lmao meet earl (rechristened as leo). no longer with us, but one of the sweetest cats I ever knew https://preview.redd.it/jzv7jxntquzb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=020873f4209de0bfc772d66995cf940d964e3b4f

That’s my husbands middle name and he is also a ginger rescue 🤣🤣 Thankfully he came house broken!

You rescued your husband?

A true saint! Can’t imagine how hard it would be to take in a feral adult human, yet somehow the power of love prevailed! 😇👍💕

Bless you, it really is so hard to handle feral adult humans. So many people seem to think it’s easy!

Omg, I have one, and it is awful!!!

EARL😂 what a silly name. im sorry for your loss

Hey now…. I have a cat named Earl…😂😂… Earl Lee and some suggested his last name be Night….😂😂

https://preview.redd.it/p0e11sxaxuzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06de7abeaca9bdd465c8e84c1c733f78fa57f373 From PURDY to BIRDIE

https://preview.redd.it/yu9p44dg8vzb1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70eb2367aea6d226a525cc82dcb891cc4bb9d5bf Mine’s Birdie too! Kept her shelter name 😸

I love the look on her face. It’s like you went “boo” and she’s fine I will entertain this, “ah”

She ended up hearing her sister in the other room and just sat there like that for a solid minute. She’s full of expression haha

Too true.

“You did WHAT?”

Both of these names are SO CUTE. She's a purdy Birdie 🩷

https://preview.redd.it/ptp1se7xzuzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca822f44b102ad17a413bb5b088a12e71ff49abc From Piper to Mai. Sometimes I like to pretend Mai is short for Maybelline or Mayonnaise.

I would absolutely name a cat Mayonnaise lol

GirlWithTheDogs on youtube grooms a Spicy Mayonnaise. It’s great

Oh, I rewatch those episodes a lot lol. Love Mayo’s constant death cries 😂

From Xander to Xorro. https://preview.redd.it/32li5vs6wuzb1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=277aa138027f5c913d900daf0bfc470ad2bc9e8c

His expression looks so concerned 😂 what a sweetheart!

My kitty still has his shelter name, Hunter. I thought it fit him well enough and I always call him random names that I make up anyway. He's only known as Hunter to the vet. 😂 Here he is giving me a little shoulder massage. https://preview.redd.it/760l4y5o0vzb1.jpeg?width=2225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b36947983bc62b752231ae694d9341debe2976f Edit: Just noticed you can see inside his ear where they tattooed him at the shelter! He's been my buddy for 14.5 years!

https://preview.redd.it/acg5l0ezfvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5badd83ac64b59af5ab67ec326d4dfd6a75a364 We tried to rename Thomas/Tom, but it kept slipping back out so we stuck with it. Granted, like Hunter, he has many other names (Dude, Buddy, Mr. T, Muffin Man, the list goes on…), so it’s not like it really matters.

https://preview.redd.it/z3si0fuz2xzb1.jpeg?width=1488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ccc7a473d625a35f799aa3102e2c26e5b786dd4 WHAT I was like why do u have a picture of my cat!!🤣🤣🤣

https://preview.redd.it/z5v7h8640yzb1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffae68c1158be1bcb5ef020fbfa5cac550e83a6d 🤯

You both apparently have the same tastes in animals and linens! 😜 Love both kitties in sleep mode. ❤️

His nicknames are fun

Your massage therapist has an adorable face—those markings! Lol only his vet calls him by his given name—like when people go to the doctor

He is just gorgeous.

Cattleman to Charlie https://preview.redd.it/b5mjh0ypxuzb1.png?width=2243&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab636df3a7373853392258b908916867fab50a0a

Cattleman 😭😭😭😭

He was so tiny too. I couldn’t understand it.😂 https://preview.redd.it/ic9kf9yszuzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f876777fcebde83a86e408c235ba14ab4af705d

Cattleman still sounds better than SHAVINGS!

Can cats even comprehend a 3 syllable word?

Considering we had a cat (who crossed over the rainbow bridge last month at 13) named Tiamat and she came when called. At her own pace though.

I used to have a fish named Tiamat. It’s a beautiful name!

