Whats in the name?

Tyson-He was named because I love boxing and love Mike Tyson AS A FIGHTER ONLY. I disagree with pretty much everything he does outside the ring, and some inside the ring, but he is a great fighter no matter what he does.

Tinky-Name was Tinkerbell, named by Tara when we thought it was a girl. Found out it was a boy, tried to change the name to Rocky, but we kept calling him Tinky so we stuck with it.

Sophie-Chosen by Tara just because she looks like a Sophie.

Asia-It was between Paris or Asia. I'm not sure how we came up with those two names but we chose Asia. Tara kind of wishes she would have named her Peanut now that she's staying so little, but we're sticking with Asia.

I *love* this thread.

Parrot
She was my very first cat ever. My dad had just thrown me out of the house, and I had just got my first place to live. She hated my roommate, and would ride around on my shoulder (still will actually, just not as often) and squack and hiss at everyone else and then purr and nuzzle on me. I called her my modern day parrot, and the name just kind of stuck.

Cow
We got him from the animal shelter, and his name already was ike and his sister was tina. As I didn't want my cat named after a wife beater, we thought about it, and as we sat in the kitchen, where his food was, and watched him eat and came up with cow cause he was ssooo hungry. When he was younger, his markings looked cow-ish as well. Now a days, we hardly ever call him cow. It's either cowboy, moo-baby, or bubba kitty. He responds to them all.

Monkey
We already had 2 cats named after other animals, and we descided to stick with the theme. Monkey had a tail that was WAY to long for his body, and reminded us of a sider monkey, especially with his markings. He was also very skinny, and agile, so we thought monkey fit him. Looking back, we should have named him piggy, lol.

You all have some WONDERFUL names!

-Jade

Originally Posted by DRIVEN

Tinky-Name was Tinkerbell, named by Tara when we thought it was a girl. Found out it was a boy, tried to change the name to Rocky, but we kept calling him Tinky so we stuck with it.

Sophie-Chosen by Tara just because she looks like a Sophie.

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Tinky could also be for Stinky!

Originally Posted by Phenomsmom

Tinky could also be for Stinky!

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Sometimes they all could have that name.

Aristotle follows our tradition of naming white cats with names starting with "A". (Aloysius, Alouette & Ariel, and Alexander were the past white cats.) Topaz got her name from her blue topaz eyes. And quite fitting for Gemlady, don't you think?

Oliver at about 8 weeks old had been part of my family for 3 days before I could decide on a name. He was lying on the couch and I was petting him and looking at his beautiful olive green eyes and all of a sudden it dawned on me. His name should be Oliver.

Tripod at about 6 weeks old was found at my work and it took 3 grown men to catch him. They put him in a box and brought him into my office. When I picked him up I saw that he had only 3 legs. One of the men who caught him named him Tripod. I kept the name, but sometimes wish I had named him Lionel, after the train, because he purrs so loud.

Loki so very appropriately names after the Norse God of mischief!!!

I went for all biblical names.
Jordan: A biblical name I liked that seemed to fit him. Although now that I really know him I think his name should be Diablo.
Isaac: I had tried a bunch of names, but he responded to Isaac.
Maggie: Is actually short for Magdaline, but just seemed a better choice.
Levi: That's simple it's my favorite boys name & since I'll probably never have kids I thought he should have it. You see Levi Picked me the day after my Smokey died. I took one look at him & started to cry. He looked just like she had as a kitten. I sat down in my friends chair & he came running over to me & sat right next to my head for hours. When I went to visit him several times that week he did the same thing but know he doesn't like to be near my face. He was just trying to make sure I knew I was his Mom.

This is a wonderful thread.

Lucky was given that name after every time I told the story of her adventures at 4 weeks of age (ran across a busy road and went between the wheels of a speeding car) they always said "wow....she's lucky". And it just stuck. As i discovered later she's forgotten her humble beginnings and thinks she's a princess to be fawned over and pampered...so maybe princess is more appropriate (or diva, queen...and occasionally i call her monkey-butt when she flaunts her furry butt at people!)

Rambo well...when i went to find a friend for lucky i was looking for someone who could put lucky in her place (i.e. take the princess down a peg). Well at the shelter Rambo was a little terror...he climbed up on the litter boxes and launched himself on his brothers and sisters while they slept and proceeded to wrestly with all of them. My friend suggested Muhammed Ali, Rocky, Vin Diesel, Chucky (Chuck Norris), and Rambo....so i tried them all and he came to Rambo. Turns out he never acted like that again once he got home. He's a complete lovebug, anyone that enters the house (human, dog, cat etc) is he's best friend and he'll gladly go home with any of them!!! His new nickname is Deuce (as in Bigalow, male Gigalo!) LOL

Originally Posted by gemlady

Aristotle follows our tradition of naming white cats with names starting with "A". (Aloysius, Alouette & Ariel, and Alexander were the past white cats.) Topaz got her name from her blue topaz eyes. And quite fitting for Gemlady, don't you think?

