What's the story behind your cat(s) name?  

My daughter got the cat as a birthday present from a family friend. At the time, she used to always watch this cartoon show about a boy who was mean to cats so he got turned into a cat so that he could see it from there side. His name was Billy (I can't remember the actual name of the show). My daughter named her cat Billy after him :)

I usually name my cats after a week to see how they turn out since when they are newly born, I can't tell how they will be once when they are a bit older. Maskara was simple enough once when I saw her face and see what's look like a mask so we name her maskara or masky. smoothy is when she was about a week old, when I notice that her fur was more smooth then all the other cats... That's how I give them their name.

I had picked up 2 kittens after we lost our big cat from old age . The older children really wanted there own cat so I got two of them but the deal was that they would let one of the younger children name the kittens . One of my children (who was two at the time ) was in love with Dora The Explorer ( and still is lol ) wanted to name the kittens after the show , so she picked out two names she liked and the older children picked the one they liked better for each of thier kittens and this was how they ended up with the names Tico and Boots . Boots name really does suit her as she is all orange except for her four paws that are white so she looks like she is wearing boots and Tico the name just seems to suit her as she is all orange and very fluffy .

We currently have 4 cats. The first two were brought on the same day from a local cat shelter. I couldn't think of a name for either of them, I was feeling rather uncreative so eventually picked a couple that my mother had thought of.

Sammy is a ginger and white kitty. Literally just a name my mother thought of. I don't believe there is any rhyme or reason to the name selection.
Patch was the other name (grey, black, brown and white tabby.) When we got him from the shelter as a very young kitten his colours weren't very blended and were rather patchy. Hence his name Patch. His colours are a lot more blended now and he doesn't look the slightest bit patchy.

Our other two were stray brothers we took in initially with their mum and sister until we managed to re home them. I gave both of them their names. Both are medium lenth fur ginger and white tabbies.
Whisper - I decided I wanted to name them after songs from some of my favourite singers/bands. After mentally going through a pile of songs, I thought of this Evanescence song. It actually really suits his personality too, as he is really timid and I have only heard him meow once and that was just right before he was sick one night.
His brother was named 'Northern' after the Tori Amos song 'Northern Lad.' I really wanted one named after one of her songs but not many of her song titles really seemed suitable, so this one popped into me head, and his name was born.

I wish I could copy and paste!!! I've got a bunch of cats! Ping & Pong got their name because their sister was a siamese colored kitten & I named her for a chinese coworker. Since the game ping pong opened Red China back in the 70's, I thought those would be good temporary names until they found new homes - well, they didn't so they're stuck with them - and everyone loves the names except ME! Oliver was an orphan found at a week old. Taj is short for Ta Shuah, means "walks on snow" because he has white feet. Ronnie is "short" for Chevron because she was trapped at a Chevron station. Rygel was named for the muppet on Farscape because from behind, with his white ears, the roomie thought he looked like him, he is also very fond of eating like the Rygel in the show. That's a few of them.

My cat's name is Richard (he was named after the last disabled person who died in the Holocaust and died on my birthday). Beckwith is his middle name after two disabled activists brother friends of mine.

Ber (Dunno what breed but you can find her photos in "Stray Cats" interest.)

Originally named her Chanel, apparently she didn't like that. She will bite everytime we called her that name.

She wakes up everyday before feeding time, she would look at us in a daze for a minute or two. She can't even recongnixe me... so my wife says she's blur again...

Blur doesn't sound too nice, changed it to Ber. Ber like her new name so it's stuck.

We have 2 cats one called mayhem and the other chaos

Mayhem...From the minute we got this cat he caused absolute 'mayhem' in the flat we live in. Didnt matter what it was he used to carry it in his mouth and hide things when he was little, he has calmed down now!!!

Chaos...This was the first of the 2 cats we got, he was forever running around the flat, or just from one end of the room to the other for no reason (weird) and did start to claw thing (to which he has calmed do too), he is now really soppy and cuddleds up next to me when i have finished work.

I couldn't be without either of them now !!

I love my cat my ONLY one so far. I have only had one cat since I was 12. She will be 15 in June. Her name is Princess Angel.

When my sister got her cat I told her to name her something with "Princess" in it. I dont know why I thought the name sounded good and cool. Then when I decided to get my own cat (my cats sister next day) I named her Princess Angel right on the spot. I thought she was perfect (Angel) and I wanted her to be royal like with the name I LOVED "Princess" thus her name Princess Angel.

Funny thing she acts more like a QUEEN. She still bulleys at times the other cat and even my dog (both larger than her) around. But its okay. We give her the excuse she is an old lady leave her alone haha ;)

I have two cats. The first one, I named her Kyla. I got that name because kyla is one of my closest friend when I'm just in kindergarten years but I haven't met since I'm in gradeschool years...Then the second one is Sam...I named him Sam because I have a crush named Sam so you know I can call him everyday w/ my crush name....