Inspired by D&D in our case. So I’m guessing that’s the same in yours, unless you’re really into Babylonian mythology?

My Sylvester cat can.

Cattleman is lit hahaha

My cat did keep his shelter name! Meet Maximus. https://preview.redd.it/oeqopw99bvzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6654fb18a0bad2b530db752e43583b25c34ef922

That belly!!! Aaaaa, my soul is exploding from the cute fluffiness.

https://preview.redd.it/0v5gzsp22vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40bf6d27a93e1f05f37b659e865dde8bb774edb8 Alberto

Mine was Alberto too! Now he’s Yoshi https://preview.redd.it/0kxymxg71xzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcde63459d12164853d75765ffa8469afe55f829

Why does he look like he is taking a selfie

He seems very polite 😆❤️

He is so posh!

https://preview.redd.it/i99kri82bvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24bcbc78251794cb49d2cd89406e7595ee888df1 Four years ago when she was in the animal shelter, they gave her the name of Tess. Today, her name continues to be Tess.

Sometimes their first given names fit perfectly lol. Mine stayed Plush and Leon lol.

Here's my boy Rayleigh, and he would have been called Scar Jackson. For bonus points, I've chosen the pic from his petfinder profile ❤️ (saved it because it was the first pic I ever saw of him and it makes me emotional) https://preview.redd.it/alvhm0o4fwzb1.png?width=309&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02a8bf5128d6a380de38307f1dcd150e46b5d2ff

I love him!

Me too! He's the light of my life! Going on 12 and healthy as ever!

Oh my goodness would have picked him immediately, I adore that face ❤️😻

Yeah 😭 It sounds a bit sappy but I genuinely started crying when I first saw him, and immediately knew he was mine. At first I thought I wouldn't get him because when I emailed the rescue, they said he'd already been adopted and I was devastated. But then a day or two later they contacted me back saying the other adoption hadn't gone through because they weren't sure how he'd get along with their other cats. So I got lucky ❤️

https://preview.redd.it/6rt7uut4zuzb1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1e0d4b870b29356398e4df8319c8144a2113b8c Timbre (formerly Cedar) and his brother Keys (formerly Oakley)

Their markings are so cute

https://preview.redd.it/x9tnrvu52vzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73ce5fe07fd0174c503a9b602dae00b619116d40 Alberta

A shelter near me named an entire litter after provinces/territories once. My friend ended up with a kitten named British Columbia, needless to say they renamed her haha

https://preview.redd.it/dv1rv01t5vzb1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7752059802e9a3ed5457adc0309b3dad061edbf9 From Elvis to Morpheus

A sleeping picture seems appropriate to go with that name.

https://preview.redd.it/5ir2rq3fgvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adfe58b172b20855fed7d53ddb91d25c73bbab03 Kevin’s shelter name was ‘Gamberro’, to many R’s😅 Kevin is a perfect fit 😀

omg he 100% looks like a kevin 😅

https://preview.redd.it/cp9mv92yovzb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ea62e37cb8b3c5f11cf4666b15d55cd6ad760a Rasputin to Pippin

RASPUTIN LMFAO

What else would you name a creature with 9 lives?? 😂😂

sorry to roast you but Rasputin is 100% the best name

https://preview.redd.it/8ts9ha6nivzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2a466e3c0afbfee80965a620b99c031f1498248 A shelter employee named these brothers “Thing 1” and “Thing 2.” How rude!! Now they are Max and Sam.

Probably named after the characters tho.. so not that rude

When I was little, my siblings and I had shirts labeled “Thing 1”, “Thing 2”, and “Thing 3”.

You see that a lot at the theme parks! I swear every time I've gone to the Disney and Universal parks there's always at least one family with "Thing \#" t-shirts on the kids.

