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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Baby British on January 12, 2010, 16:17:09 PM
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I was just curious as to what made you all decide on your cats names? I know the reasoning is sometimes more obvious than others!
Layla was originally going to be called Leia as in 'Princess Leia' from Star Wars (the first choice of my male dominated household!) but when I first saw her the name just didn't seem to fit. I liked the name Lola but the OH preferred Layla in homage to the Eric Clapton/ Derek and the Dominoes tune. I figured I best let him have his own way on something seen as I'd got my own way in us getting another cat in the first place!
Marley was named after Bob Marley. On the breeders website he was described as a 'black smoke boy' which planted the idea of the name and it stuck but thankfully suited him perfectly.
We had only had Marley for 3 weeks when he was diagnosed with a severe case of ringworm. The vet prescribed him a really toxic type of tablet that had to be administered daily and it was an absolute nightmare as Marley hated (and still does!) tablets. It broke my heart but we returned him to the breeder for a month so she could see him through the course of tablets and try to make him well. Mean time I had to disinfect my house from top to bottom so he wouldn't be re infected. We went to collect him 4 weeks later and I remember really stressing incase he caught it again as it was awful for him with all the baths and meds and having to be confined to just the kitchen, like wise it was awful for us having to hoover and disinfect everywhere twice a day! Marley looked much improved on the meds though so we popped him in his cage and headed back to the car. We'd left the radio on in the car and had been listening to radio 1. For those of you unfamiliar with this station it usually only plays current chart music. You can imagine the surprise when as we belted up, the strains of Bob Marley's '3 little birds' came wafting over the air waves - on radio 1! The lyrics 'Don't worry about thing, cos every little thing is gonna be alright' couldn't have been more fitting, and you know what?..... everything really was alright. Yes Marley still had ringworm but we changed vets who prescribed an alternative non toxic treatment and it worked! Yes Marley has had a load of problems since but I just think of that song and I know we can get through any thing with him.
Perhaps there is more in a name than meets the eye afterall..... ;)
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Blip is a rescue cat and came from there with her name. If you look at my avatar, you'll see the little white blip under her nose. It's not the name I would have chosen but it's unusual and it suits her, somehow...
Our vet opined that she was lucky not to have been dubbed 'Snot'.
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Foxy ... so called cuz she looked like a little fox cub when she was a baby.
Zephyr (as in "warm wind") ... need I say anymore :sick:
Rossi (full name Rosina) as in Rosina Watchmeister .... all the cats in her pictures are torties with ½ and ½ faces just like my little terror :Luv2:
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Both of our oldies Byron and Pepper came with their names :)
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Blip is a rescue cat and came from there with her name. If you look at my avatar, you'll see the little white blip under her nose. It's not the name I would have chosen but it's unusual and it suits her, somehow...
Our vet opined that she was lucky not to have been dubbed 'Snot'.
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@ Sam (Fussy_Furball) - Am loving the reasoning behind Zephyrs name :evillaugh:
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Well Mogs came from the rescue called Enid which I couldnt cope with. I spent about a week trying names and saying things like well mogs we're going to have to find a name and found she answered to Mogs.
Amber is just because I took one look and said ooh shes got amber eyes.
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Trigger came with Boycie, successors to Cushty
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Memphis .... I wanted something unique. Was bouncing around music related themes when I got stuck on Elvis - I didn't want Elvis as its quite common so then brainstormed things Elvis related. Got to Memphis - Home of Elvis and where Graceland is. It's also the home of Blues and Rock and Roll which I love. Plus it's in Tennessee and I looooooove that state - so beautiful :Luv2: When I got him I'd not long got back from there. Plus it follows on with the 'M' theme.
His name is very personal to me and very well thought out .. it took me weeks to come up with a name. It suits him SO much and I can't imagine him being called anything else.
Trouble is I'm so tempted to name any further addition Nash - after Nashville :evillaugh:
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Kylie - Daft but I was just running through names and it amused me :evillaugh: (She was called Minty when I adopted her from CP in London)
Clapton - He was called Clapton when OH adopted him from SNIP (Society to Neuter Islington's Pussies :evillaugh: ) - Apparently he was found as a stray in Clapton Road in Hackney.
