https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:51:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91775 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:05:19 +0000 alongfarview 91775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Similar to @mrs.earrings I have met more dogs with my name than people (though I think it's becoming more popular). My current favorite girls name is also my SIL's dog's name... which my husband doesn't love, but since it would be a nickname I think he can deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91753 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:56:12 +0000 mrs.earrings 91753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Bonnie is my name :) and yup, those are the comments I got. But it just made me think "those dogs are so lucky to have an awesome name!" I'm conceited like that :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91742 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:27:45 +0000 autumnlove 91742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's name is definitely a girl name. My DH didn't like some of my top names-Cameron, Avery, Jordan or Micah because he thought they were too ambiguous. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91707 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:55:11 +0000 daniellemybelle 91707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Katm558: I know what his name is! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91626 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:48:52 +0000 Katm558 91626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, both sexes use DS1's name. The worst part - its a name from an incredibly popular movie franchise, and there's a line in the movie that says: "We named the dog [DS1's name]". So, not only is it gender neutral, pets also can sport his awesome name, AND he's gonna hear that line (and the movie score) all the time. Poor kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91622 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:42:50 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 91622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is definitely a girl-only name. But I've met a lot of people with dogs that have my name... not sure how to take that - haha</p> <p>ETA - I totally missed the "LO" part of the question! Doh! My LO's name is only a woman's, but it could be easily modified for a guy's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91560 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:19:10 +0000 BSB 91560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name is used by both sexes. Although, my spelling is more for boys. I haven't heard of any pets with my name. The names we picked out are definitely for one sex. Don't think they are good for pets either. Although, nowadays pets are named anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91519 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:25:28 +0000 daniellemybelle 91519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our girl name is a very popular dog name. I knew a girl named Bonnie in high school and she said that people either told her, "That's my dog's name!" or "That's my grandma's name!" Our girl name isn't Bonnie, but I like that name a lot. My point is, I tend to like girl names that people give their dogs, like Maggie, Molly, Lucy, Abbie, Sophie, Duchess... just kidding about the last one! So it doesn't bother me too much, although I know our little girl will have to deal with hearing the same comments Bonnie did. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91431 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:32:45 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 91431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad had a dog growing up that shared my nickname, and I got teased about it a lot. So this is on my list of "things to avoid with kids' names." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91424 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:07:09 +0000 cupcakemama 91424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's name is only used by one sex. I have never heard of a pet with the same name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91415 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:43:15 +0000 pastemoo 91415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard of dogs with all kinds of people names. I wouldn't be offended. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91387 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:46:01 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 91387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My fil has a dog named Charlie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91379 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:16:21 +0000 mrs.earrings 91379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name is more often used for pets than humans (I have met horses, cats, dogs, pigs, and even a sheep with my name!), especially in NZ. I dont care though because I love my name. The name we want to call our first daughter is also used for pets sometimes, but not for boys. It really doesn't bother me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91233 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:41:29 +0000 chopsuey 91233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's name is unisex, but used mostly by boys.<br /> I haven't met any dogs with her name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91218 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:23:12 +0000 lemondrop 91218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, Cameron can be used both ways, didn't bother us at all. </p> <p>Haven't met any dogs named Cameron, and I have met a lot of dogs in my line of work ;) Wouldn't bother me though since most people consider them such a big part of their lives and families. </p> <p>Our dog's name is Dan though, we tend to go with human names for our pets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91121 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:52:56 +0000 mediagirl 91121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think anyone would name their dog the name we're giving our lo. No sane parent would give the name to their boy, either. :-) We wanted a very obviously girl name for our daughter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91107 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:10:36 +0000 MsMini 91107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never heard our potential LO's name used for those of the cane variety, but both names we are considering are gender neutral.</p> <p>My friend actually named her son the same name as my cat (I had the cat for a year or so first ... she tried to get me to change the cats name but he had it first!).</p> <p>My Newfoundland dog's name is Charlie ... and my FIL's name is Charlie as well, I picked the dogs name before I met him though, it does lead to the odd confusing discussion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91104 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:53:40 +0000 SugarplumsMom 91104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People seem to name their pets all sorts of things so I wouldn't take it personally if my LO shared a name with a dog. I think it's kind endearing ... for a boy (sorry to sound sexist) but for a girl, it's not so cute. </p> <p>As for my own pets, I tend to name them after food/terms of endearment. It makes it difficult to find a nickname for the baby when I had a lot of pets in the past! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91099 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:19:13 +0000 Boogs 91099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think for females or dogs. I've noticed it more on TV lately, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91012 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:01:05 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 91012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This might be slightly off topic - but a girl's name for our future LO that I LOVE is Everly (or Everleigh). I feel like a common nickname for that would be Evie (although I know there are a couple of others). Unfortunately our dog's name is Evie haha! I'm not sure if that's a complete deal-breaker on the name for me - but it has given me some uncertainty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-91005 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:41:02 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 91005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a female name but I think a dog possibily. Heck my name is both male and female and a dog name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90993 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:13:35 +0000 heffalump 90993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't heard it as a dog's name, but I'm sure it could be one. Not a boys name though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90939 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:36:04 +0000 Maysprout 90939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just girls, no dogs or boys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90934 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:28:41 +0000 BoogieBea 90934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our kids names are respectively very boy and girl centric. As for them being pet names, I don't think that's something you can really avoid. Our dog's name is Willy - I like "human" names for pets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90930 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:18:46 +0000 ecogirl 90930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daughter's name is Grayson and I'm told it is used for boys as well. I actually like those types of names but still wanted something a bit girly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90928 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:18:14 +0000 Andrea 90928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @eeh. We tried hard to avoid both. My LO's name is definitely a girl's name and probably not a dog's name, although who knows what everyone is naming their dogs.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90919 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:10:53 +0000 Rubies 90919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate to admit it but I helped name a puppy "Charlie"...But this was before your Charlie was born!</p> <p>LO's name is not a puppy name nor is it a boy's name... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90918 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:10:50 +0000 eeh 90918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is something we really want to avoid. My name is used by both sexes but with different spellings. There's nothing wrong or bad about it, just don't want to use it for our baby. Of course, there's no way to prevent 6 billion other people from using "our" name for the opposite sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-los-name-used-by-members-of-both-sexes-or-any-dogs#post-90914 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:06:05 +0000 mrbee 90914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've met and heard about a number of female Charlies, and also a dog named Charlie. I didn't care about the female Charlies, but wasn't thrilled about the canine.</p> <p>Is your LO's name used by members of both sexes? What about a dog? </p>