Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names

I lol’d at dogs named Martha Stewart, Foxy Cleopatra (I love Nicole Ritchie),Frank Sinatra, and Neal. I believe Tori Spelling’s (very old) dog Mimi LaRue recently died within the last year or so. I think it might make a difference whether the dog was named/brought home before or after the birth of the kids. I also often wonder about the ‘sib-set’ aspect of dog naming where people will have one dog whose name is totally different from the rest. I feel like sometimes that an older dog was adopted ‘pre-named’ but sometimes I just wonder!

I love naming pets “people” names. It gives them a little dignity.

My dog is named Molly, and my parents are on their second Max. I know dogs named Maggie, Bailey, Carly, Phoebe, Lila, Aja, Linus, Chloe, and Jessie. I have had or known dogs named Charlie, Belle, Rudy, Mandy, and Jack.

Cats are fun, too. I have a Lenore, Silas, Sophie, and Barney right now. (The other two are Bourre and Gandalf.) I know cats named Addy, Castiel, Sala, Terrance, and Romeo.

When my brother and I were kids, one of our cats had three kittens. My mom let us name one each. Mine was Miko after my favorite Barbie at the time; my mom’s was Sebastian; my brother’s? Oigy-Oigy. My dad once named a cat “Poop.” We got cards from the vet with “Dear Poop: It’s time for your shots.” My mother was mortified, but as kids, we thought it was pretty funny. I don’t so much, anymore. (Though I did keep one of the cards from the vet!)

I think I like Liv Tyler’s “Neal” the best of the celebrity list, though The Affleck family’s “Martha Stewart” is a close second. Nicole Richie’s dogs have fun names, though. They must be fin to call in after dark, lol!

As a Mollie, people constantly tell me about their pets of the same name. My sister is Maggie, and she receives the same feedback! I guess my parents were ahead of their time! As a side note, both my sister and I have pets with non-human names .

I feel Alicia got hers backwards, her child has the dogs name, and her dogs would make very well-named people!

As always, Jenna Elfman knows names. I love her sons, Story & Easton, and now her pup, Guinevere. Makes me wonder what she would name a daughter. Isolde? Eloise? Helena? Thisbe? Oh, I can see her with a little Thisbe!

Are you going to be doing a cats post, along with the rise of Felix and others people associate with felines?

As a girl, I had dogs and cats named:
Sadie
Samson (turned Samantha when we discovered things weren’t quite what they seemed)
Naomi

As an adult, my cats were:
Cassius (Cas)
Abby (turned Jerry, when, yet again, things weren’t as they seemed….hmm, no wonder I was skeptical of my kids’ ultra sounds)
Penelope

Lesson: careful what you name your pets, it takes fantastic baby names off the table ,though we did briefly consider Naomi, any way.

In my family we have pets named:
Lucinda nn Lucy
Charlie (male)
Cleopatra nn Cleo
Nefertiti nn Ty (cleos daughter.)
Chloe
Mackenzie nn Mac and Max (male)
Angus nn Gus Gus
Dante
Beatrice nn Beazy
Maximillion Frederick Holstrom the Third nn Leon

So a lot of pretty cool names are off the table. My family likes to name their children top ten or twenty names.

I either know or have heard about 7 names from the girls list and 2 names off the boys list for dogs. I’ve also met a Laura at the dog park. It always makes me giggle since I have a friend named Laura.
My dog’s name is Jethro and our cats are Cow and Zoe. Jethro we named, Cow my husband named and Zoe came from the shelter with that name.
I try not to name my animals something I would use on a future child. Although, I kind of like human names on them, lol.

Over the years we have had some very interesting pets with some very interesting names.
When I was young we had a dog called Cindy, a cat called Ginny-puss and another cat my parents let me name called Buttonnose.
My sister then went through a stage of loving goldfish which preceeded her love of mice. We had Fish and Chip (goldfish) and Bubbles and Squeak (Mice).
We also had a beautiful pekinese pomeranium cross named Tess for a few years before she passed away, and now have a gorgeous puppy named Miley and three cats named Tyson, Harlen and Bella – all of which my sister named.

I have a grandma named Gretchen and she used to not know anyone else with that name but, she knew lots of Dachshunds with that name.

I know dogs named Howie, Henry, Molly, Constance, Dinah, Hannah, Wilder, Adara and Gabby.

And I just met a kid named Topher.(short for Christopher). But I haven’t met any kids named Spot:)

I definitely think that pets should have people names. Naming pets is even better than naming people, because pets can carry names that people can’t. Love the name Humphrey or Gladys but don’t have the guts to name your baby that? Give the name to your pet!

My childhood dog was named Darth Vader nn Vader by my dad. I always enjoy telling people his name because it’s so fun. I’d love to have pets named Brutus, Arthur and Frodo!

my poor husband max- at the dog park he’s always looking this way and that way while everyone calls out his name! i always laugh when i hear dogs called very serious human names like geraldine or stephen. on a goofy dog it’s just so funny. on a cat, not so much, they all seem like geraldine’s or stephen’s to me.

My dog’s name is Sophie. I have always been a fan of giving animals human names. But I’m not a fan of giving humans dog names, at least they are unique though.

I have also met a lot of dogs and cats named Cassie. I’m happy to share my name.

My silly, fluffy dog is named Milo. I will forever snicker at people who name their children that, which seems to be an increasing trend these days. It’s just not a name that I could ever take seriously on a human. I think it’s awful. Giving dogs human names works fine, but giving humans dog names just doesn’t fly with me.

My dogs are named Frank Lloyd Wright (female Chi-Weenie) and Moses Supposes (male labra-pit). I want to name my kids Roscoe (f) and Rufus (m). All I hear about is how cruel/irresponsible it would be to give my children “dog” names. Regardless, I’m stuck on them and until I fall in love with another name, that’s the gameplan.

My baby (by which I mean my dog) is Gus and my cats are Jafar and Lulu. I like them to have names with some personality.

I think pets are the perfect vehicles for names you’d love to use, but are too timid to give a baby. Like, if I could have a pet, I would go for something like Alastair or Niamh, because I wouldn’t necessarily feel comfortable naming a child that, but no one would blink at a puppy or parrot with a more offbeat moniker.