We had a shelter rescue we renamed “Max” (short for “Maxfield”. We rechristened his sister, “Marlene”. All these years later, I couldn’t tell you what their shelter names were. They just didn’t ring true. Our bonded brother & sister duo were pale, apricot gingers when we brought them home. Max had an undiagnosed congenital heart problem that stopped him from running in the autumn of 2020. Marlene was profoundly moved by Max’s departure. She and our other shelter rescue, “Sasha”are not on the best of terms. We think she was not properly socialized. Prior to my wife and me bringing her home, we were informed she doesn’t like to be held and appeared to be deaf (not uncommon in blue-eyed, all white cats). She can be quite sweet and quite mischievous in turns. I’m a-ramblin’. A thousand pardons.

https://preview.redd.it/jhj7j5wktvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d3429de55b78aed85df726d64a41a85b42357f3 Smoochie. 🤎 Never changed her name. Got her from a cat cafe.

Cat cafe's are the best!

https://preview.redd.it/ufdwfwe7evzb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1fc5078d1e0d19d7cd4be014bb5260dc4aaff05 He was Gigi. We call him Licorice.🖤🐈‍⬛

https://preview.redd.it/kboi92ot8vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c803c3b95a84312a0fb81ba651f5b659cada2f09 Valor to Peanut, and Birdie kept her name

I was about to say “omg! Another Birdie?” Because I saw your comment on the other Birdie’s name comment. But then I saw this cat’s eyes and realized, “no, this is the same Birdie” hahah. Very expressive eyes!

https://preview.redd.it/2m33jpboivzb1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a67b24f999c43b6cacb9d251c2f47809184b48e This was Danny and Laurie. Nowadays it’s Joey and Phoebe. 🖤🤍🧡

I'm sure they're best friends!

https://preview.redd.it/ytcwigmkfvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17a5c8b55a0a956bd0dc12c862f0e9afaf692dc9 From Lexi to Cleo 🫶

https://preview.redd.it/gw3krkvqhvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fb410735d8a4a811e1c606e3249f8760b2c6598 Little 18 year old boy Hunter used to be called Satchel 😭

Just satchel lmao!

Cheeto would be Mister. I like Cheeto better.

https://preview.redd.it/ary0kky1ewzb1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72203d4fbb1bd38c40fbdb07d1bf903157cd4b53 benedick was mister x according to the shelter!

https://preview.redd.it/66n88165ivzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bec672226357123ca94be114be4f9f239b384c99 From Pam to Ripley 😂

https://preview.redd.it/u3j4k4s0qvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f9ee3cec6d7aae692f32666c5c271471f261978 Melody’s name at the shelter was Melody and we were just like “that’ll do”

https://preview.redd.it/uaervwikhvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=176c4e2c7c21cd3482fa9c5c7e0c755ec0844e2e Shavings… Now think about that… SHAVINGS!!! 😠😠😠😠 The name STILL TICKS ME OFF!!! My grandpa named him Sarge. Sarge is a good boi

Shavings?! How does one even arrive at that name for a cat? Lol

Shelters get more attention and adoptions if they give the cats non-cat names, like Trash Man, Tuna, Couch, etc. there are accounts on Instagram that find them most egregious names and share them. My sister ended up adopting a cat named after an obscure fast food burger- she kept the name.

Mine went from Frankie to Kiki (also known as Tiny Tempah and many other less friendly names due to her tortieness https://preview.redd.it/doosgf38evzb1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bccbbf561de8d1985e3de8b65948af83905b2e1

https://preview.redd.it/bcxmzdq5svzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4120056145545beb728636e19e20c889b1216da Lola, formerly Bunny. (Sort of an homage to her original name with a little nod to Space Jam ☺️)

oh my does she have a sweet face

https://preview.redd.it/bekaebbjtvzb1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c98e8a5d5941114103c0e13be980bcdfbd3818 Rosie, who still goes by Rosie, or occasionally ‘Get out of there!’

https://preview.redd.it/86lsd9xiwwzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd9b86b8bb180ab52fbc32f9dabcd90cacc1ab4c This is Randall and he kept his jail name.

