Pieper Erin is a pint-sized black ASH--with some Bombay mixed in I think--she has those "bald" spots beneath her ears...ANYWAY, the name just came to me...she has always been shy and so ladylike...someone told me that in Dutch, Pieper means "lurking" (this was after she had been named for about a year) ... and she certainly does that as she checks out what's going on before committing herself.

My black and white tuxedo with the five digit front feet was named AllicaT (Allica-T) because she was a fiesty, huge round ball of a cat...her manners could have used some improvement...I got her and Pieper at almost the same time and I used to say that Pieper was Princess Grace to Allie's Eliza Dootlittle! Hence the alley cat reference seemed perfect.

My Mom named her Maine Coon Charlie Four Paws -- Charlie after her boyfriend and Four Paws after the groomer...