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OMG, I can SO relate to this and it had me LOLing. My orange and white cat has changed names so many times that I couldn't remember which name he was listed under when I last called the vet. I embarassingly needed them to read off the list of names on our account so I could pick one hehe He was Patch, then Patcher, Patcher Doodle, Doodle, Doodle Pants, Senor Doodle Pants and now I mostly call him Pants, Pantser or Dood(er) hehe Silly I know, but it has been a long time in the making.She is absolutely adorable! I once brought in a stray and had him for 20 years. After many loyal years of giving me love and affection, he died of old age this past summer. When I brought him home in 1993 I didn't know what to name him so I called him "Bud" when he got into my plants and peed. Very soon he became known to family and friends as "The Bud Cat", and that evolved to Buddy, Butters, and then one day Diggies... and how that came out, I'll never know. From then on, Diggies was his intimate name and "The Bud Cat" was his formal name. I'm a believer that the cat gives you its own name by telepathy.
More examples: I had another stray cat, whose name I could not come up with until one day my husband picked her up and the name "Wheaties" came out of nowhere. That's the name she wanted! We also took in a kitten that somebody had easily named "Garfield" because he was orange... this name would not stick until somehow "Fielder's Choice" evolved, and soon it got shortened to "Field". Can you imagine calling a cat by the name of "Field"? Sounds stupid, but he loved it and it fit him perfectly!
The cat in my profile I formally named "King Footie" because of his white foot and because he is regal-looking. That's not the name he wanted, but it's his formal name...he eventually told me that he wants to be called "Pingers". Other than telepathy, I can't tell you how stuff like this happens.
When I was a child, I had a cat I named "Cuddles"... that never stuck, but one day I called him Panther and that did stick. He lived to be 21 years old. Then there was Breezy who wanted to be "Beeezer", but that wasn't my cat.
And one more... a cat I conveniently named "Bunny" somehow told me she wanted to be called "Burrrrrr". Go figure, but just know that if she tells you her name it means you have to keep her.
Maybe I need not focus on finding this kitty's actual name, but on finding her starting name
~H