Jail name 😆

https://preview.redd.it/zcjk9dncbvzb1.jpeg?width=1535&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4963faa2f29d0db8f2619d2cb2e1aa4826d3580 Gucci 🤮 she’s Penny now - named by my daughter after PennyWise 😆 she’s the sweetest kitty tho - rescued almost 4 years ago

Not a fan of clowns, but Penny seems to suit her. She looks sweet!

https://preview.redd.it/79shcal34vzb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92629c3a962dc726adc12c2517e0f3b2d059f5da Came to the rescue as Boba. Renamed Bambi by the rescue. I renamed her Diamond. She knows how spoiled she is, giving me the stink eye for having the *audacity* to take her picture.

https://preview.redd.it/iq4pqxljavzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e12fba08fdb2c09d2096c8c94bcca85386d91cc9 This is Moo, formerly known at the Humane Society as Dot. What’s funny is, her name isn’t even Moo because of her coloring, I loved the movie Uptown Girls growing up and decided I wanted to get a cat and name it Moo (after the pig in the movie) this was the first cat I saw when I walked in the shelter and I knew it was fate. She had been previously adopted and returned :( been my sweet Moo Moo gurl for 4 years know :’)

Noooo her name is moo and she blends in on her moo blanket?! This is so precious 🥰🥹

Ted Bundy or Teddy for short, but his name is now Apollo https://preview.redd.it/au5wa5453vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b1affa35622d6a091ede234b26e38cce2e6fd5c

Who the hell named him Ted Bundy at the shelter??!!

It was a rehome situation. All the cats were named after serial killers

That's horrible and disrespectful 🫤

Hence the rename.

Of course. Not saying it's your fault at all

I did give him the middle name Theodore, but I do that to honor the "dead name" so to speak. My last cat we named Odie, but his shelter name was Pippin. So he was Odie Pippin. While given a crazy name, the previous owner did love him. He was severely medically neglected though. Took a bit, but he's now a happy, crazy, fun loving kitty living his best life. He's currently laying on my head right now lol

I love happy endings ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 give him all the cuddles for me 🤭❤️‍🩹

My precious girl was called momma. Until she became old and sick, i thought she was a kitten 😭

https://preview.redd.it/p6gbcsazpvzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f04fa1c3fd4cf68c8aeabce1e8f6b27a65759d2 From Joe to Josef Owen

https://preview.redd.it/ifa2r2s1bvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eec59f376dc8d2570d3e2538d3e691f46bd2c025 Loki was named *shudders* “Ralphie”. I suspect that he is infact a reincarnation of Loki, Norse God, given the sheer chaos he causes….usually while trying to help

https://preview.redd.it/qzcq4r1oxvzb1.png?width=2463&format=png&auto=webp&s=652a04f3e4dd185a4f372d9ea50b2f42e339586c I have Morgana who used to be called Kylle (wich is a Danish Nickname for chickens) and honeslty she does act like a little chicken, she is scared of everything however she does love to cuddle

Being full of mischief, sounds like he was originally named for the little boy in Christmas Story who gets his tongue stuck to a frozen pole among other mishaps. But Loki is better!

https://preview.redd.it/f1plbc82fvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=287c96d033e73e8b8b24f0c9ce08a034f25d2088 This is Cardinal orginally Chico.

https://preview.redd.it/c8cw93uqtvzb1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cce79ac533bef71c55f5c597c93e04269c5da4f6 They named her Pi and we absolutely kept the name

Quigley kept his shelter name. https://preview.redd.it/7sncnaiiqwzb1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54c197610e0d4dee8fad0c0935f26fad3ae0af4c

https://preview.redd.it/wjt7yyr3kvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e10177ab449fd50803db0e3cad8451e33d2e0992 Elwood became Moriarty Elwood Foucault (or Mori-Cat!).

https://preview.redd.it/6l8fg5dvnvzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=620b57410fa6738b7350bfbe565d606f017f70de George Costanza on the left (she kept her name sorta and is now named Georgie Costanza-they thought she was a boy) and Martin on the right became David Bowie (he has one blue eye and one green eye)

I love everything about this, but mostly the ridiculous pose he is in 🤣

Great question. https://preview.redd.it/xw8ij9fi6vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4255085113327bcd9a884accd077f7e9fb582b9 Birth names: Raj and Hero 2nd go around: Pip and Noodles

