Maia's name is Roman, its the goddess of spring, rebirth, life and the month of May was named after the goddess Maia which is when I found her precious little kitty soul!
Lily's name was Felisity at the SPCA, which I didn't like. But, since she was two years old, I didn't want to change her name too much. It also kind of sounds like Kitty, in case they called her that. She took to the name right away!
Sparkle was named that because she brightened our world. We got her after the tragic death of our three pet chickens due to the negligence of a professional pet sitter. We should have named her Firecracker, I think.
Oberon, well, Husband named Oberon. I'm not sure why you name your cat after the King of the Fairies, but he IS very kingly.
Evie told us her name when we were still debating over adopting her! I wanted to name her Jessie, but she had something else in mind.
The pound was so crowded, they didn't name the pets, and she was just a nameless kitty until she told us what she wanted to be called.
P-Chan got her name because she's peaches and cream colored. When we adopted her, my blind grandmother asked what she looks like, and we answered "Peaches and Cream colored". The next question was "What will we name her?" And we decided to stick with the same answer! P-Chan is her nickname- P for Peaches, and Chan is a Japanese suffix used as a pet name, usually for young girls.
Sheba got her name because she thinks she's a queen...
Nigel came with his name when we rescued him.
Fed, well, hers is a strange story... Her mate was a brown velvet called "Brownie", and you know how UPS goes by brown, so what goes with UPS? FedEx... Hence "Fed".
Toku Ann is in parts- Toku is from my host mom's name "Tokuko", and Ann is both my mom and my boyfriend's grandma's middle names. So she's named after three different people!
Dino is called Dino after the dinosaur in the Flinstones - aint he cute
Pepsi was a Pepsi when we recused her - I didnt like to change it, thought she might have an identity crisis
Miss Moofi - well she was a rescue, the people called her Matthew after a cat they had in the UK, they realised 'he' was a she and changed it to Mafu - which when we fostered her I hated, cos I thought it sounded like fly spray
so that changed into Moofi
Teddy
our newbie, my friend in the UK had a black cat called Teddy and he was a darling...........well DH still thinks hes 'not a Teddy' so maybe that´ll change
We name our cat Houdini (over at the Bridge now) because when we found him, he was just a litty bitty kitty, and we put him in a box and he kept getting out. It didn't matter what we did, he just kept getting out. So my son said he was like a magician, so hence Houdini came up.
Cinnamon was a flame point Siamese so the name just fit perfectly
Karnu, a seal point Siamese, was sorta named after my first brand new car (Karnu = nukar = new car)
Cocoa was a chocolate point Siamese so, again, the name just fit perfectly
Sadie -- completely different story. She was originally named Seven (for being 7th in her litter), then briefly renamed Roxie (but DH didn't like that name). Not sure where Sadie came from, but it just stuck. Now, I couldn't imagine her name being anything other than Lotospots Sadie.
Mistoflees- As in TS Eliot's poems about cats he is "Black from his ears to the tip of his tail". Well- he used to be. Since he's gotten older he's got white hairs mixed in.
Sneaky Pie- named after Rita Mae Brown's kitty in her Sneaky Pie mysteries. The kids thought it would be cute. She's got Sneaky Pie's attitude (if you've ever read her books my Sneaky can act like her Sneaky) but she doesn't look like her. Rita Mae's Sneaky Pie is a grey tabby, my Sneaky Pie is a Tortishell Tabby (or a torbie).
Mistoflees comes to "old man" he's 15 years old. Sneaky Pie also answers to "round cat", she's got a little weight problem
we discovered Wonton outside of a Wonton Noodle House, because my bf had a sudden craving for Wonton soup. Had he not wanted the soup, we wouldn't have gone there, and never would have found our baby... so I named him Wonton. We usually just call him "booboo" though
Viola's points looked almost purple when she was a kitten (Violet) I also love the play 12th Night. Her original name was Roo. I sometimes still call her that. Natasha came with her name and since she was almost 2 I didnt want to change it. I usually just call her Tasha.