Can I give my baby my dogs name?

[Seco2bab]

We lost our dog and want to potentially use her name for our baby. The long version of the name is not how she was called by everyone. It’s not due to dog obsession although we miss her it’s more to liking the name and a shortened version (not the same as how the dog was called) we like that we can link to it as full name

DH was named after a deceased family pet dog 🐕

Also Nell is a lovely name!

I think that is fine, personally. Actually very sweet. A friend of mine named her child the same name as her previous dog. It raised a couple of eyebrows initially but everyone got used to it very quickly.

Nell is my DDs middle name, I adore it and would have used it for first name if DH had been more keen. No problem that it connects to your lovely dog in that way.

Thank you all, sorry I changed the OP as I thought it was too wordy and I didn’t expect anyone to see or respond so fast!

it’s so likely not to be a girl but our DS went a week without a name because we just want it to be right!xx

I would have said no, but a friend of mine has just named her baby her (living) dogs name, which is also a common shortening of her name (think Jess, with the mum being Jessica, but it’s not that) and she worried about comments but said it was the only name that felt right - and baby is now three weeks old and she’s had no comments.

Nell is beautiful 🙂

Aww I think that's fine, and it's a lovely name

I gave DD the same name as my pony. I think it's totally fine.

I was named after the (very much still alive cat) 60 years ago.
First child so always puzzled as to how my parents couldn't find separate names for their first cat and first child.
Loved my cat and love my name!

A friend was called after her Dad’s old dog and likes her name, so..

Nell is awful and will likely see a huge surge this year due to Zoella naming her child Novie Nell..

DH forbade me from naming DD the same as DC (DearCat).

That has not stopped me from calling DC by DD’s name and DD by DC’s name.

Go for it!

I have a granddaughter and a dog with very similar names.
Although you'd never use the dog's name for a human they're both called by both names frequently

I literally have no idea who Zoella is but her name is definitely not in my list 😂

My baby is due soon and I will be using my dogs name as a middle name 😊

Nell is nice

It's fine. Our family dog was Lucy and my sister had a DD Lucie.

Possibly not if ddog is Fido or Sheba.

My dad was named after his parent's dead dog and he really dislikes it. (Not his name, the being named after the dog bit.)

My oldest son has the same name as the dog my DHs family had when he was a child. BUT, it was also the name of DHs closest friend from the time he started school.

Why not? I was considering this. You name people according to other family members and sometimes pets are much nicer than humans.

My DGD is named after a dearly loved cat.Cat was quite a character and known to many friends and family members and no one make an adverse comment. DGD is quite happy with the situation.

Honestly, I wouldn’t. Children are more important than animals and naming a child after a pet confuses that.

Children and animals are equally important. Humans are not 'superior'.

My beloved dog died when I was 6 months pregnant, and I seriously toyed with naming my child Dusty. I didn't.

I like Nell though, it's sweet.

And if you think that, your children will absolutely grow up needing therapy.