When I was a kid we got our first cat from one of my mom's students. Mom asked him what her name was and the kid said "Beats me!" So my mom wanted to name her "beats me". But my sister and I hated it, so mom called the kid's mom who said she had been calling her Corinne. Sister and I loved it, so we kept that.

When I was in my early 20's, my boyfriend and I got 2 cats. But we couldn't think of names for them so after 5-6 months, their nick names stuck. His kittie was "Pretty Baby" and mine was "Kitten Schmo" (you know, like Joe Schmo)

Boyfriend let them out before I took them to the vet to get fixed, and they both got pregnant at the same time!!! Well the last 2 from the litter were named Zeke and Zoe. We had planned to keep Zoe (I picked his name because it was my female cousin's name, and she was SO CUTE! And our cat was SO CUTE, he got called Zoe.)

Now, my current 3 cats:
Zeke - Well, the above Zeke was given away after a week. I couldn't name another cat Zoe (which I LOVED that name) so this cat got called Zeke.

Jordy - I used to have a friend who's cat was named Jordy and he was SO CUTE yet UGLY, and my cat reminded me of his cat Jordy. My Jordy is beautiful now, but he was ugly as a kitten. His name at the humane society was Foot because he's got 7 toes ON EACH FOOT!!!

Noel - she's a female, but I found her on Christmas Eve, so I wanted to pick a Christmasy name for her. I didn't want her to be Noelle, so she got Noel Her nickname is Noey or "the little Noey Girl"