What was your cat's original name?

**Grace** · 06-13-2007, 09:38 PM

This was fun - reading this post again after a few years. Since last I posted we have added one - Charley. Named after another black & white who passed through our lives 8 years ago.

Charley answers to that name, and to Chuck and Pudge. Truth be told, once he hears my voice he comes a running.

**carole** · 06-13-2007, 10:33 PM

I have no idea what lexie and Ash were previously called, but my other two adopted furbabies were Duchess and Victoria, she named them after the royal family, pity she did not see fit to treat them as royalty, but that has all changed of course, now they are, but i did not want them to have any association with that horrible woman, so i changed them to Ellie-mae and Nikkita.

**Catty1** · 06-13-2007, 10:35 PM

Oscar was called Oscar by my former kennel boss, as he tamed Oscar from being "wild"....

Cole I named on my own, as he is black.

**Scooter's Mom** · 06-13-2007, 11:28 PM

Scooter Bug was originally going to be named Fizgig - after a cartoon creature in (I think) the Dark Crystal. (I am not certain what movie, really - my ex-hubby loved it.) But, he would sit at the foot of the bed while I was laying there watching tv and he'd scoot up the bed, 1 inch at a time... and then bug the heck out of me. So he named himself - Scooter Bug!

Charlie was originally Calvin at the shelter. I tried calling him Calvin for 2 weeks. He was NOT a Calvin. He's been Charlie ever since. We say, "Sorry Charlie" a lot when we have to medicate him. Poor little guy.

Crystal

**Laura's Babies** · 06-14-2007, 08:32 AM

I love this thread! OK...

Chester has always been Chester...

Amy has always been Amy... I got them both at about 8 weeks and gave them their names.

Giz was named Gizmo which didn't fit her like Giz (Cuz I call her Dizzy Gizzy sometimes). She had Gizmo when I got her but I shortened it immediately.

Samantha was Midnight when I got her and it didn't fit her at all. It only took her about 12 hours to respond to Samantha when I called her that. It is a great fit and even she knows it!

**Pawla** · 06-14-2007, 08:43 AM

I can't imagine a cat named Paula, and that's my name! It just doesn't seem to fit a cat. I like Luna and Lilly much better. When we found Squeak we named her Lucy. Her meow is squeaky, so Squeak became what we called her. When I got El we named HIM Ellie. Needless to say why that changed.

**kittycats_delight** · 06-14-2007, 08:46 AM

My first cat as a semi adult (I was 17 when I got her) was Mytsi and she was the kitten of my grandmother's cat Patches. I choose her at just 2 weeks old and I named her then so her name was always Mytsi.

Lilith was always Lilith too as she was completely unsocialized. The guy that had the mother never touched the kittens except the day he brought them to the rescue.

Vixen was Lulu. Named by my mother's friend's daughter.

Phoenix was Lupona. Which means big wolf in english. The lady that was fostering her also had a Lupetta which is little wolf in english.

Bella was a stray and so I have no idea if she ever had a name before I named her.

The 4 babies I named.

And Vega I have no idea either cause she was abandoned.

**Taz_Zoee** · 06-14-2007, 12:07 PM

I got Taz almost 12 years ago when he was only a few months old. And I can't remember the name his previous family had for him.

I asked my sister, who brought him home to me, and she can't remember either. Oh well, he's been Taz (with a million nick names) for so long now.

Now Zoee (I know she's not a cat) was named Bonnee at the breeders. And we kept with the double E theme without even realizing it was the theme of the litter.

**bleupurrs** · 06-14-2007, 12:13 PM

My Zöe has always had that name, but her momma was named
Morning Glory when I got her...she is kinda ditsy so I renamed her
Phoebe for Lisa Kudrow's character on the TV program, 'Friends'...

**buttercup132** · 06-14-2007, 02:36 PM

Hank was born on the 4th of July so him and his brothers were named Stars, Stripes and Yankee Hank was Stars.

Molly was named Shiffra pronounced Shif-raa.

Duckie was Kagmoe pronounced Ka-Gome-eh. It was the name of some Anime cartoon character.

And Ivy was name Cairo. After something in Egypt.

**orangemm** · 06-14-2007, 03:00 PM

When we adopted Archy and Binky, their names were Watson (Archy) and Sherlock (Binky). We are both big fans of the McNally mystery series written by Lawrence Sanders.

Archy, our tuxie, is always well dressed and outgoing, so Archy McNally's name seemed perfect for him. Binky, as his sidekick, is laid-back just like the character he was named for.

**Medusa** · 06-15-2007, 03:00 PM

My cats have all retained their original names but, of course, I call them something different now and then. Puddy is "Shnorkey" and "The Pudilator", Boo is "Boo Bear", Yoda is "Yodie Yodie" or "Yodifer", Pigeon is "Pidgie Pie", "Pidglet" or "Soot Foot", Creamsicle is "Cgirl" or "Agent Orange" when she's really bad, Coco Puff is "Bad Boy Blue Eyes", Specs is "Speckers" or "Speculator" and RB Peeka was "Peeka Pie" and "Adolph".