http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: how did you come up with your cats names? en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:47:15 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257607 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:11:47 +0000 jinxedfairy 257607@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Cats whom have and do own me :<br /> Tara husbands cat<br /> Killer husbands cat<br /> Sacha .... my giant black beauty<br /> Elija blue ... shar phase (lol)<br /> Isabella ....queen isabella<br /> emma and buckly...... i was at the zoo in new orleans they had two sea otters i was looking at the minute they were born.<br /> henry<br /> william<br /> elizabeth<br /> joshepina<br /> anne bolyn<br /> marie antoinette<br /> lady jane grey<br /> cesar agustus<br /> mark anthony<br /> all kings and queens to me :)<br /> james<br /> louie<br /> sophie<br /> mickey<br /> rescues<br /> percy and damon are himalayons </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257565 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:21:08 +0000 tinafishfrombirthplaceofElvis 257565@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi Y'all,<br /> Maybelline is my calico girl, she was and is really skinny, so she became May-b-lean!<br /> Randel, It just rolled off our tongues one day, he is a huge, round, fat gray and white tuxy.<br /> Stink, is a black fluffy fellow, he literally was sitting in the middle of my street when he was a tiny fella, he tricked me into picking him up, I named him Trick but my kids renamed him Stink because he stunk so bad. His body, his ears, his bum, his breath, his everything stunk? He is also known as the Ninja Stealth Kitty because he can't meow very loudly and he is solid black.<br /> Junebug, is a boy kitty. We got him in June but that was a girls name. He is neurotic and pulls his fur out. He is a black and white tuxy.<br /> Charli, my son adopted Charli with his brother Lucy (rip)and named them. Charli had to have his tail amputated. He is my free spirit kitty that is black. He spends alot of time visiting neighbors.<br /> Ellie aka Ellie Bellie. Calico, feral rescued by my son from my neighbors down spout. She has a very flabby belly since her spa visit and she is a scardy cat, she hates the outdoors.<br /> DOGS<br /> Tallulah, jack russell, mama to all of the cats. Short and fat and used to be bouncy. Tallulah rolled off my daughters tongue when going down a list of possible names. When she said Tallulah, everyone stopped and looked at her including Tallulah!<br /> Bleau, was named that because he was the saddest, lonliest, dirtiest little puppy at the humane society.<br /> That's all folks! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257559 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:08:20 +0000 2bpurring 257559@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ivory Bill...Those are great names..maybe you could give Cricketsmama some help with a baby name???lol </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257537 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:39:33 +0000 SammyandOliversmama 257537@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ivory Bill, I love your cats names and their definitions. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257535 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:36:46 +0000 Ivory Bill 257535@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ashley -- an American Short Hair (ASH)<br /> Nike and Reebok -- kitties with white sneakers<br /> Dashiell -- Domestic Short Hair (DSH)<br /> KC -- Kitty Cat </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257519 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:14:01 +0000 2bpurring 257519@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Awwwwww...that is so cute Kilroy... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257513 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:10:27 +0000 Kilroy 257513@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>PM, I love the story of your cats' names!</p> <p>It reminded me of a friend I had in grade school; her name was Alexandra but everyone called her Moon. When her parents brought her home from the hospital her older brother said, "If I'm your son, she must be your moon". </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257512 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:08:28 +0000 2bpurring 257512@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>How are you doin??? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257507 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:04:21 +0000 PipasMumSpain 257507@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know, he meowed all night that first night... I figure his little head hurt.<br /> But I made up for his first terrible weeks of life. I adore him. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257505 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:02:16 +0000 2bpurring 257505@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow that's a great story PM...poor little Melon...bad pet store people, how could you drug a kitty? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257498 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:52:28 +0000 PipasMumSpain 257498@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well... mine are a bit difficult to explain because they are Spanish names but here I go:<br /> Melon- I was given Melon when he was a kitten by my evil ex boyfriend. He bought it in a pet shop as if he was buying peanuts, he saw a baby meezer thought it was cute and bought it! He brought it to my tiny one bedroom flat and I was horrified and in love with the kitten at the same time! The poor baby had been drugged so it would stay quiet and when I left him on the floor he just stumbled around... it was heart wrenching. As he stumbled he fell over and all his paws were in the air and I said "Será melón" which in Spanish slang means something like "how clumsy!"