What would YOU name a cat?

[raevyncait]

I currently have: Bow (a shelter cat who, when she was young, was so bow-legged that her legs looked like parentheses), Mollie (who was already named when I got her), and Trinity (who was also named when I got him, but his name comes from the fact that he carries three mutation genes- hairless, though he is not; dwarf, which he is; and curled ears, which he has). 

I am really of the opinion that it's better to choose the animal, then choose his/her name, based on the personality, etc.

[Trillium]

I'm with Raevyn, our animals don't have names for the first few days (or week) until something comes to us.  My current cat's name is Wednesday (as in Addams - we used to have a flying squirrel named Pugsley too).  We've had Shay Leigh, which came from a character in an R.A Salvatore book.  We also had Nibbler, who eventually morphed into Sir Nibbler, the evil basterd cat.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

yeah ours usually get named either via looks or something they did or do.
squirelly kept freaking out and jumping out of the box we figured she was a little loco how little did we know.
ty fooled me i thought he was a loving little thing(which he is) i just didn't know he stalked anything that moved no matter how little or big it was he was mad when i brought s80 home i had to tell him be nice she's ours i knew when he finally accepted her because he hid under a shrub and pretend attacked her. now he adores her and runs up to her

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I have an exotic black Persian who's name is Cuda... she's a retired show cat that was headed to a shelter when my wife stepped in and said "oh no... she won't live another two weeks if you do that... i know just the right crazy cat guy..."  My wife now calls her "Demon Cat" and "Satan's Kitty"  

I'm assuming Cuda is part of her full name... and yes, crazy cat guy = Moi

[Mairte]

Yeah, I dont actually NAME the cat/pet until it's in the household but I DO try out lots of names before the event! 
Once a cat is here, I am pretty decisive about the name and it is usually one I liked before he/she got here....
When we had Alice, we also had Isabella and Jeyne.
Thanks for all of the advice, I dont think I could get tired of hearing other peoples stories!

[mehan]

I had a dear friend who was fantastic at naming pets (she was a children's songwriter - go figure)  The strays she found under a bush in the 80's George and Barbara.  The sisters she rescued from a retiring seamstress -  Polly and Esther. 

However, some of my all time fav's was Chaos and Lord Plushbottom for the hyper and and lazy pair.   

Good luck

[Sitara]

Since our cat is a stray we got at ren fest, we named him Ren Cat McGroundscore (RC for short). He has many nicknames though- Mr. Mooooostache, Mr. Whiskerface, Sheddy McShedderson, Kittenface, Fattyfattyfatfat and whatever else he is called at that particular moment.

I like to give animals long and ridiculous names and then call them by a shorter version of it. When I named my sister-in-laws iguana for her, he was Baron Von Viscious-pants Eqsuire the Third....called Baron.

[Muffin]

Since our cat is a stray we got at ren fest, we named him Ren Cat McGroundscore (RC for short). He has many nicknames though- Mr. Mooooostache, Mr. Whiskerface, Sheddy McShedderson, Kittenface, Fattyfattyfatfat and whatever else he is called at that particular moment.

I like to give animals long and ridiculous names and then call them by a shorter version of it. When I named my sister-in-laws iguana for her, he was Baron Von Viscious-pants Eqsuire the Third....called Baron.

YAY!! RC!! Cutest groundscore kitty ever!! *well besides my baby*  technically she was a barn score.. 

[Jared Thorne]

I haven't had a cat in about 6 years, but I have had quite a few growing up. The last one I had was a flame point Himilayan/Persian male named Precious (I bet he hated that name, but he was so precious when I first found him behind one of the apartment that I lived in at one time, so the name stuck). As far as cat names go, this one takes the cake in my opinion. Some friends of mine had an all black cat (and a big fellow at that) who they named Cthulu.

[Merlin the Elder]

Our latest addition to the critter family was a feral kitten that our other cat brought home. She was tiny, and we named her Itty Bitty Kitty and call her Bitty for short. She's gotten where we can touch her now, but she's still skittish. Oddly enough, she doesn't seem to be afraid of our Malamute. Good thing he wouldn't hurt her!

[Stasiakatt]

My kitty is a rescue that we got pre-named. His name is Psyche, but we call him Psycho because as a kitten he was SO hyper that he used to climb the screen on the door to the balcony on our 20th floor apartment, literally climbed a few of the walls in the apartment and had a habit of leaping at you out of no-where. We got a floor to ceiling climbing tree to save the walls in the apartment. After we moved into our house he started climbing the trees and has spent a number of nights in the tree since our 40 ft ladder wasn't tall enough to "rescue" him. His 10 years old and has mellowed a little, but still has his psycho moments.

[Xantrawler]

You don't name a cat,it names it's self. At least Rohan did. She wouldn't come to anything untill one day the wife and I were talking about Return of the King and I said "Riders of Rohan!" and we heard these four little paws thumbing on the floor. She came to me feet, sat and looked up at me as if to say, "You called?"

[Mairte]

LOL, my cat Moonshadow's nickname was "Fat Thing". One of us would come into the house and call "Fat Thing, Fat Thing, where aaaarrrre youuuuu??" and he would come running.
Oooo. I like the name Cthulu for a black cat.
Still looking. Cripes. When we werent wanting a cat, everybody and their brother had one they wanted to give up. Now? Nada.
Except for those two females and after talking to my daughter again, we are certain we want a male cat....

[Grouser]

All three of my cats were named by my niece: Gir, Zim and Nemo. They get called lots of other things, though, especially when they're swinging from the drapes or playing spider cat on the window screens.

If I had known there would be three, I would have insisted on Larry, Curly and Moe.

[Tipsy Gypsy]

A friend of mine had two littermates named Mischief and Magic. Personally, I've always wanted to name a cat Piewacket. Not original, I realize, but few people I know would "get it", anyhow.