What was your cat's original name?

**Pawsitive Thinking** · 02-06-2006, 11:43 AM

Brody was originally Lucky....

**bleupurrs** · 02-06-2006, 11:57 AM

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...

**Don Juan's mom** · 02-06-2006, 12:19 PM

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.

(Fortunately, bridegroom Masetto turns up just in the nick of time.) And my Zerlina has just the same sweet-and-spicy temperament.

Liz

**cassiesmom** · 06-13-2007, 08:54 PM

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...