Please save me and my kitten from a lifetime of embarrassment: names please!

[GuppytheCat]

I'm about to adopt the foster kitten we've had with us since birth.

Her name - which wasn't our choice - is Guppy. She's been Guppy for nearly 10 weeks now and it's stuck.

DS, DD and DH insist that that is her One True Name and cannot be changed but they'll concede that she can have a suitably similar alias for the vet.

Any suggestions? They've already vetoed Augusta and Agatha.

Regulation (and completely identifying) picture attached, I do hope.

I think you want something similar sounding, so that when the vet is talking to her she won't be confused. what about Gracie, or Gypsy? She is gorgeous by the way

Gupta?

She looks like a Guppy to me!

Guinevere
Jennifer
Georgia
Georgie
Gwen
Juniper

She looks like an Agatha to me!

Just call her Guppy... it's adorable!

I know an identical dcat. Martha.

Our 11 year old looks exactly like her. Her name is Fizz. Vets don’t bat an eyelid.

Oooh, some good ideas here.
Juniper is really nice, and Guinevere is worth a shot.

I'm resigned to her being Guppy at home. But our vet calls the animals in by first name and surname - and our surname is [let's say] Beagle, so she already sounds quite species-confused. Plus, she thinks she's a dog, and plays fetch and tug.

I will not reveal the name of my first cat - but it was always embarrassing at the vet .
I'm with the rest of your family - keep Guppy, it's nowhere near as bad as it could be

Guppy is a brilliant name for a cat. I'm with your family and you should keep it. It's no worse than having Cheddar called out at the vet!

My vets do that. And they call out ....'s mum if they've stayed in!

Come on @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats you have to tell us now!

My cat is called Cookie.. given to her before we adopted her so she left it.

But I was just thinking.. that sounds quite like Guppy. It could be a decent alternative if you want to avoid confusion.

I was at the vet's this morning and "Macavity" was called in before me.

I had a tortie called splodge.

Poecilia for posh/the vets.
Guppy for everyday.

Sorry Toddler - can't do it.
Suffice it to say that you should never name a cat with an adjective.

Much as I appreciate Poecilia, ODFox, it does sound like something infectious happening to your insides!

Guppy is adorable! Love her! My old cat was called Merkin, and my surname begins with an M too - always made me laugh at the vets when we were called in.

Umm, isn't a merkin a fake fur front, so to speak?

Guppy is lovely!

She could be Gudrun at the vet?

What about Gabrielle/a?
Penelope could even (tenuously) work?
I quite like Gwen names too, Gwendolyn etc...
That said, I don't think Guppy is that bad, I know someone with a chihuaha called Pamela.

PAMELA.

Stylish!

I'm going to need more cats to use up all these excellent suggestions.

(To forestall the usual question, she doesn't have any available siblings, but she likes people very much so I think she'll be OK.)

Poppy?

Our cousins had a lovely kitten called puppy! She was so much more like a dog in her behaviour from day one and it just stuck - would be a perfect soundalike for yours 🐱

My bunny also had an unusual name and I think it made her even more memorable to the vets which was actually a positive as they were extra fond of her