What was your cat's original name?

My one-time beloved Myrtille (French for blueberry) was "Cuddles" in the shelter, but she was such an infant, she didn't know. And our cat Indigo was "Oreo" in the shelter - I think she had come from someone's home, because she was so tame and well cared for, so I think Oreo was her given name. Beauty didn't have a name, nor did our now-departed Tzigane (who was fostered by Myrtille's mother - Myrtille was born in the shelter). My first cat Sadie came to me from my grandmother's as an infant, so I named her. Same with my family's first cat, Mustard. I named him. My sister named her first cat, Tribble. My parents got two kittens from a farm, and one was named Elizabeth Taylor because she had such a beautiful face, but my parents changed her name to Zane Grey. The other kitten was not named, to my knowledge, and they named her Majesty, but ended up calling her Magic. Oh, I am forgetting my very first kitten, when I was a little girl - at my grandmother's farm - his name was Minet, and his sister was named Calico. We named them. We got them from the neighbors. Calico was Mustard's mother, and Mustard had two brothers - Mittens and White Spot. There were other cats at my grandmother's, too - she was always having strays dropped off at her farm. There were Stray, Inky, Dinky, Dew, and others. I named Stray, but she named the other three. My son named our black cat Beauty on sight at the shelter, and it took a little thought over the space of a few days for me to settle on the name Indigo for our black and white cat. Thank you for the opportunity to stroll through my memory book of cats.

Halo - Unknown because she was a stray
Cammie - called Roberta at the shelter we adopted her from but she was 10 years old, so she probably has had other names as well.
Pepper - called Sprite at the shelter.

Miss Boo Boo Kitty was called Tiger Lily by her previous owners.Ashley and Raven were both 4 yrs old when we adopted them, thought it would be best not to change their names. Norton was called Bandit at the shelter because he would steal from the staff's lunches! Tina Peepers was Christopher, then we found out " he " was a she! Riley, Molly, Spunky, Mickey Roo, Ralph Syracuse had no names, and Hayley was Autumn, then Star, the Hayley! Almost forgot, Nicholas remained Nicholas! And little Sylvia Purrogoli was named after the NPR Rome reporter, Sylvia Porgoli!

Pouncierge was Daisy,and Miquelito was another sort of dumb name.
I generally let the Found Cats keep thier names althoough I changed Sams to Shemp in honor of the Late Stooge.

Brody was originally Lucky....

Zöe is her original name, I got here from a breeder as a 10 week old baby. Zöe is named for a friend and former coworker from Canada,
when I asked her is she minded my using her name for my beautiful new kitten she said she "would be honoured", so that has always been her name. Phoebe was originally named Morning Glory.That just didn't fit her. I changed her name to Phoebe, after Phoebe on the TV show, 'Friends' because she is always doing something goofy that makes me laugh...

Cardamom (RB) was called Miss Kitty by her previous owner. She was Miss Kitty to me for a couple of weeks, then I decided to call her something less "generic." Her dark stripes were the color of black cardamom pods.

Don Juan got his name at the Humane Society, where he was brought as a stray. I kept it because he is a big lovebug, and just a little bit naughty. ;)

Zerlina was Zana at Hopalong Animal Rescue. When I met her at the Petsmart adoption center, I scratched her ear and asked if she'd like to be called "Zerlina." She purred. :) She's named for a character in the Mozart-Da Ponte opera Don Giovanni. Zerlina is a peasant girl at her wedding when she encounters the charming Don Giovanni, who almost succeeds in persuading her to abandon her new husband and run off with him. :eek: (Fortunately, bridegroom Masetto turns up just in the nick of time.) And my Zerlina has just the same sweet-and-spicy temperament.

Liz

Oliver´s name was Rudolpho!

Hahaha, I still giggle when I say it! :p

Tux never had another name because he was a stray.
Pesca was called Firsty by the breeder because she was the first kitten to be born.

Tiger was Tiger...I don't think Miagi had a name before he came to us. :)

Zsa-Zsa's kitten name was Daisy, and my RB cat Brando's was Tarragon. They weren't rescue cats though, they were from a breeder;)

Archy was Watson and Binky was Sherlock! :D

My hairless cat was named "Spot" :rolleyes: I chose MooShoo because of his oriental look.

My Munchkin's original name was Little Mews Faberge. I renamed her "Shortie Girl"

Mollie Rose and Maya Linn didn't have names at the time so I chose their names.

When I first adopted Doogie from the Dearborn Animal Shelter, his name was "George". I always liked Doogie Houser, M.D. so I named him Doogie. He's now living the high life with Val (Dukedogsmom).

Skye's name was Milano. After the Pepperidge Farm cookie. She and her brothers were the Pepperidge Farm Family. Her brothers were Chessmen and Brussels, but I thought Skye fit her better :D.

Neko we named.
Cookie we named.

Pumpkin's name was Jasper (that was her shelter name). We changed it because I wanted to name her something that had to do with her orangie color.
Tama's name was Little Friend---very odd but his previous owners could not think of a name for him! ;)

Wow, this is an old.

-I named Oliver, Raisin, and Sundae all as kittens.
-Jimmy was named by my boss when she found him as a kitten.
-Kitten was originally named Rav by my sister, all of his vet records and things are under Rav. The name Rav didn't fit him though and we just called him Kitten. He responds to both Kitten and Kit.

