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 Guppy suits her and is a cute name. Could you perhaps make it double barrelled for vet purposes - something to go with your surname :
Guppy- Jo
Guppy- Flo
Guppy- Mo
Guppy - Zoe

Sounds a bit daft written down I grant you but I bet she will have lots of nicknames in time.

Guipure - it's a type of lace fabric. Perfect for her markings. That's her Sunday name for best and Guppy for family.

I had a cat called guppy. He came with the name but I had guppy fish at the time and it stuck. He was a Tom cat a bit worse for wear in looks but a big softie, the vet thought he was cool and liked his name. Its different to all the standard cat names.

Plus, she thinks she's a dog, and plays fetch and tug - we had a tortoiseshell cat just like Guppy that used to play fetch.

Honestly, torties are real characters. They do some odd and crazy things so there will never be a dull moment!

Oh I like Guppy!

I mean as a name, though I do also very much like the look of Guppy as a cat.

I had a rabbit who I called Madonna.
She cut her foot whilst I was at school one day and my dad took her to the vet.
When he returned he said he'd never been so embarrassed as the waiting room was full and he wasn't expecting the vet to shout the rabbits name 😂
Years later we adopted a stray cat and he said there's no way it's having a cringe name so he was lovingly called Brian lol

Gloria
Geisha
Glenda
Glinda
Goldie
Grace or Gracie
Graziella
Gwen

My favourite cats name is Gustav so how about Gustavia?

Looks just like my parents'cat, who is called Mimi. It suits her cos she's just a fluffy little dot 😂 I also like Lilu, and my (girl) cat is called Ditty.

Or Gretchen. She looks like a Greta/Gretchen to me!

We have Demelza. Dh had a love for poldark 😂

I've got a Haribo because I love Tangfastics.

A surprising number of these names already belong to either family members or (current and previous) pets!

I second having an official name of "Puppy" if you don't want Guppy. . Or just go with Guppy. There will be someone cringing with embarrassment when "Princess Floofy-Bottom" is called out and you won't feel too bad after all.

Hmm, 'Gretchen-The-Puppy' has potential.

(How did you know what our other cat was called, Binky?)

This is of no help to you whatsoever OP but it does remind me of a cat that was being offered for re-homing on Pets4Home that had been called....

Gonad.

Imagine that being called out at the vets

My mum's cat's official name is Diamond, but she only answers to Binky.

Guppilina ?

Mcavity is from TS Elliots poem books about cats.

Macavity

Eva!

Aww she's gorgeous

When we were doing a names list for our Cats-To-Be ( all colours and male/female to cover all eventualities ) my tortoiseshell 'name' was Twix

You can change the name easily , its not like the little blighters answer to them

How true!

Giuseppina is the Italian version of the English name Josephine.

I would go with Goldie. It matches her markings and doesn't sound toooo dissimilar to her current name.

My tortie is called Smudge.
My previous tortie was Tails (Sonic fan as a kid).
My rescue dog came with his name. Get some funny looks calling it when on walks. It's (outing to anyone who knows me!) Beethoven.

Gertrude - guppy for nn