Sister named puppy the female version of my son's name

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Anonymous wrote:When my brother and his wife were separated, she got a dog and named it the same name as my son. My son has a traditional Irish name, not a name given to dogs that I’m aware of, and my SIL is not from Europe or the United States, so it is not a name she would have likely ever come across without having met my son, who was already born and named for many years before she and my brother met. That I thought was odd behavior.

So if she was from Europe or the US she could give her dog the Irish name? Now we actually have to be from the country before we name our animals? Well, I named my cat Merida and I am not Scottish! Oh dear! People might think it is "odd"

No? It would still be an odd name for a dog. I was pointing out that there is little chance my SIL would have known this name without having met my son. She is not fluent in English and it is not at all a name in her country of origin. The fact she did it while separated from my brother was odd.

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Years ago, a coworker gave my kids her pet rabbit, and I named the rabbit after her. She had a unisex name so I thought it would be cute to give the male rabbit her name. She used to turn red whenever I mentioned the rabbit by name, and it took me a few years to realize she didn't like it. Opps.

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Op here. Name hasn't been mentioned yet. It's an Irish name that is spelled in the traditional way. Like Eoghan.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Name hasn't been mentioned yet. It's an Irish name that is spelled in the traditional way. Like Eoghan.

But the point is the same, we don’t think this is a big deal and your child may enjoy the connection with his cousin-dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Name hasn't been mentioned yet. It's an Irish name that is spelled in the traditional way. Like Eoghan.

But the point is the same, we don’t think this is a big deal and your child may enjoy the connection with his cousin-dog.

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Anonymous wrote:You’re being ridiculous. My sons are Max and Oliver. They get so excited when they meet dogs with any variation of their names. It happens all the time!

My Maggie loves meeting dogs with her name. And we named our black cat after our family friends daughter and she was so happy she drew us like 5 pictures of the cat and her to hang up so the cat would know they were BFFs

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my brother and his wife were separated, she got a dog and named it the same name as my son. My son has a traditional Irish name, not a name given to dogs that I’m aware of, and my SIL is not from Europe or the United States, so it is not a name she would have likely ever come across without having met my son, who was already born and named for many years before she and my brother met. That I thought was odd behavior.

So if she was from Europe or the US she could give her dog the Irish name? Now we actually have to be from the country before we name our animals? Well, I named my cat Merida and I am not Scottish! Oh dear! People might think it is "odd"

No? It would still be an odd name for a dog. I was pointing out that there is little chance my SIL would have known this name without having met my son. She is not fluent in English and it is not at all a name in her country of origin. The fact she did it while separated from my brother was odd.

I've met a dog named Michael and Connor. To me, no name is odd. This is my opinion so stop trying to convince me.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Name hasn't been mentioned yet. It's an Irish name that is spelled in the traditional way. Like Eoghan.

It still wouldn't bother me at all.

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Anonymous wrote:You are ridiculous. My H played baseball in college with this conservative, kind of redneck but rich a** from the deep South and it was always a competition between them. Redneck always wanted boys, was obsessed with having male descendants to do manly things with them, couldn't stop posting on FB about his future sons. So of course he has 4 girls and no sons and we have 2 (very athletic) boys. So he gets a dog and names the dog our DS1's name, which is unusual and has a very special meaning in my culture - I'm not American. We though it was hilarious and reeking of insecurity.

You do know girls can be very athletic, too? Welcome to the 21st century!!

You have reading comprehension issues. Of course girls can be athletic but this is not the point of my post. A misogynistic jock redneck from the deep South is disappointed for not having any sons to play sports with him, carry the family name etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Did she let the kids name it?

Yes. The kids picked the name. She spelled it so it's the same as my kid. Think Sean and Seana

Nothing to do with you or your kid
Your son is not the only kid OR pet with that name
Who gives a F***!

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Anonymous wrote:Your New Years resolution should be to grow the hell up!

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My dad named his dog after me when was in high school - same weird spelling and all. I lived with my mom. They were divorced. I can’t even imagine being offended. Kind of weird, but still cute. Not even remotely a normal dog name either. I think you’re looking for a reason to be offended.

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Anonymous wrote:Sister got her kids a new puppy. She named her the female version of my son's name. I am so offended.

Find a real problem. You are ridiculous!

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I named a cat after an old boyfriend. It was a compliment.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Name hasn't been mentioned yet. It's an Irish name that is spelled in the traditional way. Like Eoghan.

So the issue si you spent hours thinking of the perfect unique name for your little snowflake and now you feel he won't be as special... get over it.