Alice - No Idea as she came to our branch (Canterbury CP) as a long-term stray. I keep meaning to ask Sharon who named her. We considered changing it but it suits her - although we call her Al, Ally or Alice Palace usually. :shy:
Without thinking, I was going to post about Willow although she had to be PTS last week :( - I can't miss her out. I don't think there was a special reason other than OH liked the name. She was called Lucy at the rescue in Paris where she was adopted from.
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Boopy- it's her pedigree name and I couldn't think of anything that suited her as a pet name so she is just Miss/Madamoiselle Boopy. She is also known as Boopette as that is what her breeders called her as her affectionate name whilst she was over there :Luv:
Minxy Moo- pedigree name Sunrise Sunset but she has been a little Minxy Moo since she was born so it just stuck
Pinball- pedigree name Pinball Wizard so he is known as Pinball which suits him well as he tends to be bouncing off the walls.
Orion- Pedigree name Snow Patrol. Is called Orion as I was trying to think of a pet name for him (like I found with Boopy it is so hard when you haven't met the cat!) and I narrowed it down to a couple of names I liked and the good people of Purrs helped me decide. Orion was a giant huntsman so it suits him well as he is a going to be a very big boy when he's fully grown as he's from huge lines. Just hoping when I meet him that he 'looks' like an Orion as I can't really change his name at 11 months old :evillaugh:
Other than Boopy everyone else has pedigree names that are songs/bands as that's the theme my kittens get named after (upcoming litter will be after The Who songs as their Daddy is Pinball) ;D
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Without thinking, I was going to post about Willow although she had to be PTS last week :( - I can't miss her out. I don't think there was a special reason other than OH liked the name. She was called Lucy at the rescue in Paris where she was adopted from.
Willow must have been a very beautiful girl to have been given such a beautiful name x
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Carrie - when I got her I was very much into horror films and Stephen Kings "Carrie" was one of my favourites.
Sage - so named in keeping with the tradition of using names of herbs when a tabby comes into the home....
Astryd - a Norse name meaning "divine beauty." (slight spelling difference because we preferred it this way.) My partner chose this name and it suits her immensely.
Darwin - named after the naturalist because we thought his quirky ear might be an evolutionary step in some way. ;)
Feline Bridge Babes.
Jack - embarrassingly, named after my favourite tipple; Jack Daniels. Although, it did suit him a great deal and when he got older he became "Cap'n Jack" thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Parsley - named by my sister in law after she found her in a carrier bag in an alley as a kitten. The name came from the programme The Herb Garden with the character "Parsley the very friendly lion."
Toby - named after the baby in Labyrinth. Which was and still is, one of my favourite films.
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erm not alot of thought in mine actually :shy:
Lucifer- he was a stray and his first night (when i was still kidding myself that he wasntg going to stay) he wouldnt let me shut him out of the bedroom and then proceeded to walk back and forth across my face all night purring like a tractor and pawing my hands. after about 5 hours (and numerous less nice names my sleep addled brain told him that he was lucifer sent to try my patience, which made me giggle which made him purrrup and it stuck. Hes ginger which confuses alot of people (who expect him to be black) and vets usually go " ooohhh is he viscious then" and then have to remove the cuddlemonster from their shoulders! hes usually called lucifer-kitten, lucifer-mittens or lucifer-cretin at home and gets called in by luey ( not lucy :P )
Sparecat- again a stray whose owners i was trying to find (ha! that workd well!) and cos she was staying in the spare room someone joked was she my spare cat for emergency use? id been trying lots of names for her but nothing seemed right and this just amused me to much and noone ever forgets it! the vet wouldnt allow it on her records though- " its mean, shell think shes not loved" at which point i explain that her english is not so good :evillaugh: so shes officially Kali (not from indiana jones! nicked from tiggys mum here on purrs and pronounced by me as Kally not carly as i knew too many people at school named carly who were mean-apologes to any Carlys here!) she is also known by porky and pudding when shes mithering me and baby girl when shes being a sweet little madam :Luv2:
My bridge babe, Scamps was named by my slightly odd mother because he scampered :shocked:
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Jack - embarrassingly, named after my favourite tipple; Jack Daniels. Although, it did suit him a great deal and when he got older he became "Cap'n Jack" thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
More embarassing still is that one of my 5 year old twin boys (non feline variety!) is called Jack Daniel for the exact same reason! Incidentally his twin is called Harley David....I'd had a lot of drugs when they were born :evillaugh:
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Ollie and Tyler are names after Ollie and Tyler in the TV programme My Hero, my OH got the inspiration of the names from that
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Without thinking, I was going to post about Willow although she had to be PTS last week :( - I can't miss her out. I don't think there was a special reason other than OH liked the name. She was called Lucy at the rescue in Paris where she was adopted from.
