I named my first ever cat, Katrina (well before the hurricane). Let's see: Misty, Tigress, Lea (instead of Leo as she's a girl), Felicia? Or open up a book of mythology and choose a name from there.

Neko is Japanese for "cat". (The "ko" ending implies feminine in their nomenclature.)

Minx or Minxie. Gracie. Darcy. Callie.

My first cats were Chelsea & Picadilly ... thank you for taking care of her. When I had my farm, I was the person who rescued and neutered any cat that made my barn their home. It's amazing how many came through.

Since she's short, why not name her after Randy Newman who sang "Short People"? Spell it Randee for a girl. You are so kind to take care of her.

Cat in Japanese is Neko.

When I was young a kitten followed me home, we called her Kiki. You kitty reminds me of her.

I second Coco (annie’s Suggestion)

I am a confirmed dog lover now, but my favorite kitten was a beautiful Himalayan named Zoe (Zoey). Still miss that little girl 20 years later.

You are very sweet to take her in.

It's interesting that many of us name our pets one thing and then call them something else. I've always done that - it just sort of happens. Something will begin to feel right....and then it might change. :) I once had a black lab I named Bailey but we called him Ernie. How weird is that? Let us know what you choose. And more pics would be nice - she's a doll!

(CM - we had a Hannah too but called her Peanut) Why didn't we just name her Peanut?

I once fostered a cat while the owners moved cross country. He was quite a talker and was named Echo, which is one of my all time favorite cat names. Another I like for a cat or dog is Pucci.

Fallon

Faron! (Where is Faron, anyway?)

already mentioned: Coco, Jenny. Also like Ginny. We had a similar cat we decided looks like a Starbucks beverage, so we named her Mocha for mochaccino.

"Nada", as in "oh, no, not again".

My son suggests "Nevvi". He just likes it.

I just lost my most precious almost-eighteen-year-old kitty, Kenzie, a week ago, so it is beautiful to see a new home welcoming this sweet girl.

My suggestions:

Ivy

Flossie

Lydia

Hazel

Sweet and cuddly......Betsy.

I had a cat that I named Catharina, and I called her Katrina or Tina for short, usually Tina. Then I got her a boyfriend and named him Joseph Freiherr Von Eichendorff, for the author of Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, and I called him Eichendorff or Ike for short. So I had Ike and Tina, and I had a wedding ceremony for them at the Rice Memorial Chapel in Houston, and they exchanged flea collars. The ceremony was performed in Latin by a friend of mine who had been inadvertently ordained as a minister in the Universal Life Church when, out of curiosity, he had written to them for information.

I like Ivy too. My precious girl Holstein is Bessie. Great name.

Lars, I had a Boston Terrier I named Josephine Bonaparte, and called her Josie. I don't know what the heck I was thinking.

Yaya, I've been calling her Baby for some reason, a name I use on no one.

I can't find her. I haven't heard a peep out of her all day. I'm wondering if the tom got to her and she's in a deep sleep somewhere from being awake for two weeks. lol. She needs to be fed at 6pm, maybe an hour or two later, but there's a good possibility we'll have to do it next week.

I hope she shows up, big cold front coming in tomorrow.

Do you have a favorite food or flavor? You could name her reese for reeses pieces, or betty for an apple brown betty, angel for angel food cake, truffle, berry, cinnamon, peaches, sugar, etc.

Do you have a favorite flower? Rose, lily, swee'pea, iris, margie (marguerite), daisy, etc. Always loved the name Wisteria (terry for short).

How about a season: winter, spring, summer and autumn...

Favorite monarch? Sheba, Cleo, Elizabeth or any of the nick names, princess grace, victoria or any of the nicknames, isabella or any of the nick names.

I always thought we should name our cat Izzy---izzy in? izzy out? izzy sleeping?

She's Pepper to me.

I love Pepper! Plus it's easy to add the obligatory "y" at the end of the name when I call her. And DH approves! Bingo!

She's still not home. After reading all I could about mating I think she and the Tom went off somewhere, and I learned if that's her first time during heat (I don't think it is though), she'll want more sex.

Oh, did you know that although the female cat tells the male she's ready for sex, that afterwards the female attacks the male because his penis is barbed which causes extreme pain? Then she wants more. lol

Yesterday evening she ate a full can of food, and I also put a lot of kibble in the bowl for both cats. A bit ago I noticed only a little kibble had been eaten. I haven't heard the tom either. Guess I'll cancel tomorrow.

I'm so so sick of dealing with pets. I didn't say anything earlier but we had to put two dogs down on the same day three weeks ago, it was devastating to everybody, especially the little one's.

Is there an extended doggie and kitty daycare I can ship them off to? :)

Obligatory Y-ending for calling the cat?

