so obviously no idea if boy or girl etc ... but would it still be weird to have the name Phoebe for a girl now ?? X

When we were expecting DS1, I had one of our previous cat’s names on my girl shortlist (Tabby). DH was not keen and we decided on something else. We had a boy (then another boy, then another boy) so it turned out to be a moot point.

My in laws have had several dogs with human names and always find it hilarious when a baby is ‘named after their dog’. Someone in the extended family did this very recently, I doubt he even met the dog, (also dog has also been dead for about 10 years!) but nonetheless they’ve commented on it. I thought it was absolutely bizarre when I first met them, but have become acclimatised to this particular quirk (and to be fair, I’m sure they think I’m an absolute fruit loop some of the time but are too polite to say)

If you like the name, use it. I named my first puppy after my first grade teacher. I loved them (my teacher and my dog) and I loved the name. Twenty-five years later I give my first daughter the same name -- I still loved it. (Of course, both teacher and dog were long gone, but I remember them both fondly.)