How Did Your Cat Get His or Her Name?

[wolflady]

Sorry about this second post, and I know this is a little off the subject of cat names, but someone had mentioned an interest in stars. I thought I would share that the wolf education and research center where I volunteered in college had wolves that were given the name of stars...because they're so majestic. We had Vega, Altair, and Deneb

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"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb

[bookitty1231]

My cat Cruella was of course named after the one and only Cruella De Vil because as a kitten she was just cruel to her sister because she was a bit bigger and her sister Lianna was sick. She is a devious cat. Lianna was named after a girl in a book that I was reading. The girl was fragile and sick and it fit because so was she at the time.

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"As we all know, cats now rule the world."
--John R.F. Breen

[Logan]

I think I would like to have a star named after me, Martin. But definitely, it would be better to name it Logan than lhg0962. The only reason I was lhg0962 was because it was the e-mail name I was assigned by Compuserve and this was the first bulletin board I had participated in. Didn't know if it was kosher to put your real name on there! Well, from now on, I'm LOGAN!!!

[luvdemabys]

In may last year as a single, I adopted a gorgeous blue cat from a shelter...he was so beautiful (and , it turned out, foul tempered) I named him Gandalf the Grey after the great Wizard in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. My landlady kicked Gandy out and a wonderful friend agreed to keep him for me. Turns out I had to marry said friend to get my cat back! In the next 36 years, we have had many cats...all but one given names from Tolkien. They work great, elegant sounding names that suggest great nicknames. My favorite name may have been Glorfindel, a great Elven warrior in the trilogy, whose nickname was "Glorf." Everyone thought "Glorf" was a great name for a cat. Our last 8 or 9 cats have been Abyssinians, so the elegant names are appropriate. The current crop includes Eowyn (Wynki); Peregrin Took, the Thane (Pippin or just Pip), and Legolas (Li'l Guy.)

[Fuzzy317]

Originally posted by Martin:
? Fuzzy317; Thanks for the names. So, you’ve got Jackson, Eli, Rosie, Fluffy and Fuzzy all in one house! Dare I ask what your fiancée’s name is ?

Off the subject I know, but her name is Lynn (on motorcycle BBS she is RoLynn Chicane), and her youngest, also living here, is Chas (short for Charles, only his great-grandmother calls him Charles).
Living with her ex- is Chris her other son, Chrystal her other cat, and Sassie the dog. We left Chystal there because she was tested with FIV. Chrystal is about 8 now, tested positive for FIV about 5-6 years ago. We thought about retesting her, but she is up in age and could not handle the stress of a move anyway.


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Fuzzy317 - Recently adopted by a dog, 3 cats, and my fiancee

[wolflady]

luvdemabys, I just love that idea! The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books were some of my favorite fantasy readings growing up. You're right, there are good names to be found in J.R.R. Tolkien's books! Now why didn't I think of that??

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"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb

[Troy]

Martin,

"Footrot Flats" is a very famous (to Kiwis anyay) cartoon strip that has been around for many years. It is basically a diary of life on the farm from the perspective of "dog" the farm's border collie. Amongst the other characters is "horse"...
http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/ch_horse.shtml

[Fuzzy317]

I asked my fiancee and got specifics: Rosie is about 2, Eli is about 8, Jackson is about 10, and Fluffy is about 12

[bookitty1231]

My husband helped name are youngest cat. His name ended up being Wylie after Wylie Coyote, that's the last time my husband helps. Everyone at the vets office says it's so cute, he's the only Wylie they have.

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"As we all know, cats now rule the world."
--John R.F. Breen

[pam_pesto]

We chose the name Pesto for our little girl because we wanted something that was not a common animal name, but we also didn't want something human, or something that was neither but also sounded stupid as an animal name. I wrote out a list of whatever came to my head (a lot of spices made the list)but Pesto was the only one my husband agreed with. Everyone loves her name.

[4 feline house]

Pam Pesto-

I don't like naming my cats human names, either, for some reason that I can't even explain. Some human names are okay, like Charlie and Mickey and such, but even then those are generally human nicknames. My mom believes only in human names for her cats, which is fine if that's what you like, but I for some reason have trouble getting my tongue around such fine noble names as "Gordon" and "Michael" when they are being applied to a feline! But to each his own, I know, and I don't doubt that there are many people who laugh in scorn when they hear me talk about my "Biggle Wiggle Macka Jig" or, as he's otherwise known, "Big Mac".

[Fuzzy317]

I have never named a cat, they all were adoptions and thus had names. But thinking about it, I would tend to name them with human names. In my mind, a cat named Jackson seems easier to give respect, than a cat named Fluffy.

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Recently adopted by a dog, 3 cats, and my fiancee (goes by Vi Co Bi on this BBS)

[Pam]

4 Feline House...You may have something there about human names. My daughter is "expecting" and loves the name Andrew. She actually named our cat Andy. Well, now she feels she can't use it for her child, if it is a boy, because it is a cat's name!

[Helen]

I love this topic! When I was a child, every time we got a new pet, my dad would say to tease me, "Let's call him Jackson!" I always thought this was such an awful name, I wanted a real "pet" name. Now that I'm grown up, I would love to have a pet named Jackson, which would bring my dad's memory back to me, but, my three most recent cats have all been girls! So Fuzzy317, I'll let you know when I get my long awaited Jackson - the day WILL come!

I'm a "real name" fan, too. Sadie was Smudge when we adopted her, but I thought this was more a boy's name, and also I do like names to end in the "-ie" sound.

Threre's been some super subjects and posts recently, I've been so busy reading them, I can't find the time to post myself. I blame Martin!

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Helen

[Martin]

Yes, thanks Helen, I'm chuffed that I've managed to start a couple of lively topics so soon after finding this site