When your pet has a "human" name

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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One of my cats currently has a human name, and a previous cat (RIP) also did. I’ve told it before, but in case anyone is amused:
Al is a stray we took in. He was hanging around my MIL’s house, underweight and matted but already declawed, and eventually she started putting food out for him, with predictable results.

She told us when she found him: “He told me his name is Al Franken.” She says really loopy stuff sometimes, bless her heart. We basically shrugged and said, “Okay. His name is Al.”

The other cat was another even bigger guy named Clint. (Previous owners had named him after Clint Eastwood - apparently he made a squinty face on the drive home and was immediately so dubbed.)

The one time I lugged both of them to the vet at the same time, I told the receptionist their names and was immediately accosted by a tiny little old lady in the waiting room, who wanted to know with a very disappointed and disapproving tone if I’d named them after **Bill Clinton **and Al Gore. I assured her that no such heathenry was involved (why yes, I do live in staunch Republican country, why do you ask?) and told her about Clint … but didn’t have the heart to tell her about Al. :smiley:

She shuffled off, evidently so pleased that one cat was named after a bad-ass movie hero that she forgot to inquire about the other one. (Damn Democrats!)

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When I was a kid, my mom leased a horse for me to ride that we kept at home. His name was Ben.

At the same time, my brother adopted a Newfoundland dog that came with the name Ben.

My brother’s name? Ben.

Things were a little confusing until the dog got a nickname of “Son” or eventually “Dippy”, and the horse went back to his owner.

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My dachshund is Nathan, because “he’s such a good hot-dog!” It was suggested by a Doper!

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We have two dogs. Charlie is the pound puppy, and Cooper is the Golden.

When our best friends had a boy, they named him Charlie, but swore it wasn’t after the dog. Now I’m afraid we’ll have to name our kid Krusty.

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I actually named my dog Bailey after a child I used to babysit, who used to live next door to me. I miss that kid, and my pup had/has many of the same insane mannerisms of the child (who was very… unique, mentally.) I even gave her the same “middle name,” which I use whenever I’m ticked off at the dog. I’m still in contact with the girl’s parents, and we ask each other “how’s YOUR Bailey doing?” all the time :slight_smile:

I have met to meet a child named Bump (my other dog’s name) but I will laugh my ass off if I do.

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My male cat is named Riley. Just recently I was informed by a 10-year-old little buddy of mine that “Riley is a GIRL’S name!” Funny thing is, I got the name because it was what my sister was considering for her oldest kid if she had been a he. I liked the name, and it was still available so I used it.