[ellied]

My cats have always named themselves by appearance, behaviour or early incidents..

First were Caile and Tasgaidh first was really girly and the second was a wee treasure crossed with a Tasmanian devil so she was Taz for short.

Then came Twiglet (skinny tortie with knobbly knees!), her sister Amber (larger version of tortie with an orange nose stripe and so slow as to be caught in resin forever), Jack Sparrow a big handsome black longhair with white bib and paws and a dashing pirate by habit and manner, and Merlin my gorgeous grey tabby magician who could appear from thin air and disappear at will.

Then came Twigs kitten Velvet, black with the most glorious coat texture.  And finally Echo, Amber's black daughter who was Velvet's shadow and very vocal.

Twigs, amber and echo are still here

[nutterly_uts]

I have a Mozart (picked at 2 weeks when I first saw pics) who is a massive (massive!) black smoke short hair boy  , and his brother who started life as Beethoven but quickly became Loki as he was so naughty  He is a longhair tabby - still a big lad but not nearly has big as his brother

I also have their cousin Ellie who is a blue smoke tortie longhair, and who is known as Jelly-Cat (or Jelly-Belly now she's spayed!) and is often serenaded with slightly modified smelly cat lyrics (phoebe's song from friends) as she is a scruff bag   The ginger kitten she had I wanted to call Snickers but he ended up being a pampered stable cat and is known as Paddington (her other kittens were Jake & Elwood, Tigger and Peppa)

[Kitchen Cottage]

I have a Twinkle and a Jasper.  Both prenamed as I rehomed. 

I had a Macavity before he argued with a car and lost and I'd like another Macavity.  It suits an outdoors cat

[Mammyshaz]

It takes me ages to name my cats as I like to see what suits us both.
So far I've had a Lucky because she was brought in as a day old stray and my first ever hand rear, Secrets as she should have been euthanised but the owner didn't turn up to sign the agreement due to the horrific injuries she had sustained by nine weeks old! Frodo because as a family it was the only name we all agreed on, and finally little feral Lilly who was only being fostered six months ago but fits in so well she isn't going anywhere else ?

[SallyintNorth]

I wanted a black kitten, got a pair of black-and-white cats, named 'em Mix and Match.

Match was no match for the motorbike  but Mix lived to a ripe age.

We shared a house with a chap named his kittens Staph and Strep, so when a scrawny stray appeared I named him Myc (O'Plasma.)  He turned out to be a marvellous gorgeous loving Maine Coon, unfortunately Match and he hated each other so I found him a wonderful home with someone who really loved him.  (And called him Mike.)

A visitor arrived with a ginger kitten out of the blue.  Tiger was too boring so I named him Trigger.  He was a lot of fun but got Key-Gaskell syndrome so I had to have him put out of his misery 

Aynoch and Ayli (being Enoch and Eli, the heros of many a Black Country joke) followed, but traffic claimed them both. 

A friend wanted me to take her cat, who didn't seem to know his name was Merlin so I named him Hacker.  Sadly he and Mix never became friends.  Eventually the friend's circumstances changed and she asked for him back.  (And called him Merlin again.)

A new pair of kittens were named Farley and Brendon, after favourite places.  Brendon was shot dead aged 4.    When I could face getting a new cat, Jacob arrived.  (Farley's rusks and Jacob's Crackers )  Jacob was shot too, but survived, and lived to a good age.

No cats now, have to cuddle other people's when I get a chance.  Like a grandma with no grandchildren 

[sarab]

A kitten decided to live with us last year and when I saw him I named him Splash due to a streak of white along his ginger back.

I am usually in the camp of ít will find it's own name' but on this occasion it was just silly. Who on earth would name a cat Splash? It is now called a lot of names, Splash rarely. OH thinks Spud is good...my ideas are ruder.

[Jukes Mum]

Maude

I have a Maude- well that's the name on her insurance but we call her Mew.

I agree that you should meet her before naming her :-)

[Bionic]

Awww, Maude is lovely. We have a pig called Maude 

[Jukes Mum]

we keep her in a small box because she is very naughty 

[Treud na Mara]

BH calls my Siamese Exocet because of his heat seeking abilities !