As a pet cat owner looking to name your cat you cannot be faulted for feeling a little overwhelmed with the job. The reason is simple; there are just too many choices. Suggestions and personal likes of family members don’t make the process any easier – but it does become more enjoyable.
Take a good look at your kitten, maybe for a couple of days. What are its most obvious endearing traits? Do its hazel eyes tempt you to name it…ahem Hazel? Or does it have a gait that could do justice to names like Queenie, Princess, Miss Royalty and such names. Does it show an early predilection to laziness, sloth, and a love for food? If so, then how about calling her Lazybones, Slacker, Chompers, Feeders, etc
Basically, the idea is that you use your imagination to come up with a name that your pet cat wants you to use. Okay, that’s stretching it a little too far. But you get the idea; don’t get stuck on Ginger and Tabby or worse, calling it Spot. If your cat ever finds out that you gave it a dog-name, it won’t forgive you
Research beyond the top ten names for 2010.
One reason why cats make such popular pets is that they have personality. They pack a lot of attitude in that small frame. If it is your cat’s attitude that is its standout feature then maybe you can call her Sassy. If it is the type that can shrug off a mishap and come to you for an ear-scratch minutes after being chased by the neighbor’s dog then maybe you can call it Happy. If it makes you feel good and cheery then maybe she is the Sunshine of your life.
If you’re the literary sort of if your cat looks cool wearing reading glasses then there is a plethora of names to select from. Here are a few names for your consideration – Puss from Puss in Boots; Tess from Tesss of the D’Urbervilles – okay, so Tess in this story wasn’t a cat but a pure lady, so what – treat your cat like a lady, and start by giving her a name that makes her feel that way. Lady Jane was a cat in a Charles Dickens story; Cheshire is a name drawn from the Cheshire Cat made famous by Lewis Carroll – a good name for your kitty if you detect that it wears a sly grin most of the time.
There was a time when cats were considered to have divine connections; there is a nice list of names to select from if you too feel that there is something otherworldly about your kitty – for example, Minerva, Cassandra and Aphrodite have a nice classical ring to them.
There are many other sources of ideas for you, politicians, artists, cartoon characters, food items, cat names in different languages, actors, precious stones, flowers, fruits, and many more thoughts that you can come up with.
The top 10 female cat names for 2010
