Hello everyone :)

Hi everybody! I hope you all are well.
I haven't been around lately and am so glad to be back and reading all the posts I missed! I have alot of catching up to do.

Anyway I have exciting news, we are getting a cat :). My husband was going to surprise me for my birthday but wanted me to pick out the breed etc, and we're all very excited.

My birthday is the 9th of this month (and on the 8th will be my daughters 4 month birthday!!!!) and we will be picking up the cat on the 29th. So I have not long to think of a name and I want it to be perfect!

Tomorrow I will post a list of what I'm considering but I'm thinking along the lines of Flora and Felicity (f-themed not necessary). And will post more later, I have to go now because Genevieve is screaming! But feel free to post suggestions now :)

Thank you in advance!

Welcome back and congrats on your little girl and your cat:) Genevieve is a gorgeous name did you choose a middle name for her? Well i love the names Flora and Felicity heres a few i thought of as well
Phoebe
Florence
Sadie
Fifi
Lulu
Jezebel
Kooky
Juno
Mimi
Olive
Magnolia (Maggie depending on the colour i suppose)
Willow
Scout
Mabel
Beatrix/ Trixie
Luna
Celia
Sienna
Savannah
Lavender
Blossom
Velvet
Claribel
Juniper
Petula
Deliliah
Matilda
Martha
Clementine
Valerie

Hi, Josie -- and welcome back!

Perhaps your natal flower might prove inspiring for a name for your new kitty? If you'd like to find out, and if you'd like to be added to the Birthday List, you can go do a posting to this topic:

http://nameberry.com/nametalk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3170

-- Nephele

Please do not use a human name for your cat. You may inadvertently spoil the name for a friend who wants to use it for a child!

There are so many wonderful "cat names" out there. Think of adjectives or nouns that describe your cat. For inspiration, you could look at Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot.
Good luck. P.S. I think cats prefer 1-in-a-kind sort of names.

I was missing you, Josie! Glad you came by. Hope your little girls are fine.
I love to think of kitty names. Flora is great, because it's easy to say.

Cat names:

Boys:
Alfie
Bernie
Bruno - love
Cairo - love Egyptian place names for cats
Cosmo - love
Destry
Dewey - one of our cat's nicknames. My husband called him The Dewster the other night. Another nn is Dew.
Dilly nn Dill
Freddie
Gideon
Jones - I had a kitty with this name
Moses nn Mokie, Momo, Moe-ie, Mosie, this is my kitty's name
Pan
Rufus
Sigmund nn Ziggy
Tony
Wally, could be a nn for Wallace
Zoltan

Girls:
Brigitte
Cleo
Cluny
Delores
Dolly
Elspeth
Ginger - sometimes a cliche can be such fun, nn Gingie.
Glenda
Luella
Memphis - another Egyptian name
Muzzie - a character in the movie "Thoroughly Modern Millie". My friend named his cat Muzzie.
Oona
Pansy
Polly
Queenie - I am crazy about Queenie!
Suzette nn Suzy
Tansy - this would be lots of fun to say all the time.
Wendy - I love this name.
Willow
Zsa Zsa
Zuzu

So, it sounds like you are getting a female cat. I don't know if these will help you, but I thought I would share the list of most popular cat names with you.

Top 30 Female Cat Names

1. CHLOE
2. LUCY
3. CLEO
4. PRINCESS
5. ANGEL
6. MOLLY
7. KITTY
8. SAMANTHA
9. MISTY
10. MISSY
11. SOPHIE
12. BABY
13. MAGGIE
14. ZOE
15. CALLIE
16. JASMINE
17. PATCHES
18. SASHA
19. GRACIE
20. PRECIOUS
21. DAISY
22. SHADOW
23. GINGER
24. SASSY
25. LILY
26. BELLA
27. ABBY
28. SMOKEY
29. ANNIE
30. TIGGER

And, just for fun

Top 30 Male Cat Names

1. MAX
2. TIGGER
3. TIGER
4. SMOKEY
5. OLIVER
6. SIMBA
7. SHADOW
8. BUDDY
9. SAM
10. SAMMY
11. CHARLIE
12. SIMON
13. OSCAR
14. LUCKY
15. JAKE
16. SEBASTIAN
17. JACK
18. GEORGE
19. ROCKY
20. BAILEY
21. TOBY
22. MILO
23. BUSTER
24. LEO
25. RUSTY
26. OREO
27. GIZMO
28. FELIX
29. CHESTER
30. HARLEY

You can view the article yourself at http://www.petplace.com/cats/top-names-for-cats/page1.aspx

And for anyone interested, you can see the top names for dogs at http://www.petplace.com/dogs/top-names-for-dogs/page1.aspx

It is very interesting how many of the top pet names are also among the top baby names. So, while using a human name for a pet might ruin it for some friends and family, it's apparently not deterring many people.

Hi, Josie! It's great to hear from you, and I hope the babies are doing well. :-)

Just don't use any name you may want to use on any future babies you may have. :-)

Alice
Beatrix
Cora
Clementine
Evangeline
Frances
Georgina
Isadora
Louisa
Matilda
Phoebe
Susannah
Thomasina (nn Tamsin)
Willa

Good luck! :-)

Hi. Some possible names for your new cat-

Fantine
Fleur
Claudia
Catalina
Claudette
Claudine
Catriona
Chantelle

Good luck! Hope you and your girls are well.

Hello Aklein, thank you! Yes, Genevieve May. Mirabelle Jane is her twin, Jane and May are family names from my and my husbands side.

Some suggestions you gave that I love:
Fifi, especially as a nn for Fiona! I love it :)
Beatrix, I love the name but I have seen a pic of the cat and just don't think it works
Celia and Cecelia! And Cecily now that I think of it. But I think maybe I'd like to save these in case of any more little girls.. I really love them.
Matilda, Clementine and Valerie I love.

But my favorite..
Delilah!

Thank you!! :D

nephele wrote:Hi, Josie -- and welcome back!

Perhaps your natal flower might prove inspiring for a name for your new kitty? If you'd like to find out, and if you'd like to be added to the Birthday List, you can go do a posting to this topic:

http://nameberry.com/nametalk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3170

-- Nephele

Thank you Nepehele but I think Glaucous-leafed Aletris is a bit of a mouthful! Haha :)