My cat Titania (indoor outdoor for much of her life, well until ticks moved into the area - she was a longhair who made grooming difficult) came scrambling home when I stood outside and called, "Ti-TANnnn-Ya!".

Pepper is a lovely name!

I am so very sorry about the poor doggies...

Artemis, a "Y or ie" is usually added to pet names by the owner as a nickname. For example, my cat Raven. She's a tuxedo and when I call for her I say "Ravie!" Same as my other pets. I call my dog Wolf, Wolfie.

I'd bet most here do the same.

Oakley, I just realized I do that too. My dog is Emma and I call her Emmie all the time! Especially when playing or cuddling or sweet talking.... as in: 'how's momma's little Emmie girl'.... lol I'm a bit pathetic with my dogs - in my defense, my husband works away a lot and it's better than talking to myself! haha

I'm a hairy dogmother so I am honored to be Peppers catmother. She has a good home now little blessed Pepper!

Smhinnb, adding a y/ie to a name is a term of endearment. My dh does that with my name when he wants something. lol

Pepper started meowing halfway to the vet, country vet only 5 min away, and for some reason I called her Pepe' le Pew!

Bumblebee, your name reminds me of what happened this morning. Callie, another cat, started throwing up just a tiny bit. I'm sure you do this too, but I picked it up and inspected it to make sure there were no worms or anything. What I saw was a wasp! Wings and all.

She's fine though.

Oakley, it's funny how pets acquire nicknames so quickly! Glad to hear she's okay.

When we adopted Sami the card on her cage said "Sam." We usually rename cats after we adopt them, but she escaped from the screen porch a couple of days after we got her, and we spent two days going around the neighborhood calling "Sam!" and "Sammy!" We ended up keeping the Sammy, just spelling it a little more feminine.

I also call our cat George "Georgie" most of the time.

Donna

"Pepper" is perfect, and makes me smile because I'm hearing my favorite movie in my head:

Harry Burns: Repeat after me. Pepper.

Sally Albright: Pepper.

Harry Burns: Pepper.

Sally Albright: Pepper.

Harry Burns: Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash.

Sally Albright: Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash.

Harry Burns: But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.

I have never named any of my dogs, I let dh do that so he would bond (and he did not pick a name I would have chosen nor did he put any thought into it), or they came already named. Truly honored!

Pepper can't come home until tomorrow. :( Her surgery was early this morning and she's taking a long time to come out of the anesthesia. This happened to one of my cats a long time ago and she was mostly out of it for three days, scared me to death. It has to do with her body not being able to metabolize something in the meds. And I had her sick room all prepared.

Donna, Sam is one of my favorite names for a female. My late tuxedo who was a female, was named Rex.

We got two male puppies from the humane society, and we knew they'd be on large side since they were half lab. One was named "Sweetums" because of his personality. Well, we changed that immediately, and he also grew to be the size of a horse! lol He's still very very sweet though.

Bp, that's great! I vaguely remember the scene and will have to watch it on youtube.

Bumble, naming dogs is extremely hard. I found a name on a website with a list of dog names that fit our "Boone" to a T. DH loved it immediately. I ended up calling him Boonedog.

We call my Yorkie Mrs Kravitz because she stands on the back of the couch in the window and yells at the neighbors. Her real name is Phoebe.

Great name!

Also had trouble coming up with a name before vet appt, so I registered with name of "Buff Kitty," based on buff colored fur.

When vet said it sounded like a porn star, knew I'd have to come up with a real name ASAP.

I like that, Spanish! Does your couch have a dent on top? Our's does and it makes a house a home. :)

When we find a name we like, we stick with it. First we had a terrier named Flip and after him we had three consecutive Dobermans -- Rip, Rip and Rip. Their nickname was Ripper. I am out of the pet owning business now.

Ha thought I was only one that reuse names. My 4 black kitties have been Kozmo

We have a tightback sofa. I learned never to own a cushion back sofa after my mini schnauzer learned where to sleep from a cat!

I've never re-used a pet name. That pet name called up my past loving memories of that particular pet. And no new pet was going to be the same animal as any of those pre-deceased.

My cats always seemed to know their own names (human names though they were!) The name would just pop into my head and the cat always seemed to agree. That is how I had cats named Gomez, Triste (which my young DD turned into Treeside), and Fluffy, names that I never would have picked consciously.

Artemis, a "Y or ie" is usually added to pet names by the owner as a nickname. For example, my cat Raven. She's a tuxedo and when I call for her I say "Ravie!" Same as my other pets. I call my dog Wolf, Wolfie.

Oakley, my current felines are:

Obi Wan - he does get called Obie...

