Did you change your cat's name when you brought them home?

Kotti was just called Baby and when I rescued her I changed it to Kotton as she is as soft as a cotton ball, and Ben was called OREO but I found out that the name Benjamin means something like "sits at the right hand of God" so I named him Benjamin. He was Benji MINE o as a kitten and then Benji and is MR Ben when naughty but mostly Ben!

Mitten's name was Ashley

Izzy was Baby
Jake was a kitten, so didn't have a name when we took him.
Jaz was the 'kitten in a cardboard box' so again didn't have a name.

Jaz was a 4 week old kitten dumped in a cardboard box on a bridleway with her brother Jasper who we also gave a home too. Unfortunately we lost Jasper aged 2 to peritonitus but Jaz (11) is still with us and i love them all.

Can you love a cat too much?

The only one who had a name was Cajun...it was Petie at the Humane Society. All the rest were strays so my names were their first!

I named Katie after she was found roaming in a woman's yard with no mama cat around. I also named Peter and Claire while they were still in foster care before I adopted them. Claire's name stuck even though she was in other homes before mine. The only one I renamed was Gracie. The nuns who were caring for the feral colony she came from had named her Shanainai (after a character on the TV show Martin who had a lot of attitude.) Gracie does have a lot of attitude so Shanainai is now her middle name!

Bakker was names "slash" at the rescue place. Bobber was a barn kitten so no name, Grizzly was from a litter we had from another cat. Ox I got back when he was two-I had him as a kitten. He had some really odd name I can't remember since I've get him back in 1991!!

I am Sierra and Serenity's only Mommy, so they named themselves when we met.

Originally Posted by jean-ji

Sam came as Sam when we adopted him. I had a wonderful Irish name picked out, phonetically pronounced: two-moon, forget the real spelling. It just seemed too pretentious for him. He's a regular sort. So now he's Sam or Sammy-two-moon if he's being adorable or is in trouble.

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Frankly, I can't imagine him being anything BUT adorable

The only cats who came to us with names were Gryphon and Nibs, and we kept their names. They were six years old, hadn't had a bad experience they needed a new start from -- in fact, since they were leaving what had been for them a good home, we wanted to change as little as possible.

Everyone else was kitten: Shasta was 7 weeks, as were Suzy and Samantha; Fawn and Cindy were 5 months, but their foster mother deliberately does not name her fosters, so that they can tell their furrever family their right names. I forget how she referred to Fawn, but Cindy was usually "Shy Kitty".

Miss Kitty didn't have a name when her daddy got her. He and his ex named her...mostly the ex. My fiance wanted to name her Gizmo, as in the "Gremlins" critter, because her face looks like Gizmo's. But no, the ex called her Miss Kitty. lol Eh, the name fits. And besides, she was too old to change her name when the ex got the boot.

Zoe was called "Magellan" before we got her, because she was the bold kitten who liked to explore. The friend we got her from still asks how his little Magellan is doing. lol
She was almost named Twiggy (for Marilyn Manson's former bass player) when we thought she was a boy. But we figured out that she was a girl and settled on Zoe.

Aristotle had been called Ghost by Andeshan. But since all our white cats had "A" names, Mom and I agreed on Aristotle. Or Ari. Or "GETOUTOFTHERENOWORYOU'LLBEAWHITEFURBAGWITHA14INCHSTRAP"!!!!!!

Mine came without names.

Only one - Cairo was called Bootsie. Bootsie!! Uggghh. She was only 8 weeks, though, so it hadn't stuck.

Sunday didn't have a name, so we were able to start from scratch with her.

Mooch and Noodles came un-named. Pumpkin and Bunny both came named. Mom had been around Pumpkin at the SPCA and it stuck. Bunny was 3 when we got here and answered to it so I just half changed it to Hunny Bunny (cuz she's sweet of course!) but we never call her that anyway. All my other cats came un-named. Well except Tiger because she was my step-father's cat when he and mom got married.

Most of the cats I've had in my life have been strays so there was no previous name. If I did get a pet from the shelter and they had a name I wasn't fond of I'd probably change it.

Tedy was Garfield before we adopted him
Linda

I was the first to name my cats.

I have an all of the above lol I did the first one

Kandie had a name by her first grand meowmy but I dont remember (17.5 yrs ago)and Kandie Apple Kane was 11 weeks when I got her( I had named her Tiffany before meeting her)


Peggy(RIP) was Dots ( If i remember right as I was 1 yr ) ... parents and grand parent had arguement ... Granny won the first name parents first became her middle Pepper



Joey(RIP) Woey( what a four yr old me called him) was named by Mom as they met when he was a weee pup of 8 weeks


Gigi came with Gidget I kept it cause she fits it and she was 3.6 yrs when I got her

Simon(RIP) Leeroy I found at about 5-6 weeks I named him

Zoey Woey was Darla

Patsy Leah was Nikita didnt fit at all

Soon to be kitty Frankie had a name who know s what .. I only request to give her jean as a middle name

Zoey - no name, we named her. My daughter was 2 at the time and wanted to name her Big Bird after a Sesame Street character. After some "convincing" by her parents, we settled on Zoey, another Sesame Street character
Peanut - was Peanut when she was brought to the shelter cause she was only 1.2lbs at 8wks (the little runt), so it was very appropriate and stuck
Snickers was Latiffah - changed cause Peanut and Snickers were adopted together and we were goin for the food theme. That and she just didn't look like a Latiffah (what does a Latiffah look like anyways?), she was a calico with tons of color - like a Snicker's bar!
Pebbles was Stella - At the time we just didn't like the name, but I do have to say that Stella kinda fits now. Every time I look at her I think of that movie...."Stella, Stellllaaaaahhhhhh". We picked Pebbles though cause she's rough and tough and not very "gracious", so we kept thinking BamBam, but since she's female, we went with the obvious partner to that duo - Pebbles.
Molly was Bea - It just didn't seem to fit her. Bea comes across to me as very dominent, manly almost. Molly is quite the opposite - tiny, petite, shy, etc.

Benja came to us as Bear but we had already had a few cats called Bear so we changed it to Benja.

I named Lonestar, Bridget, Sophie and Elmo.

Our little man (1 month) is still unnamed.

I voted no they came without a name cos i've had them since they were babies. It was their 2nd birthday on the 18th February.