Willow must have been a very beautiful girl to have been given such a beautiful name x
She was beautiful in the flesh but never came out well in photos :(
This was her waving me goodbye a couple of years ago when I ran a B&B :Luv2:
She was a tiny 2.5kg bundle of energy.
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Many of mine came with their names (some of which I changed, some I didnt) For instance, BB was called Baby (not a name I'd have chosen and BB sounds similar to her I'm sure!) and Lacie was called Lucy - simple reason for changing her name - I already had a Lucy! Milly was called Muppet originally :shocked:
The persians that came as kittens all had pedigree names that don't relate much to what I ended up calling them LOL! for instance Snushee Red Romeo is just my Sam, Snushee TeddyFreddyGo is simply my Joe, and Snushee Blueby You is my Ben. However, Snushee Lovable Lucy - is of course Lucy! Moonmariner Gwyngala is little Gwynnie or more usually Tootie or Toots to me ;)
Then the adopted adult persians who already had names I kept, include Snushee Dizzy Dreamer (Zeta), Snushee Champagne Suzy (Suzie) , Snushee NaughtybutNice (Gypsy), Snushee Hooligan (Jasper) and Farandawy Sugarpie Honey (Honey)
Harry was called Conker when I adopted him from CP 13 yrs ago :shocked: and George has always been George :Luv2:
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This was her waving me goodbye a couple of years ago when I ran a B&B :Luv2:
She was a tiny 2.5kg bundle of energy.
i love that photo Mark, if thats not as good as real life, she must have been jaw droppingly beautiful in the flesh! and i can well believe that :Luv:
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I think Willow looked beautiful in all the pics you posted i would have loved to have seen her in the flesh, I do have a soft spot for black cats. She looked a beautiful elegant girl and Willow is such a sweet name, Dont think you could of had a better name for her
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Thanks :)
We loved her anyway.
I only ever made one little video to show her eating as she was such a dainty little eater :Luv2: - I wish I had done more.
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My Bridge Baby was originally called Brutus, we decided to give him a good Roman name as Gladiator had just come out, so being a big cat, he became Brutus Maxipuss, Max for short.
Not sure where the name Poot came from, we discounted loads of names and Poot just seemed to fit! It was always one of Max's nicknames and it seemed appropriate, and he certainly suits it I think :Luv2:
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It takes me ages to come up with names for pets, always has done since the childhood hamsters!
Chilli - Because she was a little bundle of fiery energy as a kitten. She once launched herself onto the leg of a housemate without warning when she was tiny. He leapt about 10 foot in the air and the rest of us couldn't stop laughing. She's not so feisty anymore, in fact she's a super laidback softy and nothing fazes her but the name still really suits her.
Dave - This started about 10 years ago when an ex's mum got a house bunny. My ex wanted to give the bunny a comedy name, such as Dave or Bob and it always stuck with me that it would be a funny name. Fast forward ten years and this little bundle of fluff came to me as a FTGH or he gets booted out advert. About a month down the line I just couldn't settle on a name then my gay neighbour had a barbecue and there I was, 5 glasses of red wine too many later surrounded by a bunch of queens when we started talking about naming the kitten. I mentioned Dave and it just stuck. He really really suits it and everyone loves it. Plus, I love the confusion it can cause when people don't realise you're talking about a cat :evillaugh:
Oh and Dizzy, who lives with my Mum in happy retirement, was named by my brother as she had no control over herself when she was a kitten and would just fly into furniture and walls all the time.
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The ones we have now:
Gomez and Morticia - we were phoned just before Christmas to ask if we still wanted the last two kittens the RSPCA fosterer had - despite it being 23rd December! We said yes (of course) and spent that evening thinking up pairs of names. Those two stuck - and they suit them very well. Think the Addams family films - Morticia is graceful and elegant, Gomez is smart and handsome :)
Baldrick - started out as Gruesome because one eye was sticking right out, the other was swollen too and only his mother (and me) could love him ;) Changed to Baldrick because his breath was bad enough to kill you at 20 paces - Baldrick from the line "Baldrick, have you been eating dung again?"
