Unusual cat name suggestions please!

[Catnipples]

Hi,

We brought our 1 year old rescue home a couple of days ago. He is absolutely adorable, floofy, super affectionate, gentle but also very playful. He is really soft and slinky.

He's black, with brown on the underside/chest. We don't want an obvious name like Sooty, but something unique and unusual. Weirdly, we joked about calling him Chimney instead, and on the first day he climbed behind the fireplace to explore😂Chimney doesnt realy sound right though🤔

Others on the table so far are:
Zephyr
Knuffel (pronounced Ker-nuffle, Danish for hug)
Snickers
Bourbon
Marshall

Here are a few pics!😍

A colleague's cat is called Mr Jervis, which I think is right and proper. Go formal, it's what cats want.

Claude / Clawed

This pair of reprobates are called Jazzy (white) & Changes (tuxedo).

I think something like:

Apollo
Horus
Horatio
Erasmus
Ozymandias (Ozzy for short)

Cuthbert. Bertie as a nickname.

Jethro Tull.

As for 'Kitler', that shouldn't have made me laugh...but it did!

Keeping with the chimney theme, thinking Mary Poppins, Poppins or Bert.

Quink
Noir

Puss is quite unusual these days

Carlo, he should definitely be called Carlo.

Or Sweep (since you've ruled out Sooty)

Oh he's going to be majestic.

How about Kobna, after the wonderful actor.

We had a cat that looked just like that some years ago. He was called Herbert.

He’s gorgeous OP!!

I’d name him after something regal or expensive. Like an unusual gemstone maybe. Lord Tourmaline?! Tor for short? I dunno it’s so hard.

Or after an ancient god like Zeus or Odin.

Have a look on the baby name thread, lots of inspiration for you there

Martin.

Mantel

Cosmic creepers.

Murphy
Panther
Tarmac (joking)

Dunstan! It means 'one who is as dark as the stone' apparently.

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats I have a basil too 😍

He's lush OP. Chims is a cute name

Oh these are all so good! He's either gonna end up with 6 names or just be 'the cat' 😆

Uhtred

Barnabus or Busby for short IMHO

Tarquin
Torville
Topsytail

Chairman Meow