How did you name your cat(s)?

[keziah]

Figo is named after Luis Figo, the portugese football player who player for two of the biggest clubs in the world (barca and madrid)

[meep]

Darcy - When I saw him I thought he was a proper handsome gentleman, a real ladies man, and so named him after Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy (also I'm an English Lit. graduate, so it was appropriate )

Stravinsky - my partner name Stravinsky, it didnt roll off my tongue at first but I admit that it suits his really laid back personality and quite 'arty' look. Also, Minsky for short suits him.

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Other cats:

Chaska - we found her when she was one day old, abondoned by her mum as the runt of the litter. So we raised her by hand, so wanted to pick out a special name for her. My sister did some research online and found that Chaska is the Peruvian Goddess of Princesses. And it's a very pretty, unusual name

Sophie - we rescued her from Cp and her name was Selina (ick). At my ballet class there was a girl called Sophie and I kept calling HER selina, and the cat sophie. So it stuck! And she is such a wee pretty thing.

[Hreow]

Rover - named by Better Half. Can you guess he's a dog person? ^^He was called Sleepy by the breeder as a "kennel-name". I only use his name when I'm wanting him to come home, otherwise its Kitten, Kittens, Cat, Fluffule, Monster, Bigfoot etc. depending on mood and occasion.

All my other cats had already been named when they adopted me, and it seemed unnecessary to rename them. (See above stack of useful, occasional names for felines. )

[Alison]

Ok here's how my cats were named.

Domino because she's black & white like a domino
Tigger because he bounced around just like Tigger in Winnie the Pooh
Shadow because he's all black, although he's looking more of a dark brown now
Peppa named after the cartoon character Peppa Pig
George named after Peppa Pig's brother in the cartoon
Candy following on from Peppa Pig, named after a friend of Peppa's in the cartoon called Candy Cat.

[Phoenix]

Smudge because when we had her she had a black smudge on her nose
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Beauty because I think she's beautiful! End of! She was called Enid but I didn't think that name suited her.

[Elaine]

Ghandi, god only knows why I named him that as he was anything but placid
Winston, was gonna be called Luther but felt he suited Winston better.
Mutley, just coz I thought it was cute.
Katt, because thats what she was and i couldnt think of anything else.
Eva, originally named Eva Braun Pirie Pinsent, she looked like she'd be a little Nazi cat but we couldnt obviously call her Hitler now could we? She very quickly became Eva the Diva though
Bernie, was originally to be called Jenny until we were informed he had pompoms. Jenny as in Jenny Agutter who was in the Railway children as was Bernie Cribbens. Bernie was found living on a railway in North Wales.

[kado]

Kado is named after a lion in longleat safarri park and is also the japaneese art of flower arranging.
Guinness (who started off as tabitha ) got his name because he came from a pub.
Chester is a cartoon Character
Troy is in high school musical
Simon and Kay where named after two people we met from england when we where in america.

[Kay]

Tilly:- was already named when we got her as she was 2 yrs old.
Tate:- was named after the film with Cher in called "Little Man Tate". He just looked like a little man when I first saw him.
Angel:- She just looked like an angel......big mistake!!!
Leila:- is a Persian name and means dark or dark as the night and although she is a tortie her black parts are very black.
Phoebe:- was named after Phoebe in friends as it is Simon's fav programme.
Kisses:- was already named and really suited it.
Jilly:- was named by her new owner from whom I had to take her back. It didn't seem fair to change her name as she was going through enough.
Ruby:- as she was a red born on a Tuesday her registered name was Tilsie Ruby Tuesday so Ruby was obvious.
Cory:- was from a character in the book "Flowers In The Attic" which I love.
Roxy:- is also a Persian name and it means "dawn of the day"
Shannon:- was named after a little girl I know.
Kirah:- is another Persian name.
Lyle:- because it goes with Tate so well. Tate & Lyle

[Kazz]

Cleo because it suited her down to the ground not Chloe Cleo.....althjough for some reason she also in her older years became known as Daisy Mae????????????????dont ask me her idea,

Oscar was going to be Flynn/Flint and was for a while (hours)but became Oscar because it suited him and he liked it....

[dumbblondie]

i named my kitten after his blue eyes topaz which then helped me chose his registered name aspiritous diamond