What do we name our new kitten?

[WhatDoWeCallHim]

Our last beloved cat was called Clarkson, because he was egocentric, bolshy , had a bit of an attitude and wasn't the most photogenic creature. He lived to 12 which given he had a heart condition from birth was pretty good going.
We've had a petless gap of about nine months and have just adopted a new feline leader.
We've thrown quite a few names around but nothing seems to stick/suit.
DS (4) wants to call him whatever is in his line of sight at the time, and DH wants to call him Tabaxi after a species of cat people from his very niche/outing Mumsnet DH hobby Dungeons and Dragons. I think it's a bit much and not something I want to be calling out of the back door.
We don't really want standard Felix, Tigger, fluffy type names.
Any thoughts?

Dave

Rocket (Rocky as nn)

@RagingWoke velociraptor is a brilliant cat name. 😂

Mau, the ancient Egyptian word for cat.

Diesel. He’s so cute.

Looks just like my boy, Bruno

Rory - bet he sees himself as a lion who roars!

He looks like a Leonard to me

Spike

So DS has made some more suggestions this morning, the first two were atmosphere and asteroid (space phase), I might be able to get on with with the third choice Cosmo

Excuse my ignorance but what’s the Egyptian connection with a part-Bengal cat?
beautiful kitten. Norman.

Baxter

He is small and cute. I would follow your previous theme and call him Hammond.

Tabaxi is perfect.
You can always call him Baxi for short.

For some reason Calcutta (a nod to Bengal) popped in my head as soon as I saw the photo and has stuck.

Robin.

I have a cat who was a stay but looks like she is part Bengal. She loves hunting robins.

I was chatting with someone who has two half Bengals (breeder's queen got out and had a good time) apparently they also hunt robins.

So Robin Hunter?

What about Fluffkins?? Suggested by my 9 year old daughter

@TomatoSandwiches

wouldnt you feel like a right twat calling 'mau mau' (meow meow)???

@WhatDoWeCallHim trouble is I'd never call for 'tabaxi' and I'd feel a twat calling for 'tab, tabby'. Baxi would be ok, but I can see myself calling 'taxi' 😂😂

Hes absolutely stunning (so don't call him Martin or Robert!!)

I love cats, but I'm not actually a huge kitten fan, he's the first kitten in a very long time that's made me think 'hmmm, cute, maybe...'

I like human names & like George.

Does DH have any other suggestions from his gaming life?

I love the name George but it was my Grandad's name , he passed relatively recently and my gran visits and stays with us, it feels a bit disrespectful when it's an animal namesake.
I also like Ziggy but a friend's son has that name

I'm on the fence about Tabaxi largely as PP said not sure the full name would get used and then you've just got a cat called tabby, although Baxter suggested above could work as a NN

Since the Tom Hanks film I love the idea of Otto for a cat or dog. Or he could be an Ozzy.

I read somewhere, maybe on MN, that someone called their cat Taxi which would be amusing when calling the cat in.

I think Chaotic Evil would be a good name for a cat. Probably not something you want to call from the back door though.

picking up on the Mau idea and the M marking, Maurice, Maurus, Mauritius?

I have no idea, but he is very beautiful.

Bowie