Ellis started out as Spare Cat, then "Is that little sh*t still here?" then LS - then Ellis :)
Hedge Cat (at the yard where I have my horses) was called that by someone else and the name stuck.
Trouble - I used to say "here comes Trouble" whenever she turned up as she'd devour everything in sight - that name stuck too.
Crouton - I kept calling him Cretin because he's a bit daft, he's very nervous still (possibly because as soon as I could catch him he went off to the vets to be neutered....) but thought, I can't call a cat Cretin so Crouton was the nearest ;)
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Thanks :)
We loved her anyway.
I only ever made one little video to show her eating as she was such a dainty little eater :Luv2: - I wish I had done more.
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What an elegant little girl Mark. It is nice you have a video of her. So sweet :hug: :hug:
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awww :Luv2: :Luv2:
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I think Willow looked beautiful in all the pics you posted i would have loved to have seen her in the flesh, I do have a soft spot for black cats. She looked a beautiful elegant girl and Willow is such a sweet name, Dont think you could of had a better name for her
Ditto and naturally I am bias towards black cats also ;)
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Bear - was Teddy after Teddy Sherringham but he left Spurs so he became Bear :evillaugh:
Willow - just a lovely name
Issey - after my fav purfume
Lilly
Rocky
Fleur
Missy - Issey's kittens, no reason for the names really
Lulu - again no real reason
Lala - wasn't meant to be keeping her and she didnt have a name so i sorta sang lala to call her
Freddy J - The Freddy bit is after Freddy Flintoff....and just added the J coz it sounds good
Tramp - because he was a tramp lol a stray that turned up and never went away
Dooey Fin - is named after someone in the film School of Rock (my Son's idea)
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Chloe arrived ready named and answered to her name
Mr T, equally, arrived named - but as Tom or Thomas. At first he tended to mark his new territory by spraying hence "Mr Tiddles". But a friend suggested Mr T , partly because the "tiddling" had stopped and also as he was big and black, so thats what he is here!!
OH calls him Timmy Tom-cat :Crazy:
Mr T doesnt care what hes called, as long as its not too late for his dinner! ;) :evillaugh:
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Freddie - cos he`s a real cool due like Freddie Mercury. My ex was a Queen fan, and letting him name Freddie was the way I could have him!
Colin - just like the name.
Lily - after my mum and nan. I got Lily 3 weeks after my mum died. She`s a real tart, so also known as Lilo-Lil.
Gary - just seems to suit him. A bit of a yob on the qt.
Willow - he was a foster kitten I picked up via the free-ads. I was told he was a girl, so called him Willow and then an hour later found out otherwise. It stuck, and then I adopted him as Gary and he are such good friends. Aka my little Willy.
My Dad had a theory you should never name a cat anything you are embarrassed to shout at 3 am when they wont come in!
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My Dad had a theory you should never name a cat anything you are embarrassed to shout at 3 am when they wont come in!
A wise man - and why when my then 3 year old daughter suggested she might call her new kitten "Splodge-Face" ,we opted for "Lucky" instead :rofl:
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Monty came with the name but we calll him 'Major Monty' and it really suits him, he's such a lovely old gent who would have had a military career if he'd been human. As for Oscar and Jasper, we just liked the names and Tabitha was called Tabitha when we adopted her, she was named in rescue becasue she was, you've guessed it... a tabby but we kept the name because we really really liked it.
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when my then 3 year old daughter suggested she might call her new kitten "Splodge-Face" ,we opted for "Lucky" instead :rofl:
That`s priceless. My nephew named their rabbit "Shaggy", fun when he was 5, but the lad`s nearly 16, and bunny still going strong :rofl: It`s a bit embarrassing at the vets when they call for "Shaggy Belle"! We did stop him naming the dog "Waggy" for similar reasons.
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Great thread! :wow:
Jumpy = was a very nervous kitten and grew into a great big wuss. Jumpy by name, jumpy by nature. :evillaugh:
Tilly = Came from Battersea Dogs Home complete with name. :)
Bridge babes...
