Name stealing or a compliment?

It’s weird if you ask me. I would be upset if a good friend named their dog after my child. Like why copy? There’s literally thousands of names. How close are you with the friend?

I personally don’t think it’s a big deal at all. With the amount of people that everyone knows and everyone having a name (obviously), there’s usually not too many degrees of separation between names.

I find it weird and honestly I'd be a little mad. Like why name a dog after my son? But I'd be more pissed if she named her child the same name.

Sounds like some jealousy going on with her especially if she doesn’t have a son of her own

What’s the name? If it’s something like Freddie or Charlie they are also common dog names, obviously something more unusual that isn’t a dog name, I’d be upset too

It’s not the same, but my husbands first cousin named his daughter the same as ours! They have the same first and last name! It’s not like it was a common name either. Well pissed me off.

So a friend of a friend used the same name as your child for their dog? I think being upset or mad is an overreaction if i'm honest. Its just a name of a pet 🤷‍♀️

I think it's an overreaction, no one owns a name so take it as a compliment

I’m sorry you’re experiencing this! I would be PISSED too. Like so mad. This is why only me, my partner and our parents are the ones who know our little girls name as I don’t want it to get stolen by anyone I may know. Seems selfish and petty if my but idgaf 🤷🏼‍♀️

A friend of a friend called her dog the same name as your child and you’re annoyed? It’s is a fairly common name and to be honest people can call their pets or children whatever they want 🤷🏻‍♀️ Take it as a compliment and move on.

By the sounds of it doesn’t sound like you’re very close friends if in 5 years she’s attended one birthday of your sons and hope this doesn’t sound rude but you don’t own that name. Unless you believe it was done intentionally to spite you then I wouldn’t be upset. She likes the same names you do I’d move on x

It's a tough one I think you need to think whether she's done it for a reaction or to be spiteful is your friendship good? Or has it been rocky?
Some people are thoughtless or sorry to say it not very bright I told a friend a name I had chosen for my son when I was pregnant thank god her son was born before mine so I had time to change it because she used my frigging name!! I wasn't happy xx

Another one of those wierd unspoken rules 🤔👀

Did she use the name everyone calls your son or are you using different nicknames or variations? My sister is Margaret and we used to have a dog named Maggie. Everyone would ask her whether she was bothered our parents have the dog the same name as her, but to us (including her) it wasn’t the same name because she doesn’t go by Maggie.

If it makes you feel better I love a name if we had a girl (I'm not pregnant yet) but I had rabbit with the same name! Ahaha! Not even bothered I love it and I will hopefully be able to use it one day, I'll just never tell her😂! 🙏🤞🏻 x

My daughters nickname is Winnie and it seems to be a popular dog name in the UK at the moment which annoys me and these are people I barely know. Just have to try and take it as a compliment.

What does your mutual friend say about the situation? Do they think it’s strange? X

I don’t see how it’s a big deal at all. She liked the name and used it for her dog. Maybe she didn’t even think about the similarity until afterwards, because most people don’t think of every person they know when naming a dog or even a kid. We had a dog Samantha (Sam) and my niece is Samantha (Sam). We didn’t think anything of it and it’s not weird at all.

Plus you said your good friends best friend. Are you even friends with this person? If not, who cares?! That’s like meeting someone on the street who named their kid the same as you did.

I don’t think I’d be offended. As the person isn’t directly related or friends they likely didn’t even think of you when they named the dog.. I wouldn’t worry about it xx

I don’t care what anyone says, I’d be pissed af. Because you think for so long what you want to name your child and for her to just steal it for a DOG, nay nay.

Have you tried asking your friend why she named her dog that?

There are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of animals and children with the same name as your kid, my kid, everyone’s kid. Try not to let it get to you

Getting upset about this sort of stuff is weird to me. It doesn’t have any effect on your life so why waste mental space being upset about it. Maybe they just love the name, maybe they are copying you, either way, so what? It’s just a name

Since when did people own names 🤣 it's petty there's worse things to worry or be angry over

I’d be super pissed if it was a name you hadn’t used yet and she’d jumped in and named it her dog before you got to use it, but seen as you’ve got to use it, everyone will know she’s copying you. Plus imagine she’d always loved that name & you unknowingly named your son it, she could have been gutted too. Or she could really just love the name. I wouldn’t be offended x

When I was pregnant I was using his name that we had chosen and was using it with uploading scan photos etc then my colleague who I worked with a lot got a dog and named him the same name! I wasn’t that bothered until she tried to joke that I’d named my baby after her dog!