We've just got a new cat and are arguing about names...

[overthehill]

...she's black with brown splodges and a thin pale stripe down her face(tortoiseshell, I think you'd call her) and looks quite exotic, so we're racking our brains for a suitable name. DH has suggested things like Treacle, but dd objects to that kind of name, & we don't want anything too common/boring. Any suggestions - as imaginative as possible! - gratefully received!

Hawaii
Aruba
Inca

Sorry, it's early....

Mumble
Jemima

I'd go for Sharon...

Errmm...still don't think anyone's quite hit the nail on the head, although I quite like Inca as it fits the 'exotic' requirement. Mumble & Jemima are quite nice names but probably not distinguished enough, but as for Sharon ... we do have friends with a cat called Wayne, but it wasn't really quite the sort of name we had in mind.

So come on, folks, let's have a few more ideas as this poor moggy can't remain name-less for ever!

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Rumpelteazer

Calliope - one of the Greek Muses

well, we will be getting a little cat girl soon and have already decised that she will be called Ziva (pronounced Zee-vah), after a character from NCIS, lol!

here some more suggestions:
Gigi
Jinx
Tallulah
Mocha
Merle
Xena
Scarlet
Bibi
Fraggle
Kitty
Angel
Momo
Minky
Pearl
Queenie
Rahrah
Sissy
Rumba
Samba
Whitney

DA - what do you mean by 'proper' names? Names like Felix, Mog and Kitty?? And how do you pronounce Naira? - might be a possibility as she certainly does have big eyes. Thanks for the ideas, 3&NM; Tallulah or Mocha might fit. I wondered about Shiva, & I suppose Calliope is along the same lines. So, that's a few more to suggest to the troops. Any more takers?

Guinevere?

Hatshepsut (1st queen of Egypt I think)
Naomi
Ruth
Splodge
Hermione
Persephone

my sister likes to name cats after the musical when our cat had kittens we had
jenny any dots
mr mostofalies
gizmo
buster fer jones
rum tum tugger
macavity
mungojerrie

i have a
jack daniels
maximus decimus aurillus

we have also had a sophie, lucy and topsy.

what are your fave films? think along tthe lines of that, or your fave drinks.

My ds has just been Lancelot in a play-in-a-week, so Guinevere would certainly be topical! Hermione - people would think of Harry Potter, I think, Persephone - could be one to add to the list, Hatshepsut - maybe a bit too exotic ... I did suggest Nefertiti, but that didn't go down well. Splodge - much too undistinguished; Naomi & Ruth: not very keen here on names that are too common with humans.

oh Shva sounds great...but then, it sounds like Ziva a bit, so, no surprise

how about:
Gypsy
Maya
Taya
Toyah
Topaz

Shiva even

Hula is kinda cute, too

SSSBTS, I did suggest Macavity, but that went down like a lead balloon, and I wondered about Sophia - quite distinguished. I also thought maybe some constellation as she's quite dark, but most seemed to have male names. Films are a good idea: I'll have a look at the DVDs on the shelf & see if I get any inspiration from them.

i once had a girl cat called Ziggy

Rula (as in Lenska)!!

Suki

My mum has a Macavity & a Mungojerry.

Mine are Columbine Bumtrinket and Harlequin Bogwopit.

my step dad and his sister's family cat (when they were kids) was called Scrappy sneaktray.

alwyas makes me

I quite like names with unusual letters such as v, x & z as somehow they sound more exotic, & I do like Topaz & Shiva because of that. (Pedantic) dh discounted Shiva as he's a male god, & I suspect Lucifer would be similarly rejected. Suki's a good cat name so I'll add that to the list of possibles; not Maya as there are at least 2 at ds's school, one of whom will be in his class next year (ie next week - gulp!) and Toyah has to go as I think of Toyah Wilcox.

other female pets i have had were
mizz
roo
star
shera
zara
pretty titch
wednesday
polo
myra

my family home may as well have been a zoo my father couldnt say no when we asked for pets. i used to be good at naming them but am stuck now.

what about tortious, nala, mulan, ariel, skye, cha cha, luna?

Sorry, it can't be Mungo Jerry as I'm a child of the 70s & it just reminds me of being 13!! However, Harlequin's a possibility as her markings are definitely harlequinny (if that's a word!).

I am very keen on name generators so...

Here's a cat one

ummmmm....

Harlequin is a boy.