Baby name same as pet

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We are expecting our first baby in July. I think we must've considered close to every name in existence, we keep going around in circles. A lot of the names we like, but don't love.

The only name we both love is the name of our cat - Hugo. I had initially ruled it out for the reasons below but we can't seem to shake it. Cat Hugo is a house cat and doesn't have many friends, but close family & friends are aware of his name being Hugo. As is he, not that he ever listens. He is only 2 so hopefully will be around a while.

I'm having major regrets about calling Cat Hugo, Hugo and wish we could use it for the baby. When asked for opinions, close family have said it wouldn't bother them, and to either keep Cat Hugo as Hugo or call him something different. I get that he's unlikely to care. If the baby/anyone else suggested that they're named after the cat I'd have no issue in putting them straight that we just loved the name, it's not a case of being named after a cat. I'm more concerned about whether people will find this a really weird/unacceptable thing to do. Part of me feels like it's hard enough to find a name we both love, and we should go for it, and the other part just feels as though we should leave Hugo as the cat and go for one of the other names we reasonably like.

The other names, for info, are:

Max - although we (myself & DP) both had a childhood dog called Max. Both deceased.
George - really like it but not sure it's the one.
Rory - nice but too common where we are
Henry - also nice but I don't love it

Help!🚨

The cat won’t care what it’s called. And so what if it comes when you call the baby. It’s a non problem.

if I stand outside my back door and shout any word in a cat luring sort of voice, mine will come running. I could call literally any word and she’ll come to the tone of voice.
if I shout her name in a low slow voice, she won’t come over 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thanks everyone for your helpful advice. I’m not overly concerned about Cat Hugo coming when called as he chooses to ignore me 99.9% of the time anyway. My concerns more lie with other people finding it strange with them both having the same name (if we decide to go down the Cat Hugo, Baby Hugo) route, or if Baby Hugo might find it odd years into the future and how to address that

Call the cat H

I agree it's a lovely name

if baby Hugo asks, why did you name him after a cat. Just explain the truth. We love the name Hugo. Names the cat Hugo. Not realising we’d have a little boy. Then we wanted our precious son to have the favourite name rather than just the cat!

Hugo is a great name. Strong and timeless

I think you should call the baby Hugo, also keep the cat's name and get a dog who is also called Hugo

And then have a DD, Hugette....