What would YOU name a cat?

[Mairte]

I "get" Piewacket!    Good name.
I just went on animal control's site to look at the adoptables. My daughter saw one that looked just like our old cat (we had him 17 years)...I just inquired about him but we will just have to see. There was also a Himalayan. Contemplating. Do I WANT two cats? Not sure.

[Hoowil]

Our oldest was originally called Laylah, but that quickly changed to simply Meow. She is also on occasion refered to as 'Bucky's girlfriend'. The youngest was a feral that moved into our outside cat enclosure (neighbor issues) and we didn't want to name her as it would mean we would keep her. That was almost a year ago, and now the poor thing is going to spend its life as Kitten.
We've also got Bertrude (usually goes as Butt Rude), Monkey and Smudge. Smudge was the smallest of the litter and all black, so he was just a 'little smudge'.
You could always go for something Arthurian, like Mordred.

[Mairte]

I LIKE Mordred.  My childhood cat was Arthur.  
My daughter came up with some names too. Constantine, Alexandre and Nightmare.
She also said if it was a female, Alesana.
How come I get the feeling more and more it is going to be two cats? 

[Betty Munro]

I LOVE Balerion and Alesana.   I think you should get 2 cats, just to make sure one can sleep with you and one with your daughter.  LOL!

[Mairte]

Balerion is actually my favorite, I think...(and dont forget THE BLACK DREAD part of course!)
Yeah. I could just see my daughter getting her nose out of joint if I suggested the cat could sleep in my bed. 
I have some leads right now but as of tonight, no cats yet.
Oh well, it will happen when it's MEANT to.

[morganne]

I currently have Lucy (aka Your Highness, among other things), Kismet and Xena.  My prior cats were Alex, George and Pandora.  Last  year I fostered several cats, and had to think up many names.  I ended up with Gandalf (yes, he was solid gray), Houdini (he kept escaping from the enclosure, Gremlin (it suited him more than you can imagine), and Xena (who I kept).  In my continuous search for cat names, I found this great website: http://www.godchecker.com/.  It lists all names (and general characteristics) of gods and goddesses in all sorts of mythologies and religions.  Anyway, give it a little while.  Some cats end up letting you know their name.  Pandora did.  She couldn't leave well enough alone. 
Anne 

[redkimba]

While I do believe that cats tend to name themselves & let you in on only part of their name, I decided that one of my next cats would be named Pangur Bán.

[Serenity]

Well, currently I have a russian blue named Pearl (came to me that way) and 2 long haired black cats: KitKat (named by my 4 yo brother) and Reaper (as in Grim - ex hubby was a mortician).

If you get two, they could be Rigor and Mortis 

Previous cats have been a brother/sister pair named Prince Darien and Sailor Jupiter (yes, little bit of a Sailor Moon dork)

[Lady Christina de Pond]

my grandmother used to have a beatiful grey tabby cat that i loved i don't remember what she was called but she was very skittish but if i was quiet enough i could get her to come to me and let me pet her. eventually i want a grey cat i love my black and white boys but i want a grey

[Trillium]

lol, we had 2 ferrets named mischief and mayhem

[Mairte]

Oh! I DO like "Mayhem"! 

[raevyncait]

one of my dear friends has 2 house cats: Duchess and Sir Vivor (he was a stray that wandered up, all beat to hell and back, and when he survived whatever had kicked his weed puller, and then started to thrive under their care, he was a survivor. There is also a pair of ferals, Panther (who may be what Sir Vivor fought with) and Smudge, neither of whom will let her near them, but they gladly eat the food she puts out for them, and have managed to avoid the traps she's set to be able to have them neutered (Panther) & spayed (Smudge) so she could keep them around to control the rodent population (she lives out in the country. Awhile back, Smudge started bringing her litter of kittens around, and my friend named them Smidgen (f), Mischief, Mayhem, and Binx (all 3 boys).  Eventually, Smidgen became an indoor kitty and has been spayed. The boys are still in/out, and Binx, sadly apparently met a nefarious fate, as he's been gone for several months.  There is now a new litter of babies from P&S, named Chaos (he looks just like Mischief & Mayhem), Baby Blue, and Sterling. The new babies won't even stay on the porch to eat if anyone is outside, but they no longer run when they see her inside.

[Tipsy Gypsy]

Morganne inspired an idea, especially since it seems you may be considering (or fate may be leading you to) two- howzabout Kismet and Karma?

[Adriana Rose]

Cats that I have had have odd names lol here are some that I remember
Viper
Jackson
Sephie
Mugwort
B.C (black cat)
Smuge
Spike
Viper II ( this cat looks like the first's twin wierd!)
Bubbles ( my 3 year old named him)
Dr. Who
Petal

[Mairte]

Ooo....Kismet and Karma....and it totally fits!
Adriana Rose, Mugwort is another good one.