Heather in VA Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 We are getting two new kittens. In October we lost our last cat who had been with us for over 16 years. He and his brother (who died when he was 14) were great and we are feeling healed enough from the loss to get new ones. I only got to name one of the cats the first time and I named him Gatsby (after the Great Gatsby). We'd like to continue the literary tradition with the two new ones. We aren't sure if they will be 2 boys, 2 girls or one of each so any combination would be great. All ideas welcome!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna in the boonies Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Do you want to stick with a theme from a particular book or genre, or are you just looking for literary names in general? I name my animals after characters from To Kill a Mockingbird. I've had a Scout, an Atticus, a Radley, a Calpurnia (my current kitty), and even a 'used' dog who arrived with the name Sheba, but whose name I amended with the suffix "-robe" -- so her name was Shebarobe. (Terrible, awful pun, and you have to think really hard to get it, but I didn't know how else to work it in! We just continued to call her Sheba.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Someone on here has three cats: Merry, Pippin, and Mrs. Whatsit. I've always thought that was a brilliant bit of naming, all around. The next time we get two kitties, I'm lobbying for Merry and Pippin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria from IN Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 We named our dog Fiver after Watership Down because he was the runt of the litter. I could see Hazel, Fiver, and Pipkin running around the house. Better yet, use the rabbit translation! Hlao-roo, Hrairoo, and Thlayli? Well, maybe not. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 We had a cat named Mehitabel: "Archy (whose name was always written in lower case in the book titles, but was upper case when Marquis would write about him in narrative form) was a cockroach who had been a free-verse poet in a previous life, and he took to writing stories and poems on an old typewriter at the newspaper office when everyone in the building had left. Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach. Archy's best friend was an alley cat named "Mehitabel," and the two of them shared a series of day-to-day adventures that made satiric commentary on daily life in the city during the 1910's and 20's." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_mehitabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 How about Huck and Tom for males? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Montmorency, after the dog in Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." My family didn't go for the name but I still like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Our dog is named Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. If you get girl kitties, what about Amy, Jo, Meg or Beth (I vote for Amy and Jo as that is my full name lol). If you get a boy and a girl, what about Scarlett and Rhett? Two boys? The only thing popping into my head right now are Shakespeare and Milton - not sure why. You could also go Greek and name them Ulyssses and Neptune? Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalieclare Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 If you got a boy and a girl, you could name them Meg and Charles Wallace. (A Wrinkle in Time) or Miss Marple and Poirot or Ernest and Gwendolyn (Importance of Being Ernest) or Mary and Dicken (Secret Garden) 2 boys: Holmes (or Sherlock) and Watson or Hook and Peter or Clive (CS Lewis) and George (MacDonald) or Jeeves and Wooster or Rip and Ichabod 2 girls:Betsy and Tacy or Gwedolyn and Cecily or Beezus and Ramona or Susan and Lucy or Aravis and Lazaraleen As you can see, my taste runs to light and frothy.:) Have fun! I think our barn cat is going to have kittens soon, so I'm on the hunt for some good names as well. Actually, we will probably be giving most of them away. :DAnyone in Puget Sound area looking for a kitty?????:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 You guys are GREAT!!!! We are going to have a tough time choosing. These names are all terrific. I was telling DH about all the choices and said how much fun I thought the Little Women names would be and oldest dd decided we need 4 so we can have Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy. That didn't go over well LOL. I'll let you all know what we decide when we get them (hopefully tomorrow). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've always wanted a pet named Wimsey! I guess the other could be Harriet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 We once had a cat named Hermione - Greek mythology *and* Harry Potter ;-) Or, you could go T.S. Eliot and have a JennyAnyDots and Rumpleteaser, Macavity, etc. If I was going to use Shakespeare, and had a boy and girl kitty, they'd have to be Beatrice and Benedick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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