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Bijou thinks the name Topaz is beautiful. I have to agree.

When Chris and I originally thought about getting pets, we thought we'd get two girls and name them Patsy and Eddie after the ladies of "Absolutely Fabulous". But it didn't end up that way. Seamus chose me from the shelter and he's a boy. We didn't want to name him Eddie (since the character is actually named Edina) so I suggested we could name him Paddy. And then Chris suggested Seamus. We batted around a couple of other names, but Seamus stuck and it suits him.

Gator was named for the University of Florida Gators. Their colors are orange and blue, and he's orange, so that's how Chris named him.

Zakk-named by hubby for the guitarist Zakk wylde (he is Ozzy's guitarist). Our zakk is pretty wild, and I liked the name so agreed to it.
AKA zackie, zakk attack

Rocky- The night before we got him hubby and I went through a list of possible names that we would accept as his name. That was the only one we both liked. Hubby is a big fan of The Rock and also likes the rocky movies.
AKA Rox, rock, snot rocket

Suzie- her name just came to me one day. Hubby had no say whatsoever. She is very shy and it fits her. I also used to have a "alterego" when I was a kid named Suzie Jacuzzi.
AKA Suz

Cookie-puss- It came time to rename him b/c he wasn't going to our friend and we thought her name for him was stupid (jelly). Hubby and I both like cookie monster. He also looks like Puss from the movie shreck. Additionally my co-worker whose condo he was found at likes to call people cookiepuss sometimes. He is usaully just called cookie, but cookie-puss is his formal name and on his nametag.
AKA Cooks

I adopted Devin in the afternoon on a monday; he was going to be picked up that wenesday. Later that night me and JosÃ[emoji]169[/emoji] went out to dinner and I told him that I had picked out a black short haired male...what should I name him?

He rattled off a few names, Gavin, Devin. He went though and listed a few more names, but I told him I wanted a boy's name, not a pet name.

I then asked, what about Devlin? And we both agreed that it was a fine name. The next day I was talking to my dad about the cat, how he was all black, male, 6/7 months old, etc. I then said that I'm going to name him Devlin. *pause* My dad replied; "I thought you adopted a male."

I then switched it to Devin. Turns out, the gaelic form means "little black one"

Leonardo and Raphael...not sure if they're famous, artistic, Renaissance men or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but they're mine.

Actually, they just sort of ended up with those names...Leo is Leo because he has a "paintbrush" at the end of his tail AND because Leo is my zodiac sign. Leonardo just fits him.

Raphael had that name at the shelter and since he's an oldie who's had that name FOREVER, I decided to keep it. Plus, working in his soc group, I had just learned to see him as a Raphael.

Gracie is short for Amazing Grace, as she arrived the day my sweet baby Lola went to the RB. I don't know if I could've made it through without her.

Lola, my angel kitty, got her name from the song in "Damn Yankees"...whatever Lola wants, Lola gets! And it sounded really adorable with Leo, as they were my only 2 cats.

Wowzer got her name (from my neighbor) because she meowed non stop... but it sounded more like a "weow". We were going to change her name when she moved to our house, but she was already about a year old. I've always thought her name should have been SASSY! She can be quite demanding.

Boogs - because when we rescued her she was probably just 4-5 weeks old and nearly dead. She was such a tiny thing... we kept referring to her as a "little booger"... so we just shortened it to Boogs.

Gracie got her name because we always had cats with weird names (scaredy, runtie, orangey etc.) and we thought we should give one a normal name. She was/is such a sweetheart and loving cat I wanted something really nice. We actually got online and went to a cat names site - as soon as I saw Gracie, I knew that was it.

I let my boys name themselves.

Frantic: When he uses the litter box, he digs frantically to find the bottom of the pan. Then he settles in.

Pipsqueek: He was the runt of the litter and much smaller than his brother Frantic. There was always a difference of about half his weight between the 2 of them. Add to that, to this day he doesn't have a full meow but a squeek when he comes to find me.

Outdoors I have
Monster: This orange tabby is the size of a medium sized dog. He is the alpha of the neighborhood and daddy to most of the kittens. When I put out traps, he comes over and either sits on top of it or in front of it to make sure no one goes inside.

Ember: She started out as MB (Monster's baby) but it wasn't feminine enough for this little white cat.

Beauty: She really is! She's a soft, long haired black cat.

Sly: He's one of Beauty's last litter and he is long and lean. He sneaks into the yard when it's time for dinner. He comes in "on the sly"

RBridge:

Shalimar: She was named before I adopted her. I've since learned that Shalimar is a Hindu Eden.
Smokey: My first ferals. Smokey was a smoke grey male
Misty: Smokey's grey tabby sister
Storm: Misty's twin brother. The only way to tell them apart was Stormy would let me pet him. And he has 1 white front paw while Misty has just 2 toes white.