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So we've decided on a name for our baby girl! But we are keeping it a secret until she is here because we'd like to avoid the, "oh, that's my neighbor's dog's name" or "ooh, I knew someone in school with that name and I hated her" or "oh really? {wrinkled face} I'm not sure how I feel about that" nonsense that usually follows. And we like it that we are the only ones who know for now. Especially since every already knows it's a girl, there has to be some element of mystery. Plus it's really fun for us.
Nobody is trying as hard to guess the name as my aunt. The last two times I've seen her, she's probably thrown out 398 names. She's convinced that she's guessed correctly about 6 times, with 6 different names.
I've stopped trying to call the baby by her given name (hee hee!) at home because if I get into the habit of it, I'm positive I'll slip at some point. So for now, she's MD3.
Here's a question we've been struggling with: we LOVE our dog's name - Nora. It's super cute and it flows nicely with our last name. We strongly considered naming our daughter Nora, but think that people would silently judge our decision to name our daughter after our dog. So, would you judge us or someone else you know for naming their daughter or son after their dog? Could we really get away with it? Honesty is appreciated.
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I can tell you that we named one of our twinboys Samuel after my husbands best childhood dog....Sampson- and we've told our 9 yr. old and he thinks it's cool...Don't know how it would be with having a current dog and lil' girl with the same name- but I LOVE the name Nora....maybe you could rename the dog "Dora"? just a thought...good luck!
(I have a very STRONG guess at MD3's name, but I'll keep it to myself...)
I might laugh at you a little bit (Kidding), but no, I wouldn't make fun of you for naming your daughter Nora. It's an adorable name and it fits perfectly with D------.
No, the only problem is, would both the child AND the dog come running when you called the name?
I named my dog Ella (which I always liked as a girl's name). Now I'm even afraid to use a girl's name that would be nicknamed "Ellie" because it sounds to close to Ella. I call my dog "Bells" half the time anyway, so I guess I could just change her name to Bells. She answers to it......
Do whatever you want. I've always told people our kids names when we finalized them (before they were born) I've NEVER had one person say anything cross or weird. Everyone says "Oh, that's cute". whether they like it or not.
To be fair, we would not be naming a daughter after the dog. Our daughter would just so happen to have the same name.
And we had the same thought about having two Noras in the house. I dare say that is the primary reason why we did not name our daughter Nora.
It is safe, however, to say that there will be little to no mystery as to the name of any second daughter we have. Except for the fact that my little (dog) Nora is not ever going to die. It's an arrangement we have made...
I would definitely not judge you for naming your daughter the same name as your dog. I LOVE the name Sophie for a girl and that's our cat. I don't think I would have the guts to name my daughter the same name as my cat. Good for you if you do!
oh, I say DO IT! T & I have names picked out when we have kids some day and I really don't care what people think because we love the names that much and they are OUR kids.
People may say something at first in jest, but it doesn't matter...though I could see the Nora confusion, which I didn't think about until now. If you are hesitant about the first name, what about Nora as the middle name?! I think that is cute!
I can't wait to hear the name you two picked out....3 months!
People suck that say something bad about your child's name. I have known a few people that have disliked the name and vocalized it. My friends actually decided to use a different option because a family member trashed a name(I liked the other option better than the one they used, but I can't tell them that) You might be doing the best thing by not telling. Of course if people trashed little B's name they would also be trashing mine and I can punch them for myself and little B.
Nora is a great name and there is no reason you can't use it. When I call for little B our doggie comes running and their names are totally different.
I cannot WAIT to hear MD3's name. (Had I known it... I could have put it on her pencils...) :)
That said - I think Nora is a great name. If your dog's name was, "Shadow" or "Midnight" - then I'd have a problem.
(C. and I actually considered naming Lila, "Nattie" because we loved our Nattie so much. It's a compliment, if you ask me.)
Who says they hated someone named "insert your new name for the baby that you love more than anything in the world"? Especially to a very pregnant woman? Someone that is terrible.
I am excited to hear what MD3's name is!
OOOH, I love baby names!
In my opinion it is YOUR child and you can give it whatever name your little hearts desire. Even Sparrow as ridiculous as it sounds, esp for a boy! (of course as long as it's not cruel)
People love their pets as a family member. So if you wanted to name your baby after your great aunt Alice or your beloved family pet, that's cool. (You don't actually have a great aunt Alice do you?)
Pelase don't name your child after your dog. you will always love NORA for NORA, your dog.
Plus it will just be messy, I mean what if Nora the dog dies and say you call your mom crying that Nora died. There might be SOME confusion. Also, when you child gets to walking age and you start yelling out for her to come here... all you are going to get is an excited dog in your face.
Plus can you imagine trying to teach your kid there own name. They will just confuse themselves with the dog. Possibly cause problems for LIFE.
;-) I kid.
Heres one we debated...I love the name Ryan for a girl. There is something about it that just is cute to me. How wierd would it be to have your daughter with the same name as her dad? Is she a junior? We didnt go with it at the risk that it would weird us out too much and be confusing when she got older and teenagers called the house:)
I love Nora too, but we skipped out on at least 3 names because they were friends dogs names. Its so hard to make a choice. Good luck!
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