Tigger-Tiger-Tom-Mark-Moriarty. Or Tigger for short. Kids couldn't decide on a name so he got them all. :rofl:
Lucy = small, hissy spit feral kitten grew up to be large, hissy spit adult. We thought the name was sweet so it balanced out her nature. :tired: :evillaugh:
Tooshy = my first cat. A huge big full Tabby Tom with a terrible weaping absess who just walked in my door and set up camp on my sofa. He drained my fridge, my wallet (in vet fees!) and my heart because I couldn't turn him away in a state like that. :'( :briggin: The name grew organically from abreviations of baby names "wooshy, mooshy, coochy, coo", that kind of thing.
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Lettuce was called Scratch when I first got her at 5 or 6 months. I knew that wasn't going to stay. She was a daft silly kitten and I was watching an ad on TV for lettuces and they were shaking frisee lettuces which I thought looked silly. Silly frilly - Lettice, with an I. An old English girls name - until I spelt it wrong and she been a salad vegitable ever since!
Zareth - ask Pinkbear!
Bridge Babes
Domino and Chequers, 2 feral kittens fron my local CP. My Dad named Domino cos she was black and white. Chequers was tabby and white and Amererican chequers is played with either black and white or brown and white pieces so kept the games theme.
Bill a 15? year old black and white boy who had no end of problems. I had a dream about a black and white cat called Bill about a week before he arrived. It suited him. A blokes bloke.
Hero - when I first met him I was told he was a bit of a christian cat (?) as he always let the other eat first. So my ex called him Hero. However, when we got him home all that changed and he was a typical tom with Domino and Chequers.
Skater another black and white tom who had been in an rta and had his rear end damaged. He used to walk and run like a speed skater so the name stuck.
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Pepsi was originally going to be called either Darcy or Muffin but when she got here she didn't really suit either of those. So wed looked on a website of cat names and as soon as OH said Pepsi I got a big grin on my face, and knew straight away that this was her name :) I suppose with her colouring she does look like a shaken up can of Pepsi :evillaugh:
Byron is a lovely name for a cat! I think if I ever got a male cat I'd call him that or Darcy, I love the old literary names :Luv2:
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Smartie was called Spartacus - didn''t feel like shouting that out -i somehow knew he was a Smartie and he answered it !!
Sophie was Sophie from CP and she looks like a Sophie - Sophie Rose is her Sunday name.
Winston was called Wispa - he is not quiet !!!
I just tried to think of something beginning with W- the only name i could come up with was Winston -he loves Cat-nip cigars -so appropiate really ( gets called Willie as well as when my Great neice was very small i told her he was called Wee Willie Winston ! )
Phoebe just got shortened to FiFi.
Bridge Babies
Bungly was aready Bungle when i got her and she wouldn''t answer to anything else- i tried Bonnie, Blossom and she ignored them but loved to be called Bungly ( Bungly bum bum !!)
Oscar- only a 8 week old white kitten when i got him -already decided on him being Oscar .
Sacha -long-hair black and White kitten - a friend called her that one .
Leo - golden persian - rescued him -can''t remember what they called him .
Max- little chinchilla was already named and it suited him.
Bonnie - little blue persian i rescued and knew that was her name .
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Jaffa is Jaffa because, well, he's Jaffa coloured! His brother Magpie was Magpie coloured ;)
Mosi is Mosi because it's a swahili name meaning first born and Mosi is a Somali (I looked for Somali names but none sounded right so I settled for Swahili) and he was the first of his brothers and sisters to be born.
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Jess - he came from rescue with the name Jess, his previous owner called him Jess after Postman Pat's Jess, (Jess really does look like Jess though), we kept it as was ironic as I had always hated cats as a child (I'm ashamed to say) the only one I ever liked was Postman Pats cat, so we thought it was rather apt to keep the name. Plus poor Jess always gets mistaken for a girl, and what with his bladder issues and being afraid to wee its no wonder when people think his a girl.
Milo - was known as Ash in rescue (something to do with the name of the son of the person who found him as a stray). We changed it to Milo, it was Hubby's choice. I desperately wanted another cat as a friend for Jess, but Hubby didn't initially, then he came round to the idea but said only if he could name the new cat. So he came up with Milo his not sure why though.
