What was your Pre-Adoption name?

Hmmm I've only adopted a few and none had names. Mitten (my first cat) - I'm sure he had a name but he was a stray so we don't know. The other two I adopted from the shelter were kittens and had no names; so I got to name them Raggy Ann (brown patched tabby) and Reds (red mctabby/white). The rest were either cats we kept from the barn and named them or pedigree ones we got to name.

Now our lab - she's had 3-4 names (original name, shelter name, 2nd owner name, and her present name). She was named Grace by the shelter, Angel by the 2nd owner, and Keno by us

Mittens didn't have a name

Cassy's name was Cass (on her collar)

My dog's name was Moses, it's Sheppy now, he's half chow/half Shetland.

Sorry, I had to mention him, he's been having issues lately because I've been giving the 'girls' ALL the attention lately--

Alfie was Berry, they named the whole litter of kittens after top brand names and Berry comes from burberry!!!

We kept Oreo's name when we adopted her. We thought it fit (especially after she put some weight on and is now double stuffed Oreo) . Our newest addition was called Astro at the shelter. I could not get over the fact that the Jetson's dog was named that We re-named him Jazz.

Scratch most likely didn't have a name (she was from a farm with 43982874 cats) and Squee was Kitty.

Neither Löki nor Jacob had names previously!

Luna - no prior name
Patches was Patches
Beauty was Sleeping Beauty (just shorten it)
Whitey was Mickey.

Tom was Jack. His sister was named Jill.

Emma was named Emma from the moment I met her. I didn't pick her name, I just knew it. I don't really know how to explain that... Her previous owners didn't even COUNT all the kittens or remember their ages, much less name them. Same with Chili. I was never quite happy with our Chili Pepper's name... couldn't figure out the right one. I literally went through HUNDREDS and still couldn't find the right one. Last month I had that same.. sort of, knowing that I felt with Emma the second I picked her up.. *sigh* Why couldn't I have figured out the right name for her then? Yeesh. I can't even change it now.

Midnight was named Midnight by the 9 year old girl whose grandparents owned him. I loathe the name, but since that's what everyone knows him as, I guess it has to stay. But I shortened his name to Middie--that fits him just fine.

Opie was "Garfield" - SUCH a cliche. Since he is a mischievous redhead, I re-christened him. Rowdy didn't have a name but she quickly EARNED one. Buddy's name suits him and I let him keep it.

Sophie

I can only assume that the people who surrendered him to the shelter thought he was a girl but never changed his name when they had him neutered instead of spayed.

Quill was "Chopper."

He's not a biker kitty, and it just didn't suit him at all and I hate the name anyway. But he's learned his new name very well I think.

Namine was "Madame Moment." Yea, we definitely weren't keeping that. Plus we already had her name picked out to "match" our other cat, Kairi.

I big dog Rosie , was a rescue dog had no name
Sophie was named Fancy (yuk) a fluffy toy pom
the kids named our kitty "Lucky" because she's lucky I found her (she was abandoned as a newborn on my lawn)
all three of my adopted human children have the names their birth parents gave them

Ox had a really odd name but it was 16 years ago so I don't remember it!!
Grizzlie's name is original and so is bobber (dad was tigger bob-both actually barn cats) and bobbers sibling my SIL names dusty bob.
Bakker's name was slash for the white slash of fur between his eyes (terrible name!!)

Of the guys that were adopted, they all kept their pound names; I just added a jellicle tribe surname to them

Mischief became Mischief Mistoffolees
Trace became Trace Tumblebrutus
Peanut became Peanut Butterum
Sassy became Sassy Sasparilla

The rescues I gave a name to match either their appearance, their personality, or the circumstances around their rescue; and then still added a jellicle surname.

Hobo Skimbleshanks; because he rode into town on a freight train
Diva Etcetera D'Calico; boy is she ever
Blondie Rumpleteaser; because she is such a soft red that she looks blond
Freeway Carbuckety; 'cause I found him on the freeway

Trent and Ophelia didn't have names before us.

Mojo was Mojo in the shelter, and no matter what I tried to change it to Earl didn't want to change it. That's OK, though...she's a Mojo, and we like to think of her being named after Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls. She is a silly monkey, after all.

Ginger was named by Eileen's cousin's children, and they did a very good job in naming her. Eileen just told me when we met at the TCS meet up in Ohio last month that her original name was Ginger Cookie Pillow (3 kids, 3 names - the youngest who was about 2 1/2, I think she said, did the Pillow part) Eileen dropped the "Pillow" to make her Ginger Cookie. And it definitely fits her - a pretty dilute calico with pretty Ginger markings, and she's sweet as a Cookie!

Clyde Lee was Klee, for the painter...

Pearl Noelle was Garbo, for the sad-eyed, reclusive actress... probably because Pearl's eyes are just heart-melting.

Abby Helen was Mona Lisa...

Sassy Lane was Sissy, which probably means she had a brother named Bubba.

St. John Dundee was Bach, and he does seem to like music...

...and Dylan Ishmael... well, we didn't know it until we looked again through his adoption papers a couple of years later, but his name at the shelter was Harrison! We figure it was for Harrison Ford, which is perfect. Dylan really does have that same larger-than-life presence and authoritative attitude!

The cats previous names were....

Reyah was Alice at the shelter.

Hera was Amber at the shelter.

Lucina was Lucy from her previous owner. Since she knows her name, we wanted to leave it, but had to find a way to incorporate it into the Greek theme we had going. Lucina fit, because I call her Lucy Luncina.

Thalia was Checkers by the lady who took in her pregnant mom.

Hecate didn't have a name when we took her in from the other lady who had taken in a pregnant mom.

Raven was Daffy (as in Daffy Duck)
Nabu was Bugs (as in Bugs Bunny) and Samantha
Raven and Nabu's previous names were all picked by kids, and they didn't respond to any of them. They do however respond to Raven and Nabu.

Stimpy didn't have a name. Just a number.

Forest was and is Forest. ( Really I have named a gazzillion cats...I don't need to name anymore. )


And Georgio & Armani are intake number 28456 & 28457....lol. I took them into "Foster care" when I laid my eyes on them. They were still in stray holding two abandoned kittens. So I named them myself.

Now I just call both of them weirdo's. Cause that's what they are. I am sure if cat's could be commited, mine would.