A new female kitten will join the family this weekend. Help Name Her!

[tekisui]

I am taking name suggestions. A girl kitty, 3 months old, will be joining the family. She swam to kayakers to be rescued. We have one fat cat named Sokie. Every name will be considered.

[MrScorpio]

1. Bubbles

[tekisui]

2. I like that, it will go to the 'short list'.

I met a woman who lived at a campsite in the woods. She had two exotic birds in a cage and a cat named 'mouse' that would follow her around.

[jrandom421]

3. This thread is useless without pics

[tekisui]

6. Here ya go:

These are Sokie. I have no idea what the kitty looks like. It doesn't matter to me, but my wife just might be a feline-racist. She is dying to know the color, hair length, etc.

[Withywindle]

19. Wow! That's a lot of kitty!

She's BEAUTIFUL. Maine Coon? They are, er, big-boned.

[tekisui]

22. We think she is part maine-coon, but not sure.

The vet says she is healthy, just fat. We have her on a strict diet, but thinks she has a food route somewhere. She was fat when we got her and has never changed. But, she is a sweetie. We love all of her!

[tabbycat31]

25. her face and coloring look so much like my Tabby

except he is a skinny shorthair

[Brigid]

48. How about Ariel?

After The Little Mermaid. :)

[Captain Hilts]

4. Aelfgifu. The wife of Canute the Great. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. That's a name you don't see every day.

[Captain Hilts]

29. How can you forget a name like that? Pronounced 'Elf-GE-foo'. nt

[crim son]

36. That's a great name.

I had a kitty I called Etheldread, from Aethelred. I was reading the history of Northern Europe at the time we got her.

[Captain Hilts]

39. After Etheldred, the Unready????

[crim son]

41. I can't remember anything except the fact

that I liked the name and since the kitten was truly crazy, "dread" worked better than "red" so you know better than I. She ended up being one of those cats who would play fetch, and go for walks like a dog... my all-time favorite pet.

Phoebeast. That's cute.

[Withywindle]

5. Ishmael

Survivor of a shipwreck!

[tekisui]

8. That is a good approach.

[XemaSab]

7. Koshie

is always a good name for a cat. :)

[Withywindle]

9. Catfish

She swims!

[tekisui]

10. Okay, that is good.

Definitely on the short list.

[Withywindle]

11. If I win

I expect my prize to be a picture of teh kitteh. :)

[Madrone]

31. I really like this.

I was going to suggest what seems like the obvious.... Kayak. Or a kayak manufacturer - but I don't know any and didn't turn anything up in a less than thorough peek at google.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Ondine

[BuelahWitch]

26. Ooh, I vote for this one too!

[tabbycat31]

13. wait till you get her

post pics, then we can put a face to a name.

[tekisui]

15. Okay, look for them Sunday evening.

[tabbycat31]

24. that's better

besides you can't mention a kitten on DU and NOT post pics. That would be cruel

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Lucy.

I love cats named Lucy.

[Skittles]

16. Dara

for Dara Torres

http://daratorres.com/

[Haole Girl]

17. Ariel

Like the Mermaid. :-)

[stray cat]

18. Swam to kayakers - where was she stranded most cats don't swim intentionally

[tekisui]

20. I don't even know the full story, yet.

I don't know if they(there are two) were on an island or if they jumped in the water.

[stray cat]

21. Two new additions - its great you are taking them in - best wishes

[tekisui]

23. Well. we are planning on only one, but

when we see the two together, all bets are off.:)

[bluedigger]

27. Flotsam!

Hell, take both and you can have Flotsam and Jetsome!

[crim son]

37. Those names get my vote! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

43. GMTA -- flotsam was my first thought! nt

[begin_within]

30. Nemo

[jrandom421]

32. Here's a name

Beautiful, exotic and dangerous!

Akasha, mother of vampires, Queen of the Damned!

[Avalux]

33. How about "Nixie"?

Old German for "little water sprite". :hi:

[crim son]

34. Phoebe.

Or Pibbles. :hi: I also love the name "Butter" for a cat but I don't know why.

[Captain Hilts]

40. Which can mutate into Phoebeast. Friend of mine has a cat named 'Biscuit'. nt

[EndersDame]

35. Artemis, Bastet, Iris,Spot, Rocket, Nova, Pixel,Athena

just a few off the top of my head

[appamado amata padam]

38. Diana (Goddess of the Hunt) nt

[Zavulon]

42. Aquacat.

Cracks me up. :)

[eppur_se_muova]

45. Usurper!

[MissMillie]

44. Something w/ a different vowel sound

so if Sokie is w/ a long "o", go w/ something w/ a long "a".... Mavis, Ava,.... or a long "u".... Judy, Juju, Dewdrop, Lucy...

[Bertha Venation]

46. Whitewater.

[dembotoz]

47. neptune

[Moondog]

49. Kami,

for a cat that is at home in the water is obviously a divinity of some sort ....

[Demoiselle]

50. Esther Williams. (A great and very glamorous swimmer), or..

Gertrude Ederle ((A great swimmer, not quite as glamorous as Esther, but she was first female to swim the English Channel.)

And of course, you can always call her Esther or Gertie for short.
The swimming is very impressive.
Best wishes and all good vibes to her.

[old mark]

51. Pyewackett. nt

[Robeson]

52. Tatyana. I just love Russian names.

[omega minimo]

53. Paddle

:hi: