How did your kitty get its name?

**chrangharris** · 07-29-2004, 08:58 AM

Oh what a fun thread!

Patches- We picked him up at a shelter. I loved the unusual placings of white and black on him. He has half a mustach, a little streak of white splotches down his back, a perfect black circle on his belly and a few other strategically placed markings not fit to be shared in polite company

. The names just seemed to fit him.

Ezzie- We also got her from a shelter but she was full grown. They had named her Ezmeralda- she knew her name so we shortened it down to Ezzie.

Oreo- We had rescued a tub of kittens and Oreo was in the litter. We named all the kittens and he was the last one so we kept him. He has a black head, a white band and then a black band like an Oreo cookie!

**prechrswife** · 07-29-2004, 09:25 AM

Saphirah - She belonged to my husband before we got married. She is named after Sapphira in the Bible. Sapphira and her husband were struck down by God for their selfish behavior. Since cats are notoriously selfish, the name fit.

Chloe - Since we already had a biblical theme going, I took out a Bible with a list of names in the back and started looking for a fitting name for our newest kitty. Chloe seemed to be the name that fit her the best. (Chloe is actually a rather obscure name in the Bible. She was mentioned in one of the epistles, just in case anyone was wondering.)

Samson - Again, we stuck with our Biblical name theme. Samson is a male cat, and he has long hair, thus the name Samson.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-29-2004, 11:15 AM

prechrswife, I thought I noticed a biblical theme there

Thanks guys for all the responses, this is so cool, knowing where the names of my favorite kittes came from

**Jari's Mama** · 07-29-2004, 05:25 PM

This is a fun thread. Its great to read where all the kitty names come from.

Jack O'Lantern--He's all black and guessing his age put his birthday around the end of October. He was a neighborhood stray for quite awhile before we adopted him. We found out later that several other neighbors called him versions of Jack. One gal called him Jack and another Panama Jack and yet another Black Jack.

Jari Kurri and Uwe Krupp--After Denise (a cat who never shut up named after a friend of mine who never shut up either) passed on, DH frequently mentioned that I just might have to have another cat (this from the man who says he hates cats so this was a big deal). One day we went to the vet's and he had a couple of tabby kittens. DH said I could have them both. We brought them home, he took them into his room and came out later to declare their names. They were named after NHL hockey players. Once Uwe was very happy because the guy on TV knew his name. Now we call him Pooey so much I don't think he'd recognize Uwe.

Fido--Oh poor Fido, what a terrible name. I often rescued dumped cats, checked them out at the vet, took them home and then worked on finding them homes. My DH gave them all temporary names like Fred, Bob, Cat, Spot, Dash, and finally Fido. Well, Fido turned out to not be adoptable because he would growl and bite when people came to look at him. Once we decided to keep him, Fido quit doing that. Apparently he decided he had found his home and would do what it took to stay. By then we'd called him Fido for so long it just sort of stuck. We call him Mister Doh more often than Fido. Early on I thought maybe we could change Fido to Floyd.

Smudge--I had the name before I had the cat. I always thought Smudge would be a good name for a multi-colored hodge podge cat. Smudge is a tortie manx, and the name totally fits.