Orion - no nickname

Serenity -- Serenss

Pepper's home and seems to be doing great. Because of snow and ice DH and DS went to get her. When they got home DH handed me an antibiotic for Pepper and said make sure she takes this. He said while on the table a black cat jumped up there and although the cat didn't touch her, the vet gave P the antibiotic just in case. Do any of your vets have a stray cat always living there? Every vet I've been to, whether in the City or rural, there are beautiful fat cats usually sitting calmly at the receptionist's desk.

I had her sick room ready in my bedroom, and put a clean and fluffy dog bed on the floor next to my side of the bed because she's not supposed to jump. Once she came in the bedroom she jumped halfway up the bed and used her claws to finish pulling herself up. So much for watching over her. lol She's been sleeping in her spot since this morning. Still a sweetheart and wants to be close to me.

We almost named her Cricket after the first cat DH and I got 30 years ago because they're almost identical. But Cricket didn't fit her and when I said it it reminded me of my beautiful girl. When Cricket died, it was the first time I saw DH cry. :(

We named our favorite ever cat Sugarbaby! Because he was!

I like the name Sugarbaby! Reminds me of my first dog as a little girl, a Boxer we named Sugar.

Grrrr!!! Last night Pepper and I were in bed, all pets indoors, and we heard TWO tomcats fight! The window is close to the headboard and I had it cracked a little bit, and Miss Pepper immediately went to the window to listen.

When did the other one show up? Where the heck are they coming from? Our neighbor 1/4 mile up the road usually has barn cats, do you think this second tom showed up before Pepper was spayed? Can a male cat pick up the scent of a female cat in heat that far away? If so, I hope he realizes that little trollop of mine is no longer in the business. :)

I don't know from how far away he came, but once I found a tom that had broken into the house (through the window screen) to get to my young female! I hadn't noticed that she was in heat and hadn't gotten her to the vet in time.

I did have a vet that kept a home for a PREVIOUSLY stray cat, but that cat wasn't allowed to roam around the facilities until she (or he) was properly vetted out in all senses of the word. Otherwise, no.

I'm so glad Pepper has you.

My Pepper cat was black and white. She was a lovely lovely girl who accepted any other cats and dogs. Took me a long time to look at her pictures without tears running down my face. Now my eyes just well up.

Our vets have two cats. They have been around for a few years now. One of the previous vet's cats was killed by a dog that was there being treated. I'm on the lookout for other dogs coming in besides my two who are used to cats to make sure they don't look violent. I never was nervous there before but now I'm very nervous for the cats.

Yeonassky, I'm so sorry. Did you get another cat or was it a recent death? I've learned over the years that getting another dog/cat really does help fill that hole up in our hearts.

I've been keeping Pepper isolated in my bedroom. We have two enormous dogs & three other cats. The dogs scare Pepper of course even though they're friendly, and the three cats we have despise her. Just like those three were despised when they came here. lol.

If one of the cats got close to Pepper before she was spayed, Pepper would automatically go on the offense and hiss first. She's still too raw to try to run away from the others.

Boy, she is a sweetheart deluxe. Puts her head on the pillow when she lays down right next to me. When I pet her she lays on her back wanting me to rub her tummy. I do but gently. What a lovebug she is! And so tiny and delicate.

I didn't hear any toms last night!

Thank you so much. No she was just one of my first cats many many years ago. But she was the one that everybody loved and the wonderful thing was that she loved me more than I could imagine a cat loving anyone. The attention she paid to me and so on. Every loss strikes its own blow. However right now I still have as the queen of our Castle Juliette my Calico sweetheart. She's 18 and a half:-).

Oakley... your comment about your older cats despising Pepper reminded me of this video.

"Dear Kitten, Now that I've hissed at you the customary 437 times...."

Male cats can travel MILES when there is a female in heat, so it's not a surprise to have more than one tom in the area.

I read somewhere that cats respond very well to the eeee sound, so all our cats have some kind of eee (or ie) as their nicknames. Pop is Poppy, Butrous is Trosie, McNucket is Baby Little, Phelix already has the eee sound in his name. But I call him Flixie. They purr like crazy when called by their nicknames. They also love to be sung to.

That video is right on the mark! Thank you for sharing.

Yeo, I sure know how it feels when a pet loves you the most, those are the hardest to lose.

Neetsie, I think you're right. I haven't heard a peep from the second tom in two nights so I hope he went home.

I finally opened the bedroom door this morning so Pepper can have free range of the house.

Raven is the one I don't trust. If looks could kill, all the cats would be dead by now. lol For example, (before P came) if Callie is in my room and Raven comes in, it's hiss city, and if they are both under the bed I have to get the broom to make one of them leave. No fights but they get mad.

Last night was a first for me. Raven and Callie are loveable but Pepper was all over me while I was trying to sleep. She'd wake me up to put her head under my chin while I held her. When I turned over she started kneeding my hair with her claws and that hurt! I'm pretty sure she sees me as her mother.