'I'm naming my baby after dog – it feels wrong but it's the only moniker we agree on'

A woman was left conflicted about the baby name she wanted to use for her little one, because it was the moniker she and her partner wanted to use for the dog they intended to get

Finding a unique moniker for your baby can be tough, as there will be negative associations with so many names.

However, when one woman admitted she wanted to name her child after a dog, people were left confused and wondering why the parents would go ahead with that.

But no, the parents of the newborn didn't want to name their little one Dachshund, Golden Retriever, or Labrador, but rather they were looking for a moniker 'they originally planned to call their future dog'.

They already had two children and "selected well-thought out names" for them - but were really struggling with their third.

The stressed-out mum took to Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole' forum to ponder whether it would be awful for them to name their baby what they were going to use for their future dog.

She wrote: "My partner and I were talking about names, and selected very well thought out names for our first two, however, we cannot agree on the name for our third.

"The one name we really like and can agree on is the one we chose for our potential future dog - what about when said child asks about how he got his name in the future, having told the other two how their names were so carefully chosen. I don't know, it just feels wrong to give our baby the name of a dog..."

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In the comments, many said it didn't matter. One wrote: "Just say it's a name you both liked. That's what my mum said when I asked why she picked my name."

Another said: "Don't overthink it, it'll probably just become a bit of a family joke at some point. One day though it'll cease to be 'our future dog's name' and it'll just be your kid's name. My mum named me after a character in a movie she liked, and then a few years later realised she'd misheard it and it was a completely different name. My middle name is her favourite cake."

Someone shared: "You would not be the a**hole if, big IF, the name strongly sounds like an everyday human name. But for the love of God, don't tell your kid that until they're at least 30 and have the right sense of humour." Another joked it did depend on whether the kid was called "Muffin or Milton".

One Redditor asked: "Have your first two already arrived, or have you picked out a single name for each regardless of gender, or do you have two options for each depending on gender? If it's the third situation, why not use one of the names that went unused for the first two?"