What was your Pre-Adoption name?

Puff was Elexis before I adopted him. I thought it sounded like a girls name.

Ginger was "Jangles," which I HATED. I think she did too, since she sent me her current name telepathically after I took her home with me.

Penny is formally known as Tigris Picassos Penchant, Penny for short. I'm not changing it, she is as pretty as a bright & shiny new copper penny.

And Ferris was named Ferris by his foster family. I liked it, I kept it. He is TOTALLY a Ferris.

Mica was Gilbert (long story)
Mala was Momo.
And Sam was a stray, so I don't know his previous name

Levi was Orion
Jordan was Grover
Isaac was Fitzgerald
Maggie was Tango

Tonka was Max... I didn't think it fit his personality so I changed it

Bayley was Luna... didn't fit him at all! He's DEFINATELY a Bayley!

Harley was... nothing! He didn't have a name when we got him

Zoey was Darla

Gidget was Gidget she is a Gigi

Patsy leah was Nikita

Sassy has always been Sassy because they hadn't given him a name at the shelter before I adopted him..He was grey kitten #4.

Linus was Baxter which was an okay name because he sort of does look like a Baxter, however the day I brought him home he hide under the blanket in his cat carrier and refused to come out for several hours...my first conversation with him was something like, "your just like Linus with your security blanket " and from that moment on he was Linus, or Linny for short.

Scratch Fury Destroyer of Worlds was Rocky. Now, I have no idea what his foster Meowmy was thinking, but in no way was he a Rocky.

None of mine had names before I got them.

Our bengals have been through 2 name changes since their original owner named them, and then the foster mom called them something else because the first names didn't fit them, and then we renamed them (well, only slightly in one case. They were originally Yin and Yang, and I have no idea which was which. Then the boy became Raj, which we changed to Rajah (technically Thundering Rajah, but we've not sent those papers in yet) and the girl became Precious and we changed it to Tigerlily (Lily for short - formal name is Dancing Tigerlily, but we've not send the papers in).

Eliza has always been Eliza since I met her only a few hours after her birth to the pregnent stray that showed up at my mom's house. Her full name (not pedigreed of course, but we think cats deserve a very formal name) is Elizah Doolittle.

Our dear Penni was also always Penni, but her full name was Penelope Von Bentwhisker. Another former cat was Jeanette when I adopted her, but I changed that to Jenni-fur Marie Van Bentwhisker, or Jenni for short.

Riley's name at the rescue was Toby but I didn't think it suited him.

Nollee was Princess (no thanks... too common)
Osiris was Oscar (had to make the change on that one...)
Tiger is and always has been Tiger...

Fosters (dog)was origionally "Noah" - he was found wondering on a street called "noah lane" not too far from where we live now. Colin named him Fosters after the Australian beer because he said "well he's an australian shepherd- he should have an australian sounding name" - someone please tell him these dogs are from America

Whiskey (dog) was origionally "Digger" - uhhh i HATED that name! I changed his name to Whiskey because we kind of had an "alcohol" theme going on with Fosters name Funny thing is we don't drink much at all.

Velvet was origionally "Topsy"

Kojak - i had him since he was a baby- i origionally named him "Kolar" but my family hated that name so Colin changed it to Kojak - like the lollipop detective

Jasmine was origionally named Jasmine -then her first owners changed it to "Mia" when they adopted her. When she was brought back to the rescue- they didn't tell us that so I started calling her Jasmine thinking i was calling her by the name she knew. So she goes by Jasmine now.

Isabella- i named her myself.

I seriously just remembered this.
My friends that found Zissou and kept her only a day or so were calling her "Killa". LOL

Ophelia was Lola.
Dorian Grey was Chico.
Molly was Molly
The others I named.

I don't know what Chynna's name was before she adopted me. I left Abby with the name she was given by her foster meowmy.

My parents sort of adopted (long story) my grandmother's cat when she moved. She named him "Mister Black" which we all hated. We wanted to change it, but we never got around to teaching him a new name. So he crossed the bridge as "Mister Black"

JoJo was Butterscotch. Now, I hate butterscotch flavoring in anything... blech. So i took her home and it took over a week before i figured out her name... still don't know why it became JoJo, but oh well!

Jack was Aaron at the rescue. It really didn't fit. My original plan was to name him Josh/Joshua... (Grobanite here, shush) but the ladies said they'd given him a nickname of JackRabbit. He leaps, from sitting, no butt-wiggle, nothing. He can get a good 6-8 feet out too, before landing. the name stuck... but i took Rabbit off... and it still works with the Grobanite reference... his father's name is Jack.

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