William - that was his name at the shelter. We morphed it into Willy Yum Yum.

Norbert - his original name was Bandit, but the person who had him before didn't like cats, so we renamed him when he entered our witness protection program Norbert was Hagrid's pet dragon in Harry Potter - he still hisses at us when startled.

Percy Peapod - Hubby named him Percival (after an airplane engine that purred like he does) and we added Peapod because he used to meow when the Shop & Stop grocery jingle came on the radio or when we sang it to him. It was about their delivery service called "Peapod".

Pippin - another great choice by the Hubby - a literary character, but I don't know where from. Morphed into Skippity Pip, Pip Squeak and The Squeak.

Tiger - He has a bunch of other names, but he's just such a Tiger Cat, he couldn't be named anything else. He didn't have a name yet at the shelter, so we first called him TC (Tabby Cat) and now Tiger.

Sam's not a cat, but he's named Samson because he so big and strong.