Names

[Kazz]

I like Chester, Chivers and a suggestion Oliver or Ambrose,

[CathyW]

monty is a good name for a lovely boy

[LMC]

From Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (T S Eliot)

The naming of cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

[Kay]

Don't know about THREE DIFFERENT NAMES, DM is having a hard enough job picking one each.

[Kazz]

As soon as she see's them she'll know their names; cats choose their own.

Cleo looked like a Cleo from the first moment I saw her - never considered the name before.

Oscar's name just came to me the day after I got them. He spent the first day being called Harry but it did not suit him at all. Oscar was him to a tee.

[LMC]

Originally Posted by Kazz

As soon as she see's them she'll know their names; cats choose their own.

Only Molly has kept her name (she'd already lost two homes and her friend, couldn't take her name off her as well). Jenny got her name within 24 hours, Snowy even before I took her home from the shelter, Amber took a bit longer (and was nearly Amaretto )

[dinahsmum]

Quite right - you have to take care with names and often the first one doesn't stick!
Or they need more than one
I told you that my daughters vet was confused and thought she may have 5 cats (she has 2!) because there were so many names

[Kazz]

Well Cleo is also known as Daisy May no idea why she just chose it.

[Kazz]

I like the name Tobias too

[Moli]

Love the name Maxwell, what about Aslan??