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An acquaintance told me via facebook that they had a dog with my name for some time she then said that recently they adopted another dog and this dog was named the same name we named our DD.

Not a super thoughtful comment, I'd say!

Oh my gosh - I can't believe what comes out of people's mouths sometimes! What a thing to say!

Our dog has a human name, but I purposely chose a sort of nerdy, uncommon, Scottish name that I didn't think I'd run into in my real life circle. So far so good, although my grandmother informed me that I had a great grand uncle with the same name. Haha - oops!

@Crumbs: Yes & it was there on facebook for everyone to see. I just responded with good taste.

I have an acquaintance on FB who named their dog Zoey right when I got pregnant, and it was our top name for a girl at the time... it totally ruined it for me.

People are weird and that's what makes like funny. And who wants to live in an unfunny world?

My parents' dog has the same name as my BIL's sister, who he doesn't like very much. Their dog is really bad and we are always yelling her name and BIL thinks it's funny She was a rescue and came with the name though.
I don't think it's weird to have pets with people names, and I probably would mention it if a friend or friend's kid had the same name, but I wouldn't say it like it meant so much, more like a funny coincidence. My dog's name would be a trully ridiculous person's name.

I grew up knowing all too well that my dad's beloved childhood dog shared my nickname ... which doesn't seem too bad now that it is also the name of a certain hurricane that just devastated the East Coast.

As a pet lover, I totally get it! And I think it's sweet. However, it's probably unlikely that I will ever meet a child named Phyllis - hahahaha. But often, when people meet my dog they're like, "Oh,my mom/grandma/aunt's name is Phyllis." The worst is when we meet someone named Phyllis - I feel kind of bad about it for some reason, like what if they think we're insulting their name by choosing it for our bulldog?

@Cherrybee: Thanks! It is really fitting for her, oddly enough.

All of my pets have people names, but two had their names before they were mine (they are adopted): Bea and Autumn. We named the other cat Roo.

@JessicaMcB: that's even weirder!

Heck, I have Sawyer now, and still think my dog is as precious and wonderful as a child.

It is a funny comment though, I don't think I would be offended if someone laughed if I said something like that.

I am also 'one of those people' who give their pets human names, my whole family does. My families current dogs are Charlie, Hailey, and Callie. The cats are Mikka, and Millie. In the history of my family, there are many many awesome names that went to the dogs first (LOL).

I agree with @meredithnyc. I am a huge animal lover and all of my dogs have had "human" names (Sophie, Miley and
Maddy), which I see nothing wrong with. I'm actually pretty offended that I would be called "crazy" on here because I have loved an animal very dearly (i assume you would also think crazy because im a vegetarian). As someone who has had a very special pet who they loved with all their heart, I'm sure this lady meant nothing but a lovely compliment to your daughter. My feelings would have been really hurt if you had laughed in my face. Granted, I would not say that to someone, but I do think of my sweet girls when I hear their names being used.

Well, kind of opposite, but I have a Chloe (dog), Bailey (dog), family cat, Coco, and SIL had a Kasey (dog).
When I met DHs extended family, I was kind of shocked b/c his cousins daughters were named: Bailey & Coco.
Then his other cousin had twins and named them Chloe & Kasey.
It's always a hoot but one time his cousin's wife asked me why my dogs were all their kids' names! I had to say that our pets were ALL older than any of the kids! (so really, who is who's namesake? lol!)