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Is this weird?

emy730emy730 member
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We're expecting #2, and we are trying to come up with a possible girl's name. We both love the name Lucille (nn Lucy), but we have a cat named Lucy. Would it be weird to name our child the same name as our cat?

I can't decide if it's actually weird, or I am just overthinking it.
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Re: Is this weird?

  • kmvisiolikmvisioli member
    If cat and baby are living in the same house at the same time, I think that's a little confusing for everyone. If it was a cat you had previously, or another family member's cat, that would be less weird.
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  • kmvisiolikmvisioli member
    Yeah, too weird. Some similar options: Lily, Emily, Olivia nn Livi, or Lyla?
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  • CaboBride2015CaboBride2015 member
    great name, unfortunately it's too weird to have the cat and the baby with the same name

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  • bbiutmcphbbiutmcph member
    Yep too weird. If the cat was a previous pet I think it would be ok. But two Lucy's in the house is a no go


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  • ashleyandelyashleyandely member
    Honestly Lucille is beautiful and if you both really love it, I'd still use it. 
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  • thatcmathatcma member
    ashleyandely said:
    Honestly Lucille is beautiful and if you both really love it, I'd still use it. 
    I agree that Lucille is beautiful, you just would not be able to use Lucy as a NN. Mable Lilly as a NN?
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  • nurse714nurse714 member
    Too weird.
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  • nurse714nurse714 member
    Too weird.
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  • KaLikeAWindKaLikeAWind member
    Ah, the real question here is, do you actually call your cat Lucy? I'm sure we have all had pets that had a name, but we called them by another name. My cat's name was Rogue (as in X-men), but we never called her that. We called her Fun (nobody knew why. It just started and stuck). If your cats name is Lucy, but you call her Booger or something, then the argument can be made for using Lucy on your daughter. 

    But if you're shouting Lucy for your cat, then no. It's probably not going to work. 
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  • Lola2214Lola2214 member
    I have a cat named Cody and I'd never use his name for one of my kids. But Cody is like a child to me, so that being said I wouldn't do it, but that's just me!
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  • jessielynn1jessielynn1 member
    Weird. 
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  • keri0426keri0426 member
    momma2char said:
    Lucille is beautiful- your cat won't be around forever (not to be rude!!) If you want a nickname for Lucille, you could call her Lulu?
    Love this suggestion!  Lucille is too great of a name just because of a nickname.  Lulu is a darling nn!  
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  • roxygirl066roxygirl066 member
    Love Lucille, but I wouldn't do it
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  • wlr1030wlr1030 member
    keri0426 said:
    momma2char said:
    Lucille is beautiful- your cat won't be around forever (not to be rude!!) If you want a nickname for Lucille, you could call her Lulu?
    Love this suggestion!  Lucille is too great of a name just because of a nickname.  Lulu is a darling nn!  
    I love momma2char's suggestion too. Lucille with the nickname Lulu would be great!
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  • oneblessedmessoneblessedmess member
    Do you exclusively call the cat Lucy? Or do you also call her Lulu? If not then I think you can maybe get away with Lucille NN Lulu like PP suggested.

    Maybe Cecile or Cecilia instead?
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  • Knottie1470350120Knottie1470350120 member
    It is weird. I have a cat named Lily and I would never use it on a child even though I think it's a super cute name.
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  • TheMcC3TheMcC3 member
    How old is the cat? How attached is she to the name? Perhaps you could change it over time to Lilu or something so that you could still have a Lucille? Our cat's name is Calypso, but we call her "Pretty Kitty" so much that I think I could easily change it. 
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  • emy730emy730 member
    She's 6.5 and we've had her since she was 10 weeks old. Aside from a brief period of time at the shelter we adopted her from, she's always been Lucy. If you say Lucy, she looks up and acknowledges you.

    It's too weird, which I figured as much, but I wanted to be certain. Thanks ladies!
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