Where did you come up with your kitty's name?

Answer 1

I had two cats - Sophia & Fellini. They were feral kittens I rescued when they were about 2 weeks old, too young to give commercial flea and tick medication. I was told garlic gets rid of fleas so I put garlic into their food. The good thing is all fleas and worms disappeared. The bad news is they smelled like an Italian restaurant with their garlic breath. I thought Sophia and Fellini were absolutely the most appropriate names for them :)

Answer 2

I have 3 cats... with very strange names.

I have a black rescued kitty who I named Boo because I found him in October. I was going to call him Spook but realized some people might find that racist so quickly chose Boo Kitty as his name. My mom calls him Boo Puss-Nuss... interesting isn't it?

I have a big fat orange cat who is named... can you guess it?? Puggle! He looks like Garfield too, that would've been a more appropriate name... but yes, his name is Puggle. Baby platypus' are called Puggles and I think they're cute, so I named him that, as well as I found the name online... not the best idea at the time, but was just supposed to be a temporary name since he was born here and I didn't know I was allowed keeping him.

3rd cat, also didn't know I was keeping her... named her Butter. I have no clue why I named her that... but I did. Incidently, she's very mulitcolored and she has a lot of butter colored patches of fur on her... so I guess I could lie and say that's why she's named that.

Answer 3

Kinsey is a family name. He is an orange tabby. The Kinseys are a clan of redheads, blondes and very fair skinned people.

I name Sylvie Sigourney after the actress whom I like. The cat has very long legs and a slender body. Sylvie did not like the nickname Siggy however. She wanted to be "Sheila" and that didn't do it for me so we compromised (the cat and I) on Sylvie.

Mincho was named for a cat I encountered in Guatemala on a river trip to see Mayan ruins. I thought it was the Spanish diminutive for Benjamino - found out later it is a generic name for "cat" in South America. I was always going to call him Ben when he grew up - 12 years later he is still Mincho.

Cameo came to me at age fifteen with that name. She was a very beautiful tortoiseshell with a white "bib" and white paws. The name was perfect for her.

Alexander was the name I gave to him after seeing him only once before bringing him into my home. I was thinking Alexander the Great.

If I had a long-haired orange cat I would name him Arthur after the mythical English king.

Answer 4

In no particular order:
Charlie - after Charlie Chaplin because he's a tuxedo cat with a black marking on his face just like Charlie Chaplin's mustache. We also tried calling him Chuck, but he doesn't like that.
Eenie - real name is Ynaffit - pronounced Een-a-fit. That's Tiffany backward. Named by a goofy 14 year old in honor of her cousin. The goof (at age 22) now regrets this decision because it's a dorky name.
Lil Miss Dixie - named so because as a kitten, she was so tiny she could fit into a Dixie Cup, which eventually got shortened. She's still a very petite cat.

Answer 5

Ours is Serenity. It was a mistake. The day we brought her home, she was very quiet. Sitting in the corner just watching us. We thought, "oh, how cute! She's so serene and calm! Let's name her Serenity!" (Besides, the movie Serenity was just coming out then and we're fans of Joss Wedon). The next day, she turned into psycho kitty, which is our other name for her.

Answer 6

I rescued two very small feral kittens (4 1/2 weeks and 3 weeks) several months ago. I was worried that they wouldn't make it, so hedging my bets in the great tradition of Constantine, I named them Rue and Olive, after plants sacred to Roman pagans, and then assigned them honorary birthdays on the feast days of Catholic saints. They are both doing well now. (Knock on wood.)

Answer 7

I used to feed a feral in the neighbourhood who had kittens. I called the Mum 'Puss'. When I adopted one of her daughters I just called her Junior (or June for short).
It doesn't really matter what you call cats does it? They are not like dogs and come the moment you call them.
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Answer 8

When we got our cat from the rescue centre he was called Sooty, and we didn't think it quite suited him. We tried various names over the first week or so that we had him, started calling him Devil Cat because he kept biting us, that drifted into Beelzebub and we ended up calling him Basil because it was quite similar and we didn't want the neighbours to think we were calling for the devil every time we called the cat! (He doesn't bite so much now he's settled down!)

Answer 9

My cat's name is Duke. WHen we got him he was very sickly and tiny. He was found in a cemetary with his brothers and sosters. He was the only one to survive. My dad named him Duke because he said it was a strong name and would add some testosterone to our house of 4 women and one man lol. I call him Dukie D.

Answer 10

My cats names are:

Karamel Macchiato: My friend named her. Her favorite coffee is a caramel macchiato, and we changed it to Karamel so it would be different. Also, she is a tortoiseshell, so she has vanilla (white), espresso (black), and caramel (brown) in her fur, just like a caramel macchiato!

Burnt Toast: When we got him, we had another cat named Cinnamon (he died last year), so together they were Cinnamon Toast (we also had a Crunch, but he passed away). The burnt part came from him being completely black.

Boris: My dad named him. 'Nuff said.