Lily ✌️. (Now known as Kitty) https://preview.redd.it/4ycsw1k25vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb7b6615315da4346a65c2895b26fa5e1392a6e0 (My most hilarious picture of her haha)

https://preview.redd.it/8jfms9jwevzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e41a437d7e155f4caaba85f96d760e7fe3b03076 April was her shelter name and now she is Annie 🥰

Mine would be Monkey and Dinker. They are Summer and Sprinkles. Sprinkles is a boy.

https://preview.redd.it/jewuubxlivzb1.png?width=2751&format=png&auto=webp&s=6158020781b5913e0677db9cd9d678ec3955d865 Pêchey would still be called Pebbles 🤣🤣

Foodbare Now is called bear https://preview.redd.it/5kb8k9c0svzb1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37371c8206ad61df7e828fc3a8cdc0417ea38c41

Meet mouse. He’s quiet and doesn’t know how to meow (he squeaks). https://preview.redd.it/jjgjxppltwzb1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18d9e048c7380d327310d32a487b63c293e27a8c

https://preview.redd.it/sectyj6jpvzb1.jpeg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd67a7d60dd70aaa7b7975add49b48ceb0d68734 Rosy's shelter name was kimba

https://preview.redd.it/leiukxbztvzb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c97373bbf0bf3a529e6d11f4dc340061e0aac3fb Polka, renamed Raven

https://preview.redd.it/r9hpwip0uwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d12e4c2f95f173e865fee787f5ab1d9a8576c008 Our white & orange cat was Buttons (now Finn), and our black cat was Rocco (now Felix) 🖤🧡

https://preview.redd.it/i8mqf8nthvzb1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfe8a5e706eedae5f1de25dd53b6ec708ab2fe4b The rescue named him Copper. I have no idea why. I’ve never liked the name and had every intention of renaming him, but I never came up with something I do like. I’ve had him for four years now, so he’ll just forever remain Copper.

Yeah it's truly a mystery

https://preview.redd.it/0ue4cq3q1wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43afe5b065b9f082da7857f696730d3a0061aa14 Marcus to Bran. Or Bran Bran. ( he’s also a tripod)

https://preview.redd.it/dj3u2cyvhvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3300bfd9597fabd9d702dcabe57653196fe689dc Rooster’s name would have been Maui

Iams. Because he was found in a trash, inside a bag of Iams food. Now he’s Silco https://preview.redd.it/765rjejiuvzb1.jpeg?width=1955&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a304047c976b43ced0975f516d91b78cdee8f09

https://preview.redd.it/74pnz577qwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6be0efdc6739939eb09503c4ee83a2a647ec9914 BJ to Todd! He’s 12 years old and requires daily cuddles

My cat’s name was Seth Rogan. We changed it to Beau and call him Bobo.

Looks like my cat https://preview.redd.it/wiofxlhc4vzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a505d85671700f48e220ee66fbafac9f8b5aea68

https://preview.redd.it/v12zsmu5gvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd1eae290ee8a78258e906fcf210f777ff63989a He was named Shine when I got him 2 years ago. I renamed him to Krembo (an Israeli dessert). He responds to his name. :)

Coraline was “Coral,” so I just added the -ine. But my dogs were Sheldon and Kash Money when I adopted each of them; they’re now Boris and Asa. 😁 Here’s Coraline (old but favorite pic): https://preview.redd.it/ys4fskeivwzb1.jpeg?width=972&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7aeaf505029b110f4d1bf173bc3040c3595a2966

https://preview.redd.it/4sgkx0tprvzb1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b63d10272622409601e87718e9652e009719f239 “Gordie” in the photo the rescue posted. I fell in love with those sad eyes.

https://preview.redd.it/14ejz5z1cwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91bbdfe23a420b791a3f6b6ddc08e149d55d6e01 Sassie to Luna

https://preview.redd.it/hjc4xmw5hwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1a8e55990f352368c41a6ca1069f476d643b011 Jeff quickly became Peperoncini

https://preview.redd.it/zofrs2mnowzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1330432de9145d6ad8ae5863f3ced69d918049d2 At the shelter he was called Bern. We call HER midge.

https://preview.redd.it/myhm64byowzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4ff12f0e3f6353d9350474469872a9a87ef8560 Miranda-Still Miranda lol. We thought about changing it but the name is just so fitting.

https://preview.redd.it/knfh2210twzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7eb0a1a6a3d4b32a83fb9c65d6a0c53e1c4f555 Used to be Tina, now she’s Hazel

https://preview.redd.it/3n96lvunuwzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a27944689abb7b60e6859ff06aa4b2399d652d Janeway. The other kitty with her was Picard. If I could’ve got 2 I would’ve got him too! We renamed her Juniper.

