Anyone give their pet a name they loved but could never use?

bananers · March 2011

Our dog's name is Maggie. I've always loved the name, but the Simpsons were pretty popular when we got her and we thought we could never have a Baby Maggie, so that's what we named her.

I've always loved the name Jack, but our last name starts with "Hoff--"so that's out the door! (say it fast - you'll see what I'm saying) Consequently, I think Jack may be our next dog's name.

athara · March 2011

We named our puppy Zara. We both loved the name but couldn't really picture it on a person.

citychicks · March 2011

I have a chicken named Clementine. Embarrassed

I think my next dog will be either Charlie or Cordelia.

Southern-Yankee · March 2011

Our dogs name is Rylie. I love that name for a girl.

shandars · March 2011

One of our dogs is Zoe, and we found out we were going to have a girl DH, said, well crap, my favorite girl name is Zoe, but we already used that for the puppy.

michellechacon · March 2011

My DH has a fish called Harriet. I vetoed the name cause to me, I didn't like it, so he called his fish Harriet so he could at least use it for a year or so.

citychicks · March 2011

michellechacon:
My DH has a fish called Harriet. I vetoed the name cause to me, I didn't like it, so he called his fish Harriet so he could at least use it for a year or so.

Harriet, always reminds me of ``So I Married an Axe Murderer.``

michellechacon · March 2011

citychicks:

michellechacon:
My DH has a fish called Harriet. I vetoed the name cause to me, I didn't like it, so he called his fish Harriet so he could at least use it for a year or so.

Harriet, always reminds me of ``So I Married an Axe Murderer.``

Me too.... hahahaha. the main thing for me about that name, and I think I feel this way becuase of a character in Jane Austens Emma movie starring Gwynyth Paltrow, Harriett Smith is her friend that she is introducing into society... I think of Harriett as this red-haired ugly girl... I just couldn't name my child that.

citychicks · March 2011

michellechacon:
citychicks:

michellechacon:
My DH has a fish called Harriet. I vetoed the name cause to me, I didn't like it, so he called his fish Harriet so he could at least use it for a year or so.

Harriet, always reminds me of ``So I Married an Axe Murderer.``

Me too.... hahahaha. the main thing for me about that name, and I think I feel this way becuase of a character in Jane Austens Emma movie starring Gwynyth Paltrow, Harriett Smith is her friend that she is introducing into society... I think of Harriett as this red-haired ugly girl... I just couldn't name my child that.

Aww, but she ended up happily married and she was beautiful on the inside. Sad

ara_cale · March 2011

I named my car Hermione.

Our animals don't really get "people" names. Our oldest cat is Anubis, our youngest cat is Nargle, and our dog is Luna. (Yeah, we've got a HP theme going for the younger two that will continue if we ever get another dog - Winky [f] or Wrackspurt [m].)

procella_lamia · March 2011

Makenna is my cat

plunderb · March 2011

I would love to name a baby after DH's ggggpa, Artemas Washington Comstock, but DH has vetoed it for a person (but not for our next kitten).

BlueRidge8 · March 2011

We have a cat named Sloane (full name Sloane Peterson Rebecca - long story). We loved the name, but it sounds terrible with our last name.

ames71 · March 2011

Our dog is Henry Atticus. I don't regret using either name, but I do think it would make a great name for a boy (just obviously not mine).

hiltyn78 · March 2011

shandars:
One of our dogs is Zoe, and we found out we were going to have a girl DH, said, well crap, my favorite girl name is Zoe, but we already used that for the puppy.

I know a lot of people who have named their pet Zoe/y. It drives me crazy b/c my DD is Zoey and I don't like when I tell people her name it's followed up with "that's my dog's name!" I tried to give my pets non-human names but as it turns out my cat's name is Reese (named by an ex-boyfriend) which obviously exploded in popularity in the last 10 years or so. The cat is 12.

GBTeacherLady · March 2011

We didn't give them crazy names, just names I like but couldn't picture our kids having, our cat is Sasha and our dog is Miles

Lovely22 · March 2011

We named our dog Norah, because at the time, we loved Lily more if we had a girl. Our DS is named Luca, so we feel Luca and Lily is a bit too cutesy for us... good thing we're having another boy and don't have to worry about this!

Scout05 · March 2011

I always kind of wanted to name a daughter Scout, and my husband said no way. So we named the dog Scout, which I will admit is probably a better call.

Rach21 · March 2011

My DH L-O-V-E-S the name Barnabas. LOVES it. When I said, "people will call our DS Barney!" he loved it even more. So our son is Gideon, but when we get a dog, he's going to be Barnabas.

Geekchick921 · March 2011

We named our dog Lucy. I love our doggy and it suits her beautifully but I wish we had chosen a different name because I'd love to name a DD Lucy and now it's off-limits forever.

Kml9876 · March 2011

We had a yorkie named Edison.

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