We have a growing short-list of possible names which might suit our new family member. He doesn't seem at all convinced by his current but obviously false name, "Tommy".
He is 5 months old, quite shy and very beautiful.
Update: he was quite shy when I began this post yesterday, but after an hour or two of sitting (happily but hidden) in a little quite inaccessible hidey hole last night, he then began to take possession of the house. And us.
His shyness seems to have vanished entirely, he is purring constantly and doing those things that kittens do.
We would be happy to add any of your naming suggestions to our list, subject of course to our own hardly-thought-through, difficult-to-articulate and wildly subjective and inconsistent criteria.
Top-runners at the moment are:
Skaro
Logan
Havelock Vetinari.
I like the name Tommy! :)
ReplyDeleteMy childhood feline companion was called Pandora Syringa Patam.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion is Spider.
awww... little angelic devilish Havelock has my heart!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at Logan.
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwww.....sweet.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you know what name I think he should be! :O)
You did it! Hooray. :D
ReplyDeleteHow about Jack Black? 'Cos he is.
(Can't wait to be introduced.)
of course t.s. said it before:
ReplyDeletethe naming of cats is a difficult matter,
it isn't just one of your holiday games;
you may think at first i'm as mad as a hatter when i tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES
havelock vetinari tickles this mouse's fancy!!
t&r's neighbors moved leaving behind the pregnant lil one cat, I'm crossing my fingers that one of the kittens will be orange! nothing like a kitten to bring a constant source of joy into a home
congrats on tommy whatever-else....and best of luck finding the human bestowed names
I Vote for Havelock (as in Ellis the ... social reform chap.)
ReplyDeleteFritzy
Hey you have a cat! That was quick! (Well, I know you've been thinking about it for a while but quick after Christmas - you know what I mean) I take it he was from the Cat Protection League?
ReplyDeleteAnd of course he just HAD to be black in your house!! Do I have to go an look up all those name references in my ignorance then? I only recognise Logan as the one who ran back in the seventies!
Cats usually end up with two syllable names despite their real name being double barelled (sp?) or even tripe barelled. So I quite like Havelock - but what could you shorten it to? Havvy? Sounds quite eSpanish to me! And when you spot some mice in the kitchen can you can call Havelock in to 'have a look!'
XXX
I also have a black cat, I named her Bosco after a bear on cocoa commercials.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, congratulations.
He's gorgeous. How about 'Liquorice'?
ReplyDeleteI like Frank - maybe short for Franklin?
ReplyDeleteOr.....Gargoyle? (Heeerrrrreeee Gargy!)
Or maybe Zorro?
Or even Alistair.
heheheh.....
Nigel;)
ReplyDeleteTommy's nice.
ReplyDeleteSubmitted for your approval:
ReplyDelete- Steve
(because all critters benefit from the name "steve")
- Doctor
(after which you must procure him something which resembles a sonic screwdriver to play with)
- Mustapha
(simply because it's awesome)
- Cornelius
(as in Jerry Cornelius. Read 'the final programme' by Moorcock, he's a great character)
- Oslo
(which is a very cool name, but it enables you to have a private game: the first person to say "NORWAY is that his real name!" gets a prize of some kind)
i could go on...
I have two sibling black cats - male & female, Thelma & Luis (after the movie: "Thelma and Louise").
ReplyDeleteWhen I say Luis' name with the Spanish inflection, he always seems to perk up, because of the long 's' sound at the end of his name. Try that out and see if Tommy's convinced of this tentative new name.
Oh, an all black cat! How gorgeous! Before you know it he will have taken over the household, never fear!
ReplyDeleteCorny, I know but (Black) Majik comes to mind.
Cats do have a way of naming themselves, so observe him for a few days and see if he tells you anything.
P.S. He needs some catnip.
Ha! I haven't been around much, and now this development!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you picked a black cat; they are the smartest, most rambunctious, loving ones around.
Now you can knit him all kinds of toys.
We name our cats only for the vet's convenience. Then we call it "kitty" at home no matter what name we gave the vet. If we ever have two cats at one time we may have to go to kitty1, kitty2 etc !!
ReplyDeleteNot true for the dogs though, we give them true names for some reason.
I would suggest "spook" for your kitty.
He looks like a shiny Midnight to me! Pets brighten up any home.
ReplyDeleteHe's beautiful...I like Jinx for a black cat...although I like your pick of Logan too.
ReplyDeleteLogan is a good aloofish name --cat perfect.
ReplyDeleteOh isnt he lovely!!
ReplyDeleteWe have a kitten, from RSPCA, and he was already named, Des. He'll be about a year old in March. I am in love - it's brilliant to be woken up by purrs in the ear!!
Penny.
well we had nothing against the name "Tommy", it just didn't seem to fit
ReplyDeletethanks for all your great suggestions, i esp. like liquorice and spook.
Skaro is a Dr. who name, being the planet of origin of the daleks...
and though theoretically we most favoured Havelock Vetinari (one of Terry Pratchett's best characters) in fact Logan is the name which just seems to fit him best.
If Kimy is right about 3 names, maybe he can be Logan Havelock Vetinari.
Tut-tut - knitted cat toys! what an excellent and joyful thought!
PS Kimy, Cashew was one of our poss. names - & might especially suit an orange kitty?
ReplyDeleteI have a cat named Kermit. We also refer to him as Kerm, Kermy, Kermdog, Squirmit, crazykitty.com, you name it!
ReplyDeleteOtherwise all the cats in my family have been Miss Kitty, Mr. Kitty, Orangekitty and Graykitty. This is not a joke! We weren't so creative. haha. Good luck with the new kittie kat!
Hi...
ReplyDeleteIn our custom see a black cat is very bad...
I had a grey cat named Spook(y). He somehow got out of the house and never came back so Spook is not a name I myself would consider. My in-laws however, had a black kitten adopt them and they named him Spook. So far, so good! :)
ReplyDeleteI like Tommy too, I have to admit.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I feel about Steve.
Good enough name, Logan. Lets hope he is never mistaken for the airport in Boston!!
ReplyDeleteGlad he's black, a black cat keeps bad spirits away. Logan's run --your home? has he fully investigated every nook?
ReplyDeleteStevie Ray Cat!
ReplyDeleteThe SWEETIE PIE!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing quite like bringing up a kitten (as it were).
Kittens are awesome. They adopt and train us, not the other way round. Good luck with the naming. Wr have our own black cat, Phoebe.
ReplyDeleteBoth my kittens, e, are now full grown and fully in charge.
ReplyDeleteThey do refer 'up' on occasion though. :))