{"id":2514,"date":"2018-02-16T05:04:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2018-02-16T05:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:04:03","slug":"frivolous-friday-naming-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2514","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Naming Your Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What\u2019s in a name? Naming a cat can sometimes take a lot of time and trials. My mother, for example, gave her gift kitten a name, but couldn\u2019t remember it. She kept calling him Smokey, which was the name of her previous cat. So he became Smokey Two. I rescued a sweet calico from a shelter many years ago. She came with the name Katy. But we already had a Katy in the house, so we decided we\u2019d better change her name. But we were stymied as to what it would be. I said, \u201cLet\u2019s let her decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

So we watched her, observed her personality, paid attention to her actions and reactions, scrutinized her preferences and finally came up with a name. It took days. We noticed that anytime either of us went into the kitchen, there she was with us. One day I broke out in song, \u201cSomeone\u2019s in the kitchen with Dinah.\u201d And that became her name\u2014Dinah.<\/p>\n

Some cats are named for their coloring and features\u2014Mama\u2019s cat, Smokey, is gray, as was\"\" the Smokey before him. I had a Calico named Callie and a white beauty named Snowflake. Many people name a striped cat, Tiger and a Manx, Stumpy or Rumpy. My grandson has a pure black munchkin with the Kinkalow ears and they call him Bruce Wayne (Batman). Blackie or Ebony is used a lot for a black cat, Tabby for a tabby cat, Tangerine or Marmalade for an orange cat and so forth.<\/p>\n

How do you name your cat? Do you tag them with something related to their looks or their personality? Or do you project how you would like your cat to be or become–Serena, Precious, Angel, for example.<\/p>\n

\"\"Some cats are harder to name than others. I found Max\u2019s name at a high school graduation. I listened to the names that were being called out and when I heard Max, I knew that was it. I know, it\u2019s one of the most popular cat names\u2014nothing unique. But it sure fit our\u00a0 Maxie boy.<\/p>\n

Some names don\u2019t fit so well once the cat grows up. My daughter named her beautiful orange boy Rookie because he was new at being a house pet. He\u2019d been dumped, as far as she could tell, at the barns where they keep their horses. He sure runs the show now\u2014he\u2019s quite the opposite of a beginner\u2014a new kid on the block, which is what his name implies.<\/p>\n

There have been times when I have a backlog of names or I know what name I\u2019ll use for the next cat I adopt. For my 25th<\/sup> wedding anniversary I bought a Persian and named her Crystal (the traditional gift for that anniversary). I know, I know, adopt, don\u2019t encourage breeders. I know that now. That was a long time ago. Sometimes, however, I choose a cat and the names I\u2019ve gathered don\u2019t fit.<\/p>\n

What are some of your cat-naming stories? We all have them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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