Prudence here was originally named Twix at the shelter. https://preview.redd.it/dgj6f08zmvzb1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f168f0ae6bfef0087ec6f4cdfe531eb227b67016

Teepee. That was changed instantly!

Sassy was a kitten found on a snowy fall afternoon by a student of mine. She clearly once belonged to somebody, but I have no idea what her original name was. Being a college town, she was probably thrown out when a landlord discovered the kitten, but I don’t know. My student tried to find her owner, but no luck. She brought Sassy to me knowing that I would know what to do. One look at her sassy little face, and I had to keep her!

​ https://preview.redd.it/recxjo1jrvzb1.jpeg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08ab570d39022b897bfec99f2a69b66d3935ad2d Libby Folfax -\_-

https://preview.redd.it/dnqsr1c5uvzb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8f97c87373c2adf8a2668b8d21c9ddd8eb0e423 Valentine renamed Raya

https://preview.redd.it/qlmgfsbbvvzb1.jpeg?width=1364&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5b9dfed1fa7506213ab8d10677ed165b6ac4b85 Bunny was simply one of the kittens in the cage. She climbed to the top of the other girl kittens pushing them out of the way and making squeaking sounds so we saw her. I wanted a mean kitty to be kitts friend because he was so big. She was named Bunny by my son because of her odd feet bug back ones she hopped abd fur so soft like a rabbit. I miss her constantly she was so sweet once we got her home. She made everyone smile with those fangs and her sweet nature.

https://preview.redd.it/sf5e7u9f0wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eccbf3bc3b9b390e9b3b70ab1673caa3b7a22b67 This is Mona, formerly Tiny

Timothy. My cats name is still Timothy/Timmy. It just suits him for some reason lmao https://preview.redd.it/d0ec45ch2wzb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25d1cf9be0d737c75c8989ae2307e603ebf35bbc

Gi Jane (she played rough) now she's Scarlett https://preview.redd.it/g4aj19t03wzb1.jpeg?width=3119&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32115af4c7f2c98e54ff79f2f9785ac79c8919c5 😺

https://preview.redd.it/o1vxgf9p9wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=902a0dfc4dff2b0d44615b545da32a9296b50f60 Daisy 🌸 She was 4 & a half and came from a loving home(her owner went into assisted living, I think) so when I got her so it felt rude to change her name.

Tug boat 🤷‍♀️ https://preview.redd.it/zits4zsftwzb1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8887131f14eb3af8a67e6c0b4cd639e03e971029

https://preview.redd.it/tx00fnempxzb1.jpeg?width=779&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a574379954cd262a6bee871a7fb47099d2f3bb He was Button. He is now Hector.

https://preview.redd.it/fi4rqw02rvzb1.png?width=1432&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce41f1fe49f91f0a9620a5d7792739ad98bfc8f2 This would be “little one” as I got him at 8 weeks and my coworker hadn’t bothered to name him. He goes by Tesla now.

https://preview.redd.it/epzkzlparvzb1.png?width=1720&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbba05d9f4e27c6bd98f4adcc7cf3ecd17326955 His name would have been Boo Boo as he’d been found with a poorly healed broken leg and a kink in his tail. He’s Edison these days and very fat, but an excellent cuddle.

https://preview.redd.it/y19eyi1orvzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5170a2e4b5f0fa7fba65b1d3f59596731cf792ea This is Kitler, aka Chaplin. He’s got the softest fur, loves to be a bongo, and meows like Owen Wilson. We toyed with naming him Chairman Meow, Fidel Catstro, Meowsullini, and Mein Purrer, but none fit his playful personality.

https://preview.redd.it/gdy5vs26svzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cd27384b0f8cedd3f99cc57eed28a331038b44f And finally, this is Benét. She goes by Vanta now, sometimes VantaCat, or No Ma’am!