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Ooh what fun! I love choosing new names for pets. In the past I've had - Polly, a white girl who was feared by everyone except me and liked sharing the pram with my baby daughter, Pepper, ginger and white, Honda, who purred like a motor bike, Pele and Zeko (named after footballers) Lily who was dainty and sweet. At present there's Jasper and Jess, Jasper is named as he is big and black and gorgeous, Jess after Postman pat's cat. Carrie was Tinkerbell when I got her but I thought I would sound a right twit shouting that to get her in. Harvey is named after a 9 ft invisible white rabbit in an old James Stewart film and is the spitting image (except genderwise & Nature) of Polly my first cat. My daughter has had Guinness (sadly now on the bridge) Murphy and Mackie (alcoholic theme there!) and the new babe Indie, after Indiana Jones. My other daughter has a gigantic rabbit called Colin after Colin Firth, and a b& w bunny, normal size, called Babushka. I wonder if some psychologist somewhere could read anything in to our choices!!! :wow:
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Nova's full name is Verdicatz Supernova :shy: I chose supernova as I wanted a dramatic name I could easily abbreviate. He gets called my little chunkabunk :)
Mia's full name is Verdicatz Kitty Blue :tired: as Mum already had a cat called Blue and I like cats names to have two syllables so was asking friends for advice and Miaow was suggested which I shortened to Mia :) My Dad wanted her to be called BOGOF as I'd been given her for free :P ).
Mia gets call Moo-cat, Moo Moo, and nowadays she responds to Mooey quite a lot :-[
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Loving this thread! The Munchkin came to us as Monty which remains his official name but usually he's Munchkin, Munch or Pumpkin.
Our bridge baby, Uncle M, was Merlin when he was a kitten (named after Merlin the Happy Pig from Blackadder series 2!) but turned into Uncle M in his dotage.
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There are some really greatnames out there, I'm loving all the stories of how they came to be - keep em coming!
It's made me think back to the 3 cats we had when I was little. These 3 were responsible for igniting my passion for everything feline!
There was slipper (a beautiful longhair cream moggy with gorgeous green eyes) so called as we had him from when he was born and he and one of his siblings used to lie side by side and looked just like a pair of fluffy slippers!
Then we have Ranbow ( a tabby - one of Slipper's siblings ) who was given the name before it was realised that he was infact a she :doh:
Lastly there was Digger who was the mother of the other two. She was originally to be called Kipper but I couldn't say this (I was only 3 at the time!) and preferred calling her Digger instead & for better or worse the name stuck!
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I named my two Lucy and Luna. Lucy is a black cat, but as she was a girl I felt a bit bad calling her Lucifer, so it ended up as Lucy. Luna is a grey/blue cat and so was named after the moon.
It was quite lucky for them that they were girls and very cute as I was looking up names for black and grey cats and came out with some great ones (if they were boys they were going to be pyewacket and grimalkin!).
Although they do tend to get called "my girls" more often than not, and also answer (when they want to of course) to sweetheart, darling and georgeous :Luv2:
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My two are a sister and brother called Sugar and Spice. They came with the names when we adopted them from the Birman Cat Club Welfare & Rescue, and we figured that after being called a name for 11 years we couldn't start calling them something else! :innocent: It's funny, I wasn't keen on their names at first, but now I couldn't imagine them being called anything else! Also, my OH and I have a running joke when I make him a cup of tea in the morning. I say "Darling, would you like some extra Sugar in your tea?" and Sugar obediently jumps onto the bed to have her morning cuddle! ;D
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My Dad had a theory you should never name a cat anything you are embarrassed to shout at 3 am when they wont come in!
A wise man - and why when my then 3 year old daughter suggested she might call her new kitten "Splodge-Face" ,we opted for "Lucky" instead :rofl:
A relative of mine had two cats called Pax and Tam... but the other way round ;) Imagine going out and shouting that? Then there was Sponge, Pudding and Custard that another relative had :) And I thought we had daft names for ours.
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My Dad had a theory you should never name a cat anything you are embarrassed to shout at 3 am when they wont come in!
A wise man - and why when my then 3 year old daughter suggested she might call her new kitten "Splodge-Face" ,we opted for "Lucky" instead :rofl:
A relative of mine had two cats called Pax and Tam... but the other way round ;) Imagine going out and shouting that? Then there was Sponge, Pudding and Custard that another relative had :) And I thought we had daft names for ours.
a friend of mine had a cat named chlamydia :-:
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Ever since I got my mind set on adopting a cat as we were preparing to move into a larger flat 2 and half years ago, I fancied calling my new kitty Oliver (as in Oliver Twist), as I was thinking of adopting a rescued street urchin. As it turned out as a result of extensive surfing on the net, this wee guy named "Silvestro" (Sylvester in italian) just stole my heart and it HAD to be him. He was NOT a street urchin as I imagined he was well cared for by a nice girl in the south of our province. She already had 8 cats in the house and they were hostile to him and his little siblings so she was looking for a home for them. (their mother was semi-feral the girl was feeding regularly, and she was spayed afterwards.)
