Choosing a name
As the new queen of your household, your cat deserves a fitting name, a name that gets at the essence of who she is, what she looks like and her personality. So, what's a great name for a cat? How do you decide?
The first thing to consider is that cats are better at learning names that consist of only one or two syllables. They react especially well when their name ends with "ie" or "y," which may explain all of the very happy "Fluffies" out there.
The second is whether you will want to use the name all the time, or will get sick of it. For instance, long, aristocratic-sounding names may sound interesting, but can get tiresome to say every day. Long names will get shortened, and sometimes come out sounding quite different than you expected.
Warnings aside, there's literally no end to the names you can choose. You can base his name on a physical feature, a personality trait, a favorite author, artist or singer, mythological names, or the circumstances by which he came into your life.
Take your time, but don't take too long or your cat may have a minor identity crisis. Whether your cat is a Lucky or Fluffy or even Pandora, your new friend deserves a name that's just right, and the effort it takes to find it.
To get your thoughts flowing, here are some of the most popular cat names in the US and Canada:
Top 10 female names
Maggie
Molly
Lady
Sadie
Lucy
Daisy
Jasmine
Amber
Pumpkin
Samantha
Top 10 male names
Max
Tigger
Buddy
Bailey
Sam
Rocky
Buster
Gizmo
Owen
Milo