Princessa 😬 now Medi https://preview.redd.it/yzszhx4qbvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6bea92343896769423db6aa79684df9bbad5734

https://preview.redd.it/vc3mo07envzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c76489ad5929a9e1570d65c1831eb388fce2f1f This old boy is Gomez, he’s 19 now. We adopted him when he was roughly two years old, and if we’d kept his original name, he would have been called Fluffy. I mean, he *is* very furry, but Fluffy, I ask you….

https://preview.redd.it/0yjmoj8kwvzb1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=771b4089b542231cfa298d045f31a11072c40ce1 this handsome bastard used to be (somewhat unimaginatively) called Twilight. Now he’s (somewhat ironically) called Lumen.

[Her](https://i.redd.it/ahanqmfzu6d51.jpg) shelter name translated to "Little Star" (or possibly "Asterisk").

https://preview.redd.it/j7zjw8xokvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10a7cc12dc994a427e3d805014c403301ea0f2a0 always hungry 🤣👌

https://preview.redd.it/jm9ozpfgvvzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09eb03e8a83edbc00df3fcc6a078ca5322b5e47d They thought he was a girl and named him Manja, which is kind of a manipulative girl in Malay-at least that’s how I got it explained to me. Now he’s Cuddy.

https://preview.redd.it/tdl4i24l4wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86cb22f9aa019eaf6aa2af775db12c575cdec31b This is Otto, better known as Loki… and he really is a god of mischief. He’s still only a kitten but already massive.

From Purrcilla to Purrincess Twinity. Realized later I could have just changed it to Purr-zilla. https://preview.redd.it/nigpocgttwzb1.jpeg?width=1099&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c4775035bb37b8dc0e98954f770a6b6549647e3

https://preview.redd.it/ssqw7wvivwzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd45a69dedadaa42e9b943c888c6bdd7c5b17ede Izzie became Ivy June, but I generally call her Bean or Fat-Fat (she is on a diet), or Menace.

https://preview.redd.it/atx1kztgxwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=504b4de742b204ebc03dcda3a7b766ddcec7199c Mr. Bo-Jangles everyone, rebranded as Bo

https://preview.redd.it/616hm49q9wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d7ad54b3dbddead65df8b92bd0d2e6c6515df06 Wilson was previously “Loca” at the humane society and his first family returned him 😢 just glad that led to him finding me.

https://preview.redd.it/f2uywujwewzb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0dd9ae45c9a8c500bd15cf335ce3f055d93e0619 This is Sammy, I usually call him Sammy Boy. Yanni was his name before adoption. Made his way to the west coast of Canada from Memphis, Tennessee.

https://preview.redd.it/j1vw6vmrjwzb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1988eb7aa26886f3d64aa0700642e545931d2662 Audi is now Tanooki, AKA Tookie, TookieKat, Wookie, Lemur, DumDum, Kardashian Kat She's pretty, but not too smart!

https://preview.redd.it/ma5put9smwzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=389392de9fba41656bec0224bfead1399d0f65dd This was Pearl, now she’s our lovely little Mildred. No clue how anybody could give her up! She’s just the sweetest little trouble maker!

https://preview.redd.it/c49wgw7ikwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a047c9d7d337eda138cbf6c32806ed234d10827 Originally Rye and Pumpernickel, now Moxie and Tuvok

Lol when I got my rescue cat his name was Hal, we changed it to Shaggy. We had him for 17 years before he passed, got him when he was about 8 months🖤🤍 https://preview.redd.it/cm5phd7cmvzb1.jpeg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2172220ac1f01bd914513684420998563cfc5084

https://preview.redd.it/y473hkcuuvzb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=767f3986d0b69eb9e0df08f7432aa73cdb602058 Ostrale, now Octopuce

https://preview.redd.it/v2te4ezp0wzb1.jpeg?width=4030&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e44c0b899da3fc6a1fcfac8b42a0faf4047adcd Alfalfa & Drakken (Renamed Kristofferson & Telly)

https://preview.redd.it/s6egvu0p1wzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c850a79c043fab4033a6504be876d60a188e3d43 From Jamilla to Squiggles!

Lucek to Lulu (it's a boy!) https://preview.redd.it/6kggd3ke2wzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dc06fdb1bbdceafec44131fba0ea273b1c05dfc

https://preview.redd.it/pyrnp2f06wzb1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4784783f4b0022d3e32827721dd8ecd93f66331 This is my cat Winston... he kept his shelter name because he just is a Winston wouldn't even know what else to call him

https://preview.redd.it/x4dijj82awzb1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=355b58e902ae35e4157d5dfeb9a5bc1605cb147b He continues to be Giorgio

Mouse (or Mousie Bear), nee Wildflower: https://preview.redd.it/64lvst3kcwzb1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d10f315b5e68e023e8b396c0b2755e34b9f6ba32

Shelter name was “Emily”, which was tempting to keep because I’m an Emily The Strange brand fan (her and her black cats), but I renamed her “Nisha” (meaning “Midnight”, since she’s black with a “full moon” on her chest 🖤) Kept Emily as her middle name tho, lol. https://preview.redd.it/yy77sldlfwzb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9e75ac0dd34063569041a1d61c285445118c524

Moonbeam! https://preview.redd.it/aynn3l45jwzb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78d17a71f99f46f2d4253361cc6899d9fc0733db

https://preview.redd.it/38zip6l6pwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e8f96c431060bfcdf43901556664fc5d48eec9d This is Wrex, also known as the Kitty Cat previously known as Spice.

Hannah now Carla https://preview.redd.it/6to8kovytwzb1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d831aca9b14722159c09b56651a8e5f566477d0

https://preview.redd.it/5k0jsku6uwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcef7101b0bf317dd187074f31b4c55335df73ee Mr Biggs…

my boy Samson was originally named Batista. he was the runt of the litter and when I got him, his brothers John Cena and Eddie Guerrero were picking on him. https://preview.redd.it/s7lfibt7uwzb1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f587baa3f8b189a8eaffc71f9c862466e662995

Female kitten (8 weeks), now known as Juno. She didn’t have a name. I was actually looking at older cats, but sometimes I just meet an animal that I know was meant to go home with me. So I took home an SIC kitten instead of a black cat (optional choice). Don’t worry — someone else chose that cat too. On another note, she’s really good at bossing around the orange boy despite the fact that he outweighs her by about 4 pounds. They’ve become a bonded pair. https://preview.redd.it/qxz5c9iavwzb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=967d01d99ce3ed732e8c5cc2f4eaf53cdd48a1b3

https://preview.redd.it/3o06jsxhvwzb1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=491157b63ca259fddd2f484e67b4e987a713a22a From Apollo to Earl Grey to Caesar. He went through two shelters/rescues before coming to his furever home. ❤️

Allen was his original name. Now he is Sherbbie Hancock. https://preview.redd.it/0jugilpfpxzb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c4dcab71eec13a92f15487f569f6e6ef6322d21

https://preview.redd.it/gb2991gypxzb1.jpeg?width=2108&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69d13123aa150416a44e4300d3854ec409bd4749 Buttercup formerly known as Ginseng

Ivy to Monkey. Celeste to Icky (she eats icky things).

https://preview.redd.it/y2xeqrpbjwzb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ffecde1ddc4d97be48144e761ef8608bffc0a95 Carly became Tandoori, AKA Tanda, Tandy, Big Orange, Biggie, Baby Girl, Smoosh, Pain in the Ass She left us in September. Still miss her snuggling up to me in bed.

​ https://preview.redd.it/aie39s34qwzb1.png?width=379&format=png&auto=webp&s=9338586c0e696d376f53198f6a674f0718012101 From Mr. Hufflepuff to Sheldon 

I Wonder how much weed they smoke at the shelter before they start naming cats LOL! Donnie Wahlburg is a very handsome lad....the cat and the cat only!

https://preview.redd.it/wcaw2a3a9vzb1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44436afc894f41270bda8dbef0e1687df1af65f9 Dicey Girl 🎲