So, I started to look for some other names, but when I finally met him he did certainly had the "look of Oliver" and any other names wouldn't sit well... probably because of my already fixed idea. So he became Oliver anyway.
However he earned a series of nicknames in the last 2 years and 4 months and seldom called Oliver in reality. Some of the most consistent, well loved nicks being Cicci or Ciccio (sort of "pudge" in italian) or Pupi (wee laddie).
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Very Sadly Clan Cats no longer on this side of the Bridge but thought of with laughter and tears most days
Clan Cats No Longer with us
Toerag Black He was a little one of these all 20lbs of him
Tiger Feral Tabby Named after my slippers and in his golden years a text book diabetic
Bert Black Came from CP as a golden oldie with that name
Moose White and Black Came from CP as a golden oldie with that name
Hissy Holly Tabby feral Came home the night before I burried my Mother - she was FIV+ and noone wanted her but my OH set up the pen and she came home to us forever
Haggis Ginger Ninja Named by the folks we adopted him from - their son was 3 and thought it suited him
Sailor Ginger and White feral One of our former fosters who came back - FIV+ who loved humans in his last months with us and mastered the outside world
Baby Archie White and black Archie was used as a football and noone wanted him he had only 1 glorious year with us and died of cancer aged 1
Gem Naughty Tortie Came to us as a rescue prgnant to her brother and sadly died from FIP with Star, Cairo and Shanghai her kittens but left us her daughter Baby Beijing who is a Corona carrier
Breeze - Black and White Border collie who literally ran like the wind
Jazz - Parsons Jack Russell cause she was all that Jazz and my little pocket rocket who controlled all her Border Collie boys - they were in awe of her at 6kgs they all outweighed her but one look was all it took! :rofl:
There are more to come from the Clan but it takes a while to type up the current 46 and the boys on missions without permission
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My very first kittens in the 70s (they came in threes even then LOL!) were all black and were called Sherry, Schweppes and...um Sophie, yes well, Sophie didnt quite fit in with the drinks theme, but I just liked the name! Other black cats I had were called Moses (loved that name) and Corky.
My Elsa RIP was named after Elsa the lioness.
My red persian Amber RIP who was a rescsue, came to me with the name of Brandy, but she was much more an Amber, and Poppy RIP, another red persian, was called Angel, but I didnt like the idea of her being an angel.
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My Bonnie thinks her name is........... who's my gorgeous little Bonnie Bum then :rofl: :Luv2:
I must say this to her at least twice a day :Luv2:
She was called Bonnie when I got her from the RSPCA just over 2 years ago when she was 10 and I couldn't deny she was bonnie so I kept it.
Mary
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My bridge babe Dylan was called that when I adopted him and I liked the name and it suited him so I kept it.
My ginger tornado Hobbes is named after the tiger in the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip, it's my fave cartoon and I always wanted to call a cat Hobbes and being a ginger tabby it seemed to fit. He is as mad as Hobbes the tiger too :rofl:
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Ronnie - he was so good with his 'feet' as a kitten and good with the ladies so being from Manchester, he was named after possibly the best player in the world - One Cristiano Ronaldo. I thought about changing his name to Wayne when he left to go to Real Madrid!!!
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Even though I chose my cats name's by how they looked, I think they have grown into their names meaning the name suits their personality...
Ted was already called Ted when I got him, turns out he's a big teddybear :Luv:
Renie was already named when I got her, Ted's sister, she was named after Wolverine cos of her big claws, although she never used them :)
Ollie, he looked like an Ollie- all black kitten and the name just suited him- I do call him Oliver sometimes as it's turned out he's a starvo :evillaugh:
Macey she was just so small and cute, so she needed a cute name- turns out she is neither of these 2 anymore and now gets called Momma Mace :naughty:
Harry, he's called that cos his dad looked like Dumbledor from Harry Potter- Harry now lives up to his name and will play dirty to get his own way :shify:
Delilah, I already liked this name and then came along Delilah a gorgeous tortie and she really suited the name, she gets called Lyla boppy cos she's a little bit boppy :innocent:
And Tia she was already called Tia but since moving into her very own posh puss palace (she was a stray) she has become a higher being, so we now call her Princess Tiammii :)
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Beavis - he is a gimge laike the cartoon character and has as much attitude - you will glad to hear there is NOT a Butthead in our family!
