How do you name your Kitties?

Lets see, Willie we kept his name that, thats what they named him at the shelter and it just suited him somehow and we liked it so we kept it'
Midnight had that name already
Bella, well it took a few days of going back and forth for a name and well my mom said Bella and it just stuck in my head so I said ok and well I love that name now
Stormie, well her coloring was so odd and she really didnt have a personality yet seeing how we got her and she did play the first day but she had a bad URI and it was a month to a month in a half long process to get her to her bratty self It was soo funny tho becuase I was thinking all night about names and I kept thinking Stormie so the next morning I went to tell my mom that and she was thinking the same thing
Blue, well my mom wanted a grey kittie to name Blue we were actually thinking bout the male and she was going to call him Mr.Blue but then we ended up with Blue and we knocked the Mr. off and well the lady brought her when she met us and well we fell in LOVE, we didnt get to see the male grey because he got nuetered that day but blue is a trip
Tessa, well me and my mom had a few days to think of names and well my mom wanted a different name and cute and sufficicated i think and she said Tessa and we were still going over names and I told her to go with Tessa she liked that name and it just stuck in my head

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

One of my sisters couldn't wrap her head around the fact that I named my black cat "Lily." She kept telling me "Lillies are white!" Lily's shelter name was Felisity, which I didn't really like, but I wanted something that sounded similar. Also, she's very gentle and soft; I didn't even think about her color!

How did you name your cats?

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Did you go by their looks? How they feel? Their temperaments and personalities? Something else? Please share!

Cheers, from
SwampWitch

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Persi: short for Persian (yes, a Himalayan is a Persian)
Alley: because she was found in a dumpster in an alley

All my cats have Italian names and always will!
Bella was named because she is/was Beautiful and that's what Bella means in Italian. And it's my favorite name EVER!
Sophia was named after Sophia Loren, DH named her.
Severino was named after a family friend who has since passed.
Joey, we call him Joey to stick with the Italian thing but he is named after Joe Gibbs, the Hall of Fame Redskin Coach...Because when Joey came to us Joe Gibbs came back to the Redskins after retiring.

So I don't wait to see the personality I just Love Italian names.

Melchett was Melchett when we got him - we aren't sure why - however, remebering Lord Melchett in the Blackadder comedy series (very regal but a bit dim!!! ) we decided it was pretty apt, so he stayed Melchett (also he was 6 when we got him, and I thought it a bit mean to change his name!)

Max and Paddy were brothers and best of friends - they were named after the characters in a British comedy show called 'Max and Paddy on the Road to Nowhere' (paddy was first named due to his little white paddy paws!)

Ben is not short for Benjamin as some folks think - as demonstrated in the following photo he had (and still has) them most lovely spotted markings, a little like a Bengal - so he became Ben



Bless his little spotty back!

Puff's shelter name was Elexi. I was going to shorten it to Lex because Elexi just sounds feminine. But my daughter didn't like it. After a few days of getting to know him better we decided on Mr. Puff because he kept "puffing" up at our dog. And pretty much anything else that moved.

8-Bit is named after the Nintendo game system we had when we were kids. Scratch Fury Destroyer of Worlds was named after a kitty in the web comic PVP, and Dr Dee Claw was named after the vilian in Inspector Gadget, and because the previous owners declawed him.

Bit, Scratch, and Claw were all named to go along with the kitty related theme we have going on.

Well Pekoe I named months and months before I got him. I was having some Orange Pekoe tea and thought that Pekoe is just about the cutest word ever and would be adorable for when I get my kittens. So, I was thrilled with I found a sweet little orange kitten who fit the name perfectly. (And yes, his full name is Orange Pekoe but he rarely gets called that).

Nigel was a lot harder. It was about a week before I got a good one for him. He was really shy and skiddish at first, but also very inquisitive. Sometimes he's referred to as my "little professor" because he likes to try and understand EVERYTHING. And to me, the name Nigel just kind of fits these characteristics. (Plus, as my sister pointed out, Nigel is an uncommon name here, so it's pretty unlikely I'll ever date or marry someone with the same name as my cat!) I looked it up the other day and found out it means "black one" so I think it's pretty fitting, even though I didn't know that when I chose it.

Stanley came with his name. I could have changed it, but after looking at him through the glass thinking Stanley it definitely stuck. Now that I've had him for a year it really does suit him.

Sadie I got from my sister who had named her Stitch (her other cat is Lilo). But that didn't suit her at all so when I got her papers I saw that her original name was Sailor. Not really good for a female cat (imo) so I tried to find something at least a little similar to her original name. I thought of Sadie and named her that but then didn't really like it so I searched, and searched for a few days trying to figure out what to name her but in those few days she became Sadie.

I am awefull at naming cats. I have learned that sooner or latter you end up calling them somthing that they want to hear. In essance. my cats name them selfs. Romeo became Whooda. Tweenie became Bink. I dont like the name Bink so much, but she does.

Buffy and Molly were named for their personalities, or something like that. Their names just FIT. Molly looks like a Molly, and Buffy looks like a Buffy (plus she has the personality of Buffy from the show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, lol). Willow was named for the Pussy Willow tree, but she's not sweet. She's just grey and soft, that's it, lol

When Penelope found me, I spent 3 days saying names to her. None of them "looked" like her. Until I spoke Penelope. She looks like a Penelope!!

Maverick was a pre-planned name before we adopted him. But it fits. He lives up to that name in more ways than one!!

I forgot to mention that Lucky was named that because, well shes lucky to be alive!! DH had to help her be born and I had to do some mouth to mouth on her.

When my niece heard that I had decided to get a male cat she said "we can name him Chester".

I'm not sure where she got that idea but it was a good one because when I found the cat that I wanted he had a girl's name.

When the person at the shelter asked if I was taking him I said yes and his name is Chester.

Chester is a cutie and that's such a cute story!!

I like how "Ben" was named 4BadCats!

raven's name was chosen because he's black and raven just fits him.

nabu was named by a roommate in college. it's short for nabuchednezzar, who was one of the 3 that the one in the bible is based on. nabu is named after a crazy king. and it fits. nabu is crazy and acts like royalty. my roommate was a history and archeology double major.

stimpy was named by my husband. it was part of the agreement. i could bring him home, but the hubby got to name him. he picked stimpy because stimpy looks like he's smiling like the cartoon stimpy (of ren & stimpy).

Both of my kitties were already named when they came to me and I didn't want to change their names after they were used to them.

I don't go by looks at all...I would be the last person to name my black cat "blacky" .

I just think of something that I think resembles the cat, then boom there is the name.

Ohh, Ben is such a cutie with his spotted back and fluffiness! What breed is he, or what mix?

I don't name my guys any way in particular. They just seem to have names that stick. I named Petunia because she reminded me of the little girl skunk in 'Bambi'. My ex named Pepper and it just stuck I thought another name would be better for Pepper (and I can't for the life of me remember what it was now!), but Pepper just stuck.

They kinda get named by what they seem to answer to.
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heyu name from the apl was trisha, but answers to heyu and kitty. not to traisa
Eazy name on the coller said harry, but would turn and meow or stop what he was doing when i said eazy, thus his name is now eazy