Thread: Names

Winston was called after a beanie cat my husband bought in a toyshop in London and it was called "Winston Parade".
We also considered "Ozzie" after Ozzie Osbourne in Black Sabbath but we felt it didn't suit his colouring. I kid you not
"Sylvester" but the name was too long.
"Ferdia" a warrior from Irish folklore.

Pixel is named after... a pixel dot in a computer screen. My boyfriend is kind of a computer nerd and when we were looking for a name for her, this is what he came up with.

Willow is an abbreviation of his pedigree name. He's actually called Pussy Willow and I liked Willow a lot, so it stayed that way.

Indy is also an abbreviation of the pedigree name. His full name is Indian Star (a pattern used in patchwork), and because we were always talking about Indy when mailing or calling to the cattery, we kept that name.

Axxes is the pedigree name of our Oriental Shorthair, but since it sounds nice (especially combined with Pixel, our house cat), we decided to keep it.

Esme is a name I chose myself. Her pedigree name is Arezza - which I think is beautiful as well, but I prefer 2-syllable names for my cats, that's easier to call.
I took the name from the Twilight books & movies: one of the vampires in the stories is called Esme.

It's very interesting hearing how you all came about your cat names. Karol, my daughter is a huge fan of the Twilight series and is just reading the forth book Breaking Dawn. I love two syllable names too.

So far Simba is winning though hubby keeps going on about Elvis! If it was my decision it would be O'Malley - this is his pedigree name and I have been referring to him as that so I now feel it suits him. I've told the family this weekend is decision time or I will just have to get another kitten so they have both names (think this might shut hubby up)!

Originally Posted by IrishKitty

We also considered "Ozzie" after Ozzie Osbourne in Black Sabbath but we felt it didn't suit his colouring. I kid you not
"Ferdia" a warrior from Irish folklore.

Lol. Hanks Dad is called Ozzy and I love that name. Dave joked about calling him Mettalicoon (thinking back now, maybe he was serious!)

I love Ozzy think it really suits that brown tabby wild look

hehe names...

Well.. my first choice of a name was turned down by my wife
I do a fair amount of track days, which is where you get to drive you car as fast as you want on a race track. Be it Silverstone, Brands Hatch etc.. There is a pretty famous circuit in Germany called the Nurburgring, which is in an area called, unsurprisingly 'Nurburg'. Ive been there, loads of fun, but anyway....
I wanted to call him a manly name, something which said 'big' 'powerful' yet retained a but of fun in it too.
So I went for 'Furberg". Sounds a bit like Nurburg, got the fun in it with "fur" and it also has a bit of 'berg' in it. Like iceberg for 'big'.
But the campaign of hate against it was so great from my better half that I was left looking for another name. Given how close these are to the Norweigan Forest Cats I thought it would be appropriate to choose something along those lines, although Sue had already picked one norweigan name which was to be VERY appropriate

I ended up sticking two norweigan words together.
"Stor" which apparently means 'big' 'excellent' 'great' 'large'
and
"Venn" which means 'friend'.
My dodgy translation would work out to be: Big Great Friend.

Sue went for Loki, the norse god of mischief. Seemed like an apt name at the time even though we hadnt yet met 'Loki' It wasnt until the breeder 'warned' us about how mischievious she was that the full meaning of "LokI" finally settled in.


ps: Metallicoon. Definately a good one :D

Joelle in short Joe was used to the name... I got her when she was already 5, so I kept the name.
Cinta's pedigreename is Jesimba, Cinta in Indonesian means 'to love'.
Baco's pedigreename is Boyko, Bulgarian name but because of my kids we call him Baco (Bacardi-Cola)
Alisa was called Alisa, Anouk is Anousshka which is too long so Anouk (Dutch singer) was easier.
Dress her name is Red Dress because she has a beautiful red dress.
Last week my friend an I bought a male coon and his name is Tuxedo, short Tux. He is black and white! Quess what the theme is going to be when the babies from Dress and Tux are born!!!!??????

oh I cant wait to see their names.

I'm loving how everyone picked the names for their cats.
The family have no say in mine... as he is MY cat!
I searched breeders on the internet and looked at some names, and thought about it for a little but I wanted something that was regal sounding.

I'm a harry potter fan, and thought Gryfn would be a perfect name... the emblem for Gryffindor is a lion, and I liked the different spelling.

His pedigree name is going to be Kitsam Optimus Prime.

great thread!! its always the same when choosing names isnt it...?

iit took me about 2 weeks to think of a name my coonies mum is called Nala which is also the name of simbas mum in the lion king nalas and simbas daughter in the lionking is called kiara pronounced KEY-ARE-uh, and means clar and bright hardly origional but i loved it.. lol

few names we were going through were

pheonix
naria- which is a godess i beleive?
venus - as its close to valentines and she was cupids mother i beleive?
silvia- obvious reasons being silver lol

it will probably change before she comes home and gets microchipped tho knowing me lol..

We went through so many names when we were choosing ours who ended up being a Lily,

we liked flower and food names like Chilli, Marmite, Olive and Lily, Lily was the one we kept coming back to, it sounds really sweet and innocent doesn't it, if only we knew before that MC's were sweet and innocent...