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.
Is your LO's name used by members of both sexes? What about a dog?
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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.
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I hate to admit it but I helped name a puppy "Charlie"...But this was before your Charlie was born!
LO's name is not a puppy name nor is it a boy's name...
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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....
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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.
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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.
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Just girls, no dogs or boys.
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I haven't heard it as a dog's name, but I'm sure it could be one. Not a boys name though.
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Not a female name but I think a dog possibily. Heck my name is both male and female and a dog name.
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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.
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I don't think for females or dogs. I've noticed it more on TV lately, though.
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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.
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!
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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.
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!).
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.
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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.
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Yes, Cameron can be used both ways, didn't bother us at all.
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. Our dog's name is Dan though, we tend to go with human names for our pets.
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LO's name is unisex, but used mostly by boys.
I haven't met any dogs with her name! -
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.
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My fil has a dog named Charlie.
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I've heard of dogs with all kinds of people names. I wouldn't be offended.
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LO's name is only used by one sex. I have never heard of a pet with the same name!
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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!
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@Katm558: I know what his name is!
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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.
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@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 
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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.
We wanted a very obviously girl name for our daughter.
Wouldn't bother me though since most people consider them such a big part of their lives and families. 
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