opinions, please

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

So we just found out that my cousin is naming her daughter-to-be Penelope. My mother and I think it sounds like a prissy little dog name. What do you all think?

On the same note, I know it's really common to give pets people names, but does that bother anyone else? And I mean specifically somewhat common names, like Jake, Zoe, Max, Chloe etc. I mean, nobody wants to be introduced to someone and then hear, "Oh, that's my dog's/cat's name!"

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I like Penelope. Penny's cute. Unless you have a last name like mine (Coin).

The pet thing, I kind of agree on. I guess it depends on the name. Years ago, my family had three dogs named Apache, Cheyenne, and Dakota (shh, my dad named them). Those names weren't so common then, and he wasn't attempting to give them human names.