Thread: Names

I can totally relate to that Karen. When we first put a deposit on Hank, we got the kids involved too on choosing the 'right' name for the kitten.

The kids loved the name Simba too, Socks and Fluffy. But I think having a Maine Coon cat is a little bit more special, we wanted a name that's bold and suits him as he grows in to a larger cat.

Hubby and I had a few in mind, on my side I wanted a geeky name, something to suit our nerdy-ness, so I thought of:

- Pascal (after the programming language)
- Java
- Oracle

others were:

- Columbo
- Red
- Mozart
- Azlan
- Chopin
- Oscar
- Perry

We loved the name Harley, but we already knew someone with a MC with that name.

I dont know where Hank came from, hubby came out with that along with Tiberius (after James Tiberius Kirk from Star Trek!) And to be honest, it kinda suits him, it's amazing how he comes straight away when you call him too, he must like it!!
But I do like the name O'Malley!

Thanks Ria. My husband loves the name Hank - he didn't know you had the name before he said it - he said it was a good American name for an American cat. I also have Mozart and Oscar on my list of names but Oscar is a friend's dogs name. I'm sure something will come up eventually - though the my daughter is adamant on Simba - can't see her budging!

I really like Simba!!!

I think I will call my future maine Alastair.
I also like Vikas (means riffled hair), Zoom, Azul, Jaamal, Aygo, ecc..

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