... and that's what he is called Clumsy! But it so happens that the word Melon means clumsy AND also the fruit melon. So people think that he is called Melon because he is nice and round!!!<br /> Melon is my baby and he has a sweet and quiet character.</p> <p>Pipa- Pipa was adopted from a woman that was going to be evicted because she had lots of cats in a flat that had animals prohibited. So all her cats were adopted and I got the baby meezer so Melon would have a sister. When I got her home my brother said that if this kitten would be the seed (pip) of the melon! I loved it! Sooo Pipa is (seed) in Spanish. I have a Melon and the seed (PIPA and MELON).</p> <p>Yes, kind of weird but I love the sound! And my life would not be complete without my cats. The sweetest, best humoured and lovesome cats in the world. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257462 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:13:08 +0000 2bpurring 257462@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I'm glad this got bumped or I would have missed your joke Gatakitty...LOL that was great!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-257452 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:06:38 +0000 Catwoman 257452@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Gatakitty, I would love a poem about any of my boys! I have three of them on Catster out of the 7. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252473 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:17:22 +0000 gatakitty 252473@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I like the story of the visitor who asked the little boy holding a cat what its name was.</p> <p>"Ben-Hur," answered the boy.</p> <p>"Ben-Hur? That's an unusual name for a cat. How did you decide on that?" asked the incredulous visitor.</p> <p>"It was just 'Ben,'" replied the boy, "until she had kittens." </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252347 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:12:01 +0000 2 Popoki 252347@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chloe: came from the shelter with the name Isabelle. Co-worker had just had a baby girl names Isabella. Hmmm... had to change. Standing in the living room one day, and the name just popped in my head. It fits.</p> <p>Mili: came to me from Anncetera with the name Amelia - because likes high places. Since I love the Hawaiian culture I wanted something Hawaiian... yet didn't want to change her name too much. Gradually went from Amelia, to Melia, to Mili (pronouned me-lee) The word means pet. Milimili means favorite, and it is also a hand motion in hula. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252338 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:51:21 +0000 SammyandOliversmama 252338@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>BCAM,<br /> Oh, and all this time I thought 'Clark' was for Clark Gable. :( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252336 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:47:19 +0000 Siobhan 252336@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh, I like this :-) We wanted herb-related names for our kitties when our Siddhartha (Buddha) cat passed away.</p> <p>Basil was of course...for the herb and also for Basil Fawlty, of Fawlty Towers (John Cleese british comedian). We used to call Baz "Basil Farty" because when we first got him, he had kitty gas (lol)</p> <p>Tansey I wanted to name for the herb (Sweet Tansy), but my husband named her Tansey with an "e" for a piece of mandolin music he likes to play called "Tansey's Fancy".</p> <p>Hermes....well...he was SUPPOSED to have been a girl kitty we were going to name Luna Eclipse, after her grand champion grandkitty Lunar Eclipse, but SHE turned out to be a HE, and we scrambled...the spouse suggested Hermes, and it stuck. He has a number of nicknames: Hermworm, Squirt, Herman Munster, Happy Butt, Boom Bottom, Buddy (that one's used a LOT), Hermadude. I also sometimes croon "Hermanooooooodle" when I want him to come upstairs and cuddle with me. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252325 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:32:42 +0000 Leeny 252325@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chappel--found in a church narthex<br /> Bobby--after Bob Dylan, by my brother<br /> Inky--solid black<br /> Philippi--Biblical city<br /> Tiger Lily--striped coat<br /> Quimby--after Ramona Quimby, children's book character<br /> Katie--by previous owner<br /> Darlene (my feline sister)--by our mother<br /> Buttercup--by shelter<br /> Penny--by shelter<br /> Gabriel--by previous owner </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252317 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:21:27 +0000 BCAMflorida227 252317@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Bogman was named after one of our favorite actor.... want to guess which one? Yep, you all got it in one! KING HUMPHREY BOGART aka Bogman.... He was called by the breeder, Rascal because he was always getting into stuff, but when we brought him home, he was so laid back I thought he was comatose! Hence the change in the name. He's much more like Bogie than a rascal!