http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Do cats and kittens live up to their names? en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-439086 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:03:46 +0000 Vicki 439086@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Much obliged. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-439019 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:09:34 +0000 sweetamy189 439019@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>i never knew my first topic would be this popular =] thanks for posting all of your cats names and meanings =] u made someone feel at home here. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-439015 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:58:42 +0000 Kilroy 439015@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>George was named by his previous humans, but it seems to suit him. We kept it partly because George was the name of my husband's older brother and also husband's nephew, neither of whom is alive anymore. I think Mr. K's relatives thought it was a bit weird, but that's OK. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-439010 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:29:48 +0000 Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 439010@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Garbo was so called because she always wanted to be alone, but now she has turned into the most amazing snugglebug. I'll swear there is some Maine Coone in her - she has tufty bits between her claws on big floofy paws, she has curly ear whiskers and tiny floofy tips on her ears.</p> <p>Pickle definitely suits her name, she is also called Hissy Monster ... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-439005 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:07:17 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 439005@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I must start with Taz, who was my solid black cat when I was single. She wasn't named after the cartoon character Taz, rather the marsupial that lives on an island off Australia. She was separated from her mama too young so she needed extra attention. Alas, her true colors showed and she was a terror on 4 paws from the start - one of the most destructive kitties I've ever known. Wouldn't trade her for the world, though. She spent her last years at my parents house, only living to 10 when she was hit by a car. They loved her as much as I and my brother had a real tough time with the loss of her.<br /> Smokie was an elegant black long haired beauty, with a tail that went on forever. She had wisps of grey/white hair; that inspired the name Smokie. She was only 1 1/2 years old when she got into something toxic.<br /> Shaddo thought his shadow was his best friend. So, after tossing a bunch of names around, we realized shadow was the right name for a little grey and white kitten, although we like to spell names just a tad different. (good thing we didn't have kids. I can see it now - "Hi, this is my daughter Kate, spelled Kkaeieate.!)<br /> Jiggs was rescued from a tatoo place, a result of an ad for free maine coon kittens. He was 1 of...a lot of kittens. We couldn't wait to get him out of there. My boss rescued his twin brother. We passed a local watering hole called Jiggs' Tavern, so thats pretty much how he got his name.<br /> Miss Leela -- Miss Leela....<br /> Leela is the last name of a "Futerama" cartoon character. The character's full name is Tarunga Leela, and she has 1 eye. The little black kitten was known as Lacy when we adopted her so if we changed the name, we felt it best to give her a similar sounding name that she would easily learn. Within the first week of her ownership of us under our roof, she attacked me while learning about things that move under covers and knicked me on my upper eyelid, resulting in a black eye. Although she has 2 perfect eyes, she must have wanted her mama to be the one with one eye! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438999 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:46:39 +0000 3 kits staff 438999@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ok here goes!<br /> Chucky aka prince Charles(My avitar), got his name because our dogs name is Lady Dianna. so we gave him the royal name. But he turned out to be Chucky the killer doll. He lives up to that name! Tonka got her name because she has a motor purr and she's Tonka tough( Had to be to put up with Chucky)! as for Tess(The kitten who was the extra) it just fit her she's called BG more now though as she is the Bathroom Gargoyl aka BG. Nobody is allowed into the bathroom without her and you must turn the faucet on just a little so she can drink from the tap. Azelea got her name because she's always by the azelea bush that still owes me dinner(Long story)<br /> I also had 3 other cats that have gone to the rainbow bridge! One was Noah and he was actually my Moms cat! He was a ferel Kitten that we gave my Mom! she had another cat named Moses and wanted another biblical name! The day we brought him over he was climbing the draps and my Mom kept going NOOOO ahah Nooo ahhh! hence the name Noah! He calmed down and was my Moms companion until the day she past. Noah lived with us for 3 years before he went to the rainbow bridge at almost 20 years! Then there was Trash she was found in a dumpster by a friend of mine, He named her Trash as somebody threw her out with the trash. at the same time we got an all white cat that was deaf from my ex mother in law. she had to get rid of her do to her breathing problems. Her name was Lace but she wouldn't come when called as she couldn't hear you! The squirrels used to chase her, My ex said she's a waste of a cat and the name stuck so we had waste and trash at the same time! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438968 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:27:46 +0000 Vicki 438968@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My local animal shelter named Pumpkin, and I never changed it. I named Autumn because she was a calico kitten whose patches reminded me of autumn leaves in all their colors (besides, Rainbow Kitty would haved sounded like something a small child would name a cat :) ). I named Tommy, well, because he's male; I wouldn't do that to all male cats that would ever come into my life, but it just fit Tommy. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438959 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:26:14 +0000 Momma to 2 MaineCoons 438959@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Okay I feel my babies more then held up their names.<br /> My babies are full blooded Mainecoon's.</p> <p>My baby boy King Maximus Grandma's One in a Million</p> <p>He is very charming and regal in his presentation and when he walks I swear he fluffs himself up and walks waving his fluffy tail. He can lounge anywhere on anything and make you wish you where sitting there. A slow lazy blink, a soft rumbly trill a head bonk or a tilt of my head rub /scrathc my jaw hehe. He is very magnificent to see and I am still waiting for his full coat to grow back in. The grandma's one in a millon is a play my mom has 4 grandaughters and no grandsons but she does now have a grandcatson hehhee. he also loves to snuggle up and cuddle to her as well. If not with me he is with grandma!</p> <p>My Baby Mystie had quite a few choices and a few changes into her final name. Not sure I told everyone the last change haha that went on her papers</p> <p>Queen Mystic Blue Skye's grandpa's Soft Spot</p> <p>Okay when she walks I swear she sashays on her tippy toes with a bounce to her walk. And her blue and white were chosen for her coloring. When I title her Queen I was liek a King needs his Queen though she is a spit fire and keeps max on his toes sometimes she is merciless heheh too heads will roll she meows hehee. Grandpa's Soft Spotis becuase had he not fallen for her max would enver have gotten his Queen. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438804 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:16:43 +0000 Moonshadow_NZ 438804@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Our girls named Moonshadow, not sure how they came to give her that name but it suits her perfectly. She just disappears into any shadows cast by the moon and even during the day she will become almost invisible in shadows. That's why she is so successful at hunting, the mice never see her coming. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438800 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:07:17 +0000 caroline 438800@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks Mollycat! Ferris is a black cat.<br /> i have a dilute tortie called molly! :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514/page/2#post-438797 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:55:12 +0000 eleniki 438797@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Lolita was named after Nabokov's Lolita, because she loved men as a kitten. She would squirm in their laps, at the sound of their voices and the smell of them. She didn't react to women in the same way (but she did love her mummy) :-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438794 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:47:52 +0000 owlwatcher_974 438794@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Mamma Kitty was named after she had her first litter, and proved to be a wonderful mommy.</p> <p>C.C. got her name because she was a Calico Cat, but C.C. could also stand for Cuddly Cat, Crazy Cat, or anything else we could think of when she would drive us nuts with her non-stop demands for whatever it was she wanted. </p> <p>Pepper got her name from her spicy personality. That cat was trouble in a fur coat when she let her mischievous streak run wild. Of course she was a lovable little cuddle-brat much of the time.</p> <p>My grandmother's cat Taz (the Tasmanian Devil) got his name because he was destruction in a fur coat. If I heard a commotion in another room, all I had to do was yell, "Taz, get out of it!" ('it' being whatever trouble he was into), and here would come Taz trying to act all innocent. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438784 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:35:14 +0000 mollycat71 438784@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ferris Bueller! That name rocks! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438777 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:16:55 +0000 caroline 438777@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My Ferris Bueller lives up to his name! :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438771 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:12:08 +0000 eleniki 438771@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>sumi was named for her personality, which she showed right from the beginning. The sumi was an ancient indian tribe of warriors, and sumi is always looking for a scrap, a regular little 'gurrier' (Irish slang for someone looking for trouble, from the french word 'guerre' - war). sumi is also a form of ink used in Japanese calligraphy, and sumi does look as if someone dribbled paint in patchwork mosaic patterns over her. miso's name is more obvious, as she is exactly the brown/black shade of miso, the japanese soya paste used as stock in soup. But still, it took a few weeks before we chose it, as there were many names suggested, which just didn't suit her at all. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438770 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:09:59 +0000 lisaeylau 438770@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Calamity Jane (CJ) is everything her name advertises. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438755 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:43:29 +0000 MadcatwomanintheUK 438755@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Pickle certainly lives up to her name - in English slang, getting into a Pickle means getting into trouble! My old cat Titch certainly DIDN'T live up to his name (English slang for little) - he was a podgy boy! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438748 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:35:51 +0000 spanky_mouse 438748@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I think if the kitty was given a good name to being with they do live up to their names. </p> <p>Mowgli is crazy, springy, a nutty kitten and he likes to climb stuff, we named him after the little boy in jungle book. </p> <p>Tommy Tiger got his name when I caught him chewing on a bath towel, he had taken the Tommy Hilfiger tag off and the Tommy part was hanging out of his mouth lol! I dont think it hurts that he has tiger markings either :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438522 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:11:36 +0000 ama58873 438522@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>We thought the two brother barn cats we got when I was in the 5th grade were girls so they started out Cali and Baby. We found out they were boys and Cali changed to Calvin and Baby kept his name cuz he was the runt of the litter. Calvin's name ended up fitting him perfectly because he was a cool, dignified cat. Baby, however, grew into 20+ lbs of big dumb loveable cat so his name kinda migrated into Bubba or Bubby.</p> <p>I'm not sure about Mogley's name... We usually end up calling him Mo, Mo Mo, or Mr. Mo. Those seem to fit him best. He's just a super sweet lil cat that loves to cuddle and play with his dogs :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438520 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:08:21 +0000 sweetamy189 438520@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>lol that sounds way too cute, i love those name =] </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438517 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:06:41 +0000 sweetamy189 438517@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>funny thing is spaz wasnt his original name </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438494 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:38:27 +0000 mollycat71 438494@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>YAY! Anlother AMY on here! Whoo hoo! My Molly, well that's funny. I didn't know what to name her. I got a girl's baby book, looked at names and nothing stuck. She had been Zipper, didn't like that. Next family named her Baghera, didn't like that, I wanted something cute like her. So I was naming off names out of the baby book and she looked at me when I said "molly". She turned her head in that precious cute way and I knew. Betty and Wilma were named by a patient of mine. I want catchy names that were a pair. I had originally wanted two boys, who I was going to name Ben and Jerry. Well there were non boys in the litter so I got two girls. Its funny cause the girls have "grown" into Betty and Wilma. I can almost see the cartoon character traits coming out in each of them. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438482 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:28:01 +0000 CSBM 438482@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Velvet is named because of her beautiful soft fur, just like velvet.</p> <p>Spice is named because of her spicy personality and the fact that when she was a kitten, she raced around the home, always wanting to play, always wanting to be involved in what was happening in the household. I almost named her Salsa... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438479 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:23:14 +0000 2bpurring 438479@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks Annie! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438458 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:03:41 +0000 sweetamy189 438458@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>BAHAHAHA if u can get callie around other cats, my mom has 5 cats and i take spaz over there, she doesnt like new animals and she tollerates the other cats and the dog. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438452 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:59:23 +0000 Annie R 438452@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>BooBoo is Boootiful!! You are right about the Betty Davis eyes too, piercing! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438450 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:56:34 +0000 Annie R 438450@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks Amy, you are so right about calicos...I read once that if you win the heart of a calico, it's a big accomplishment! I bet Callie and Ginger could compare notes on their "diva-ness"... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438446 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:54:18 +0000 2bpurring 438446@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I have a BooBoo too! she is my calico and was so tiny when she was born, she still is tiny but very old now. If you would like to see her just click on my avatar. Betty is named for her Bette Davis eyes! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438442 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:50:37 +0000 sweetamy189 438442@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>awwww shes adorable! i love calicoes they have a personality tho, my mom has one and she is a drama queen. they named her callie </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20514#post-438441 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:50:31 +0000 Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom 438441@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My first two cats are named Boo Boo and Jetta. jetta because she is black (and the vet named her, I couldn't come up with one) and Boo Boo, well, I was hooked on the name to begin with and he was just teeny tiny and just reminded me of a Boo Boo! Steve got Indi for me. Since he didn't want to name her right away, he wanted to see her personality, she gave us her name when she ran around our apartment like it was the Indianaplis 500... thus Indi!</p> <p>My Jetta, well,she is so shy, if I were to name her today it would be a very quiet, shy, demur name. Not sure what it would be, though! Wait, did I say quiet? LOL Some days she won't shut up! </p>