Is it ever acceptable to call your DC the same name as your pet? DH thinks yes..

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.. I think probably not really. Although unfortunately we used up a favourite girls' name on the cat and now we're really struggling. She won't be around for that many more years. Would you?

Another one in the same vein, but less worthy of a thread title. Has anyone stolen a middle name of their first DC to name their second, for the same reason as the above?!

Well, just wait and see how it develops in your mind. How much longer have you got?

all lovely

I'm guessing that the cat is Simone. I like all of these.

Oh I type too slowly.

I think you are allowed to choose any of these.

Thanks

About 10 weeks to go Goingspare - sounds a long time, but really it isn't at all. I've a lot more to panic about than names believe me (try no maternity cover on the cards and no bedrooms ready - for any of us )

Nice comments so far - what a relief! We are severely restricted because so many girls' names end in "y" or "ie" and our surname does too - that's a no no for me.

If you only EVER call the cat Bloody Cat I think you could get away with it - otherwise, terribly confusing. Are you calling the cat or the child? Are you chastising the cat (in which case casting aspersions on its intelligence, parentage and general right to live are fair game) or the child (in which case of course you must be gentle, and criticise the behaviour, not the child, blah blah blah). For example, things I say to my cats I would not say to my child: get the hell off me, you are SUCH an idiot, oh my god you STINK etc.

That said, my cats are named after the pet names my mum had for me and my brother as children, one of which I used for DD when she was smaller. I can no longer use it because it's the cat's name - so maybe I am a bit extreme on the cat/child segregation!

Oh, nice names! Definitely people names though, that was your mistake with the cat. My money's on Robin for the cat, but kudos if it IS Simone, that's such a non-cat name that it's quite cool.

ROFL Don'tCallMeBaby! I think the cat's name is probably a no no - shame really, seems such a waste. (I do love her really, when she's not puking all over the house).

Actually, I'm starting to feel sorry for the cat, and feel she should keep her pretty name.

Good luck with all preparations.

Thanks . The cat's Megan btw

That is nice. Megan for the middle name for a girl, then?

Quite possibly!

And who would call a cat Robin?! It'd be like calling them "mouse" or "vole" or some other favourite prey!!

My sister called her 1st DS the same name as the dog she had had to gert rid of a year before as she loved the name so much (and had called the dog that name as she thought she wasn't able to have kids)

I'm influenced by one of my cats being called Sausage, which you could count as calling a cat after favourite prey ... although he'd actually have to be called Nice Ham or Small Crumb Of Mature Cheddar for that to work. Neither of which I think would work for a baby.

I think it would be a bit unusual but if the cat is still alive couldn't you re-name the cat? I love the name Daisy but hubby had a dog called Daisy in the last millennium so he thinks that name is out!

I say, as long as it won't be embarrassing for the child then go ahead and name the baby the same name as the cat - go for it. We once had a cat named after my grandfather!

I think it would be very very creepy! You just don't name your child the same as your pet!

I gave away my favourite girls name to my pet dog, so I know how you feel! But I certainly won't ever be allowed to reuse it for a DD!

My sis called a cat Chloe and then couldn't use it on her kids - good job I had a dd cos my son would have been Rover, Dougal, Scooby Doo or Mutley (my cats names in the past - Rover is the only boy)

Thanks everyone. Vivan - Robin is a frontrunner at the mo.

MMM, lets think...
Tiddles, Boo Boo or Squidge? not sure which I prefer. Mind you, ds went to school with boys called Joop and Pele, so I am sure Mr Tibbs wouldn't be much worse!
Also, Indiana Jones was named after the dog!

I think it would be a very odd thing to do. But then we only managed to name one of our cats, and that was a bit of a mistake (he was called Slug!) and our dog arrived after we finished our family (the rest of our cats were adopted with names). I've always thought that pets should be called things you wouldn't/couldn't call children (our family dogs were called after an obscure Roman general and a Shakespearean skull, both of which would be highly ostentatious for a child).

Our family cat was Jenny. Loved the (RIP) cat. Love the name.