How did you get your cats name?

[carole]

Ash was named by my then young daughter after Ash on pokemon, he just happens to also be grey like ash, so purrfect, Lexie is the pet form of alexandra and is scottish and named after a character, a beautiful scottish dark haired girl in a scottish tv programme called monarch of the glen, the backyard kitties were already named, Duchess,Victoria and Charles after the royal family, pity their so called owner does not treat them like royalty.

[Don Juan's mom]

Don Juan got his name at the Humane Society. He's a big furry lovebug, and just a little naughty.

Zerlina is named for the character in the Mozart-da Ponte opera Don Giovanni.

Liz

[Sevaede]

I ask because I remeber when I found Mr.Chips, he was just a kitten on the street. I had no idea what to name him so I just waited for a sign or something to give me an idea...

One day I was sitting on the couch eating my favorite potato chips (salt and vinigar) when he jumped on my lap and crawled into the potato chip bag!

I hear crunching sounds and to my surprise...he was eating my chips...soooo from that day forward I named him MR.CHIPS! lol!

I love salt and vinegar chips!

[Sevaede]

I don't really know how to describe how Soni got his name. When it was decided that we were keeping him (Which was pretty much from second one!) I was looking at him and "Soni" popped into my head. He's got a very sunny disposition to match his name!

Isis was semi-planned. I wanted the name of a goddess for my new female kitten and was leaning toward Isis. The day after we got her, we had to rush her to the vet because of an emergency and we needed to have a name on file so I just picked Isis right then and there! Her attitude matches her namesake.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Seine is named after a character in the movie "Spirited Away," but it is also from the French river, La Seine, which runs through Paris- my favorite city! I think her name suits her well, Seine is a free spirit, just like a river and the movie character.

[G535]

All my cats, dogs, budgies and horses over the years have been named after the Irish relatives as they have such interesting names.

[Catty1]

Oscar - well, a couple of months before he was given to me, I saw paw prints in a dusting of snow outside the kennel where I work. I asked Ted (boss) who it was.

He had been taming and feeding this feral boy since the spring (I saw the prints in October), and he replied: "That's Oscar. Because he's WILD." (get it?)

They had him all "neuticled" and everything, and gave me my $200 sucky boy for Christmas. He is totally bonded to me, and is my heart cat!

COLE - he was dumped near the property (all acreages around there). Black fluffy boy...I thought of Coal, then realized that an artist like Oscar Mayer Wild needed a fellow artist, so Cole Rover Porter came about!

[lute]

i just started calling PiddyBob a bunch of silly names and i actually liked this name.haha.

Christopher is PiddyBob's kitten. he was the first one to start walkin around so i named him Christopher Walkin.

[Medusa]

Coco Puff, my Siamese, had the cutest little brown furry balls! When he was walking away, I said "They look like little coco puffs!" But alas, he had them removed, so I guess I should call him just Coco. Nah! Creamsicle is named for her coloring. When she first appeared on my porch, she was to tiny, I could hold her in one hand and my hands are small and I said "I could just eat you up; you look like a little Creamsicle." It stuck. Yoda was named after the character in Star Wars because her ears were flattened due to an ear polyp growing in one of them. (She has since had it removed, the polyp, not the ear. ) Specs got his name because he has white circles around both eyes that give the appearance that he's wearing spectacles. Boo is coal black and looks like a Halloween cat. His late sister, Peeka, was named that because she liked to peek around corners before entering a room. (Peeka and Boo, get it?) Pigeon was named after the cooing sound that she made when she first appeared in my red raspberry bush. And Puddy got her name from "I t'ought I taw a Puddy Tat", the old cartoon. It just fit.

Blessings,
Mary

[momcat]

I've been a big Marx Brothers fan for a lot of years and still love their movies. When I was in the pet shop looking at the baby kittens, a little head popped up. A little black and white baby with a Groucho Marx moustache. It was love at first sight! Groucho was the obvious name. At the vet's office another pet owner looked at him and said, "Yup, that must be a Groucho!"

[RobLynn]

Tangerine is orange, and I wanted to call her something stupid I guess. Cortney liked Tangerine, and so did Tang.

Boi brown AKA sox, was boots for about one day. My late friend Eric (rip) came over and said boots was too common, and sox sounded better. We called him sox, and Sox likes it. I call him boi brown more than anything though.

http://www.roblynn.org/sox.php

I mean look at him, he's freakin' brown!

[joycenalex]

mojo and magic are mother (mojo) and son (magic) a friend is from new orleans, she used the phrase mojo magick, and it stuck in my head. kira is from star trek and squirty was a tiny squirt of a kitten when she was rescued.

[rkidsrcats]

William (aka Willy YumYum) was named that at the shelter where he was born and lived for almost 2 years before we adopted him.

Percy Peapod was originally named Percival Proctor, but we started calling him Percy Peapod and that stuck.

Tiger was originally T.C. ( for TabbyCat ), he eventually be came Tiger Cat

Pippin was named Mr. Magoo when we adopted him from the shelter at 4 months. But we changed it to Pippin after a very brave and adventurous character in a book I was reading.

Norbert was originally named Bandit by our neighbor who kept him and 4 other cats on her porch for over 5 years. All of a sudden, she decided she didn't want them around any more and was threatening to turn them all out to fend for themselves. I found homes for 4 of them, but Bandit was pretty unsocialized, so we ended up adding him to our tribe. We didn't want any memories of his former caretaker, so we named him Norbert after the little dragon baby in Harry Potter ( always hissing at everything).

Finally, Scooter Pie was named Scooter by his Seattle foster mom. We got him and we didn't change it much, just added the Pie!

That's the Tribe!

[chocolatepuppy]

Sassy was named after the cat on Homeward Bound. She lives up to her name. Missy was already named when I got her and the name seemed to fit her so I kept it.

[Felicia's Mom]

I once heard a singer who's name was Felicia. I thought she had a beautiful voice and after hearing her name, I thought it was beautiful too. I didn't need a name at the time, so it was tucked aside until I needed one.

With Beau's name I don't remember.

Cleo a RB kitty, was from a pet shop where he was named Cleopatra. I just continued to call him Cleo. After realizing he was a male, his full name was changed to Cleophus. Which was a man's name from the Bible.