Jerry - when we lost oscar Hubby and I both said a few days later we wanted to give a home to a kitten and call it Jerry , and luckily when we saw him he suite his name.
Gizmo - was originally Ziggy , but Gizmo semed to suit him better. He is also very keen on being fed after midnight. :evillaugh:(or anytime really )
Fredcat - when he used to come into the garden as a stray Oscar used to go and beat him up , and Mum and Dad would say - 'Oh its that Fred cat again' or when food would go missing 'That Fred cat has been in' as all cats that were unknown to us were automatically called Fred.
Anyhoos , said stray soon becmae a permanant resident , and the name stuck. He will not answer to Fred , only Fredcat!
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So... why am I called Gemini? Well here goes...
It's nothing to do with star signs as it happens (I'm a Leo anyway), I was named after NASA's Gemini space exploration program (programme?) from the 1960's (no I'm not that old!). My then housemate, who was adopted at the same time as me got called Explorer, (also a space program). It was some dappy idea our folks had based on the fact that when we got adopted the first thing we did was to explore every available space... so that's it, strange but true!
(Just as well I'm not a boy, I probably would have got called Sputnik!)
Love & Purrs
Gemini Cat
Cat Chat
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Well as you know my cats have some unusual names...
Vader - Comes from Star Wars. My partner is a HUGE fan (We have lightsabres displayed on the wall in our spare room... He's 26 I promise. :rofl: Vader, just sort of looked like a Vader. He's black (but white underneath) with little white fangs so he looks a bit menacing. He's a big softie at heart though.
Tachi (Short for Tachikoma) - Comes from an animé called Ghost in the Shell. They are AI robots with childish personalities and voices. Silly I know. It suits him though.
Akamauru - Comes from an animé called Naruto. HE's actually a dog in it, but I don't think our Akamaru minds. Although I'm considering changing it to Stinkymaru as he's just let a massive fart go! :sick:
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Think you should go back to Garcia LOL so we all stop being confused :rofl:
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But...but... I like Akamauru. :shify:
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Ai chan 愛ちゃん。 Ai means love in Japanese.. Chan is a affectionate name that Japanese parents call their children. Or brothers and sisters may call each other by their 1st name then chan. I call my husband by his 1st name then chan. My husband gave or kitty her name
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That is really sweet - glad to hear your husband is a cat lover too.
Mary
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Remy - Short for pedigree name Remus (it was the 'R' litter and my address has the word 'Roman' in it).
Milo - pedigree name Romulus (see above), but named after MI ke & LO uise, my sister and bro in law who drove me to collect the boys and acted as a source of advice on all things kitten (I hadn't discovered Purrs at the time!), as I was a first time cat slave and lacking in experience.
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Frankie - started as a joke from mum suggesting Frankie and Bennie after the food chain.
Alfie - was the only other boys name my parents and I could agree on.
I was keen both cats had proper names.
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Molly had a given name when I got her from the Cat Rescure - it seemed not to suit and I wanted something feminine, cute and would suit a little girly cat as she was very delicate, gentle & petite (WAS being the operative word) - thought of Holly as I got her just after new year 2008 and from Holly came Molly.
Her pet names vary from Ms Mols, sweetheart, baby and occassionally, " Ya wee :censored: bug'r ye" :rofl: :shy: :rofl:
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My cat was called Buffy by my daughter after Buffy the vampire slayer lol. My little boy calls her Buffy cat not just Buffy When we get the new cat his name will be Indie after Indianna Jones
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We are all nuts.... not only do we have names for our little furry darlings, we have pet 'pet' names! :rofl:
Cuteness and love personified. :Luv: :Luv:
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We called our cats after Disney characters cos we're all Disney mad in my house. First we had Jasmine (Aladdin), then she had kittens Meeko (Pocahontas), Belle (Beauty and The Beast), and DaisyDuck (Donald's girlfriend lol). We took in a cat from a friend of a friend who luckily was already called Tigger!