Cassie's shelter name was Heinbuch. No, really. She was named for Dr. Heinbuch, who is one of the veterinarians at the practice Harmony House works with. I named her Cashmere because she's the same color as the grey cashmere blend coat my mom was wearing when she found out I had adopted a cat. My other choice for her name was Pepper. She's got a lot of little "pet" names now, though - cookie, boo (for Booboo Kitty on Laverne and Shirley), bug, missy...

I have always kept thier names with the possible exception of Michael who was named Dylan after Bob Dylan.
I use Michael but his full name is Michael Dylan.
No bites at the Trap.

from what I know, Buddy was known as "Mailbox" since he was found inside a mailbox outside the humane society building. :mad: as for Abby , I havent any idea , as she was with many siblings at the same shelter and they all looked the same.

I got Howard at a local pet rescue, and his name was "Howard" there too. I kept the name because, for some strange reason, it just suited him--even as a 12-week-old kitten. Although sometimes we call him "How-Cat" (for short) or even "How-Turd" (when he's being "bad").

Luna was always Luna as I got her from a friend's farm (I had the pick of several barn cat litters). Good thing too, because she's too much of a high-maintenance little princess to be an outdoor barn cat. Sometimes I think I should have named her "Paris" instead. lol.

GREAT idea for this thread, by the way. I've enjoyed all the posts :)

This was fun - reading this post again after a few years. Since last I posted we have added one - Charley. Named after another black & white who passed through our lives 8 years ago.

Charley answers to that name, and to Chuck and Pudge. Truth be told, once he hears my voice he comes a running.

I have no idea what lexie and Ash were previously called, but my other two adopted furbabies were Duchess and Victoria, she named them after the royal family, pity she did not see fit to treat them as royalty, but that has all changed of course, now they are, but i did not want them to have any association with that horrible woman, so i changed them to Ellie-mae and Nikkita.

Oscar was called Oscar by my former kennel boss, as he tamed Oscar from being "wild"....

Cole I named on my own, as he is black.

Scooter Bug was originally going to be named Fizgig - after a cartoon creature in (I think) the Dark Crystal. (I am not certain what movie, really - my ex-hubby loved it.) But, he would sit at the foot of the bed while I was laying there watching tv and he'd scoot up the bed, 1 inch at a time... and then bug the heck out of me. So he named himself - Scooter Bug!

Charlie was originally Calvin at the shelter. I tried calling him Calvin for 2 weeks. He was NOT a Calvin. He's been Charlie ever since. We say, "Sorry Charlie" a lot when we have to medicate him. Poor little guy.

Crystal

I love this thread! OK...

Chester has always been Chester...

Amy has always been Amy... I got them both at about 8 weeks and gave them their names.

Giz was named Gizmo which didn't fit her like Giz (Cuz I call her Dizzy Gizzy sometimes). She had Gizmo when I got her but I shortened it immediately.

Samantha was Midnight when I got her and it didn't fit her at all. It only took her about 12 hours to respond to Samantha when I called her that. It is a great fit and even she knows it!

I can't imagine a cat named Paula, and that's my name! It just doesn't seem to fit a cat. I like Luna and Lilly much better. When we found Squeak we named her Lucy. Her meow is squeaky, so Squeak became what we called her. When I got El we named HIM Ellie. Needless to say why that changed. :D

My first cat as a semi adult (I was 17 when I got her) was Mytsi and she was the kitten of my grandmother's cat Patches. I choose her at just 2 weeks old and I named her then so her name was always Mytsi.

Lilith was always Lilith too as she was completely unsocialized. The guy that had the mother never touched the kittens except the day he brought them to the rescue.

Vixen was Lulu. Named by my mother's friend's daughter.

Phoenix was Lupona. Which means big wolf in english. The lady that was fostering her also had a Lupetta which is little wolf in english.

Bella was a stray and so I have no idea if she ever had a name before I named her.

The 4 babies I named.

And Vega I have no idea either cause she was abandoned.

I got Taz almost 12 years ago when he was only a few months old. And I can't remember the name his previous family had for him. :( I asked my sister, who brought him home to me, and she can't remember either. Oh well, he's been Taz (with a million nick names) for so long now.

Now Zoee (I know she's not a cat) was named Bonnee at the breeders. And we kept with the double E theme without even realizing it was the theme of the litter. :)

My Zöe has always had that name, but her momma was named
Morning Glory when I got her...she is kinda ditsy so I renamed her
Phoebe for Lisa Kudrow's character on the TV program, 'Friends'... :cool: ;)

Hank was born on the 4th of July so him and his brothers were named Stars, Stripes and Yankee Hank was Stars.

Molly was named Shiffra pronounced Shif-raa.

Duckie was Kagmoe pronounced Ka-Gome-eh. It was the name of some Anime cartoon character.

And Ivy was name Cairo. After something in Egypt.

When we adopted Archy and Binky, their names were Watson (Archy) and Sherlock (Binky). We are both big fans of the McNally mystery series written by Lawrence Sanders.

Archy, our tuxie, is always well dressed and outgoing, so Archy McNally's name seemed perfect for him. Binky, as his sidekick, is laid-back just like the character he was named for.

My cats have all retained their original names but, of course, I call them something different now and then. Puddy is "Shnorkey" and "The Pudilator", Boo is "Boo Bear", Yoda is "Yodie Yodie" or "Yodifer", Pigeon is "Pidgie Pie", "Pidglet" or "Soot Foot", Creamsicle is "Cgirl" or "Agent Orange" when she's really bad, Coco Puff is "Bad Boy Blue Eyes", Specs is "Speckers" or "Speculator" and RB Peeka was "Peeka Pie" and "Adolph".