Does it matter?

[Harriet]

Soooo, I'm currently 29 weeks pregnant.

DP and I decided for our own reasons to not find out the little one's gender... And so have been short-listing boys and girls names... which we have decided to keep quiet (don't want anyone judging our name choice beforehand "oh I knew so and so with that name - what a horrible child"! etc etc)

Anyway, last night I found out that after thinking about names for his CAT for two weeks, my little brother has unknowingly used my girl's name. I was pretty upset last night (hormones!), as my mum knew that I had been looking at this letter name... and I had asked that they run the name of the cat by me to make sure it wasn't one I was looking at using....

So what I'm asking is - does it really matter if the baby ends up with the same name as the family cat??

[feeb]

If the cat is not your cat I dont see it being an issue!!

I loved the name Lily but growing we had a dog called Lily and I know that my parents and brothers would associate name with dog first as it was when we were VERY young.

A friends DH has name of 1 of our dogs, she thought it was funny when we told her dogs name and to be honest I did not even think abou it when I sugessted name to DH for dog.

If you love name go for it as you will not have the cat in family forever and it is not your cat ITMS.

[zap]

You poor thing! I would be upset too! I am guessing you don't live in the same house as the cat? So it will be only immediate family that know the cats name? And you never know you may be having a boy! If you have a daughter she will outlive the cat. I would say ask them to change it but if you dint end up using it that might peeve them off a little!! Big hugs and good luck for the rest of your pregnancy.

[LizLemon]

I think the only people it will matter to is you and DH. My son's name is the same as the dog up the street, but I understand that these days people aren't sticking to traditional names for pets, but using names that they would call children. Hell - the dog next door is called Ruby, which is one of the most popular (and a very pretty) girl's name at the moment.

And you will probably find that if you have a girl, as she gets a bit older she'd love the fact that she has the same name as the cat!

So no, I don't think it really matters - I can understand you being upset (especially with the hormones on board which I can completely sympathise with) but I wouldn't let it take away your love for a particular name.

And I should also say that for DS we had his name right up to about 36 weeks and then fell out of love for it and picked what is now a better name so you still have plenty of time!

[LizLemon]

If you have a daughter she will outlive the cat.

hehe I was going to say that too - by the time your daughter is old enough to be bothered the cat will probably be long gone

[corolla_chick]

why o why do people call animals people names??? :/

my brothers name (jake) is a popular dogs name
and so is my SIL (jess)

id be thinking about how much they call the cat that name..... eg do they shorten it or call out 'puss' or 'kitty' instead?
and how much time you you spend at the cats house?

ps... we have 8 pets and have always called our pets by pet names.... i dont wanna waste any good human names we both agree on!! lol - they are very limited!

[kristi14]

I would have gone on a hormonal rampage if this had happened to me lol.

I say use the name if u love it

Our #1 DD's middle name is the same as our old cats name, we loved it so much we didnt even think about it being the same as the cats till someone else mentioned it.

[Mumma22beautifulgirls]

If you are that attached to the name just go for it and use it. Not everyone you know will know about the cat. Or are you close enough to your brother to explain the situation, and get him to think of another name for the cat before it is too late??

[Harriet]

My brother still lives at home with my parents, so its pretty much the family cat...
I'm fairly over it now (still stings a bit when someone talks about the cat), I think I just needed people to tell me that it was ok - that it wasn't the end of the world!
We'll probably still use the name if we do have a girl... just a waiting game now

I did recall after I posted this, hearing a little while back of a couple who gave their son the same name as their dog because they liked it so much!

[Tegam]

your daughter will be around a lot longer than a silly cat...


molly is my SIL dogs name...

my cousin had a bunny called daisy, when it died she called her dog daisy then years later her 2nd daughter was called.....daisy

a beautiful name is a beautiful name...

and im guessing if your brother called the cat that and you have it on you list then its not that uncommon, so this wont be the last time you hear the name

do it!

oh and happy birthing

[Tegam]

You could also quietly find the cat a new home

[mellybelly81]

The girl's name we have picked was used by SIL for her kitten until she found out it was actually a he so changed it. This made DH not like the name for ages (I've liked it since before we were TTC) but he's come around and now out of our two girl's names it's our number 1!

Also we called our cat Jack (she's a girl - but was a Jack in the box trying to get her home from the shelter) and didn't stop to think it was my cousin's long-term BF's name. I don't think it really matters, I'm glad you feel better about it now.