</p> <p>Clark is named sort of after a character in Gilliagan's Island.. Thurston Howell III, but Clarkie is named Clarkston Howell III</p> <p>Andy was originally named Andy Rooney (I screwed up and got Mickey Rooney and Andy Hardy mixed up and the poor baby was named after a commentatory from 60 Minutes). His name now is Andy Jetstream, the tail-less wonder aka 'Nilla Bean (because when he stretches out he looks like a vanilla bean). </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252307 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:14:05 +0000 Kusaki 252307@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>"Gir" is from the old Nickelodeon cartoon called Invader Zim. Gir is named after Invader Zim's really cute robot sidekick who is always full of energy and loves food!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099/page/2#post-252306 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:12:59 +0000 Stubbys Momma in MO 252306@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I had never lived with a cat until I met my husband, in fact all of my experiences with cats until that time were not good. But Tigger quickly convinced me that those were just the rare occasions and that cats can be very loving and hard to live without. She adopted me while my husband and I were still dating. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252305 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:11:06 +0000 2bpurring 252305@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Tigger...love how she got her name!!! I can just picture her springing right back on a chair or countertop.. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252300 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:59:12 +0000 cricketsmama 252300@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Stubby's Momma, we had a dog named Stubby about 30 years ago and everytime I see your name, I smile, it brings back good memories about my puppy. He passed when I was 10. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252296 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:55:23 +0000 Stubbys Momma in MO 252296@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>names of our kitties:<br /> Cupid - he was adopted on Feb. 14th by my in-laws and that is what they named him.<br /> Tigger - because she sometimes appears to have a spring in her backside, you put her down and she jumps right back to where you removed her from.<br /> Izzy - Jason Isringhausen St. Louis Cardinals pitcher.<br /> Stubby Louise - she was born with a stub tail, thus Stubby and Louise because she needed a girls name. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252292 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:50:19 +0000 2bpurring 252292@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well, BooBoo has been with us since the day she was born...as the runt of the litter she wobbled for a much longer time than the other kittens, since she was always falling, we named her BooBoo...<br /> Blackbeard as you can see has a black beard and acts like a pirate. He loves to commendear any loose dollar bills from my purse...<br /> Betty, she has the legs of Betty Paige, the eyes of Betty Davis and as cute as Betty Boop! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252291 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:46:09 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 252291@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ouch, Karen! I was glad that the bleeding stopped quickly and a trip down the mountain the the ER wasn't necessary. I giggled at the thought of being the one in the ER who got beat up by a 3 month old kitten! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252288 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:40:48 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 252288@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The name Taco does roll off the tongue rather nicely! I am enjoying everyone's stories too. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252287 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:40:01 +0000 KarenCentennial 252287@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Better your eyelid - i actually had my eye scratched by one of our kittens when i was 15 - they are just so fast and it seems like the claws are always out when they are young. i had to wear an eyepatch for about 3 weeks - talk about attractive - i'm glad i already had a boyfriend and didn't think it was the end of the world! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252285 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:34:47 +0000 krazikat 252285@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I love reading about how all these TDK kitty names were arrived at, especially since I am currently catless. Am I living vicariously? I find it interesting that both times Taco was the kitty's name, their people couldn't really say why.... I propose it is because the kitties selected their name. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10099#post-252278 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:27:17 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 252278@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Really??? Cool! Did I tell you Leela attacked moving things under bedsheets the first week we got her and I wound up with a black eye (she nicked my eyelid with one of those razor-sharp baby claws)! Trying to make me her namesake, apparently! We would like to get her a buddy in the spring and I would really like another long-hair. If he's orange, we'll name him Fry! </p>