What a sweet face!

I adore her! I'm so glad this is happening for you and that sweet baby. She needs you!

Oh! She is gorgeous!

She’s so cute!!!

Oh - she's precious. We had a sweet calico, but her colors were pastel. Her name was Harmony - we got her on a trip we took to visit friends in New Harmony, Indiana and drove all the way back to the east coast with her. She lived with us for 20 years. I'd love to have another cat, but we live with Australian Shepherds now.

Your DH seems to choose creative names. Definitely, let him pick!

i’m pressing for Carmen and he seems to be open to that idea.

What a precious baby! We had a cat when my sons were young. No one could agree on a name so he was called Mew Mew lol.

She is just adorable- maybe some ’Cal’ name? Calla, Callie, Caliente?

Sounds like you should edit your title to I’m getting a kitten! She is adorable!

I think he’s sold on Carnen.

Welcome to Carmen -- she's adorable!

What a sweetheart. Another vote for Carmen, in case DH needs a little extra encouragement. Your reasons for adopting her are lovely.

Simply adorable. You'll love having a new kitty in the house.

I remember when we named Emily...couldn't pick a name, so I sat there with a list of names and kept looking at her trying out one name after the other. When I said, "Emily", she came over to me, so I figured that was her name.

We named Casimir, who liked to fight, after the Polish War General.

We named Misty because she's gray and Mila, which means black or dark in Greek (mela), as she's a tuxedo.

So cute!

Love her! Adorable! 🐾🐾

She is a cutie :)

Callie is cute for Calico. Makes we wonder what it is short for as a girls' name? Calliope???

I do love your DH's derivation of Tucker; very cute.

My cats' names rarely have anything to do with their looks or circumstances of adoption. I did have a dark gray tuxedo named Penguin, but that's about it. I have a stash of cat names just waiting for cats. Most are male names because my ideal cat is male. I had a difficult time coming up with a name for Bessie because my plan was no more females. Famous last words. I had no female names in the pot. Because she was like a spotted cow, an internet friend suggested Bessie and it suits her to a T. Bessie is a grand old name.

ETA: My username--Bunny--is named after a dark tortie cat. She didn't really look anything like a bunny, but I had the name just waiting for the right cat. It suited her, good old Bunny. My darling Bessie is my profile pic.

I don't name my cats after their looks either, I just go with a name that strikes me, but it's always a people name. I volunteer at a shelter helping with cat adoptions. It's funny how many people name their calico cats "Callie," their black and white ones "Oreo," their black cats "Midnight," and their orange tabbies "Ginger." It's kind of a running joke there.

Just for fun, I'm with Bpath. My first thought was "Reese." But it's all good.

Callie can be short for Callisto, Catherine, Caroline or Calliope or Calla or nothing.

sas95, I also like people names for cats and dogs, and horses and chickens, for that matter

One of my friends named her calico cat Brenda. It was so random. Makes me laugh every time I think of her.

My friend once had a female tuxedo cat named Ronald Anne. 🤭

I've always given my pets people names...my SIL named her cat "Spunky"...man I detested that name...felt the same way about her....

This thread makes me want to recall all the kitties I've ever had:

Patches, Scooter, Coconut, Felix, Bear, Skyler, Camille, Lily, Pooh, Tiger, Molly, Pip, Sunny, Tiki, Penny, Posy, Tonto, Butters

😸

We once had two male black and white cats we named Nicholas and Alexander, which we shortened on an every day basis to Nicky and Alex. However, their personalities soon came to the forefront and they were very problematic cats. Nicky got renamed "Beeper." People used to always ask me why my cat got that name, but as soon as he opened his mouth and a "beep beep" sound came out they understood. I have no idea if it was some kind of congenital defect or what, but the cat could not meow, only "beep." And it sounded just like that "beep."

I think Carmen is perfect.

I too love giving human names.

Brenda and Ronald Ann are great!

We had a Greta and now have Wally.

We knew someone who had a dog named Norman. Always puts a smile on my face when I recall that.

When I was growing up we had a cat named Mike and a dog named Patsy. The cats I've named as an adult were Phoebe, Macchiato, Pussywillow (we called her Sis) and Mister (a black cat that I named Sambo before I had any political awareness of the offense, so we changed it to Mr. We called him Mr. Johnson - not our real last name, but we used our name) so when some salesperson would call and ask for Mr. Johnson we would say he was in the litter box and couldn't come to the phone...may I take a message? One of my friends had a Manx cat they named Robert - Bob for short, lol!

Since I closed my food business last fall I’ve been working p/t in a vet clinic.

Pet names can be funny but I get surprised as to what names are popular. 3 Lucy’s came on one day. Another day 2 Churchill’s.

Who would guess that Miss Kitty is a corgi, Goose is a lab, Rusty is a snake, and Angel is a duck?

Love the animal who is with you now!

Oly, we had a dog named Phoebe.

One of our current dogs is named Lucy Waffles. I can’t remember now why we added Waffles.

For some reason I think there are more fun male people names for pets than female people names. I suggested we name her Vivian after my long gone mother who loved cats and especially calico cats. DH vetoed that right away.

The cats i've had as an adult have been named Amos, Kutz (female), Ernie, Boris, Mimi, Tucker and Maggie. We always called cats Kutz when I was a kid - something that came from my grandma. I think it was really supposed to be Katze which is German for cat. My great grandmother was a German immigrant.

I've had two black DSH, one black DLH, one gray tabby, one orange tabby, one siamese mix, and one snowshoe siamese mix. The first two were kittens I got from a family moving to Hawaii, next one was a stray that showed up at my house before a big snow storm, next one came from the humane society, next one was a stray that showed up at a friends house, one after that came from the humane society and last one from a foster home. The calico kitten is also in a foster home.

What a precious kitty!!! 💕

Oh, Vivian, and call her Vivi. Cute.

So sweet! We need a new thread with her at home with you photos and the decided upon name.

Our last dog was named Jack. Which morphed into G** Da%$## Jack! That was unfortunate. One time the neighbor asked if G** Da%$## could come over to dig holes for her. lol

I hope the wait is short and she's home with you soon!

Such a cutie! There's nothing quite like kitten energy!

She's adorable.

I always thought our pets should be named Izzy...Izzy in? Izzy out? Izzy fed? Izzy sleeping?

2katz, we had a Boris, too!

Current cats are Cameron and Trent.

We have always used human names for our pets, too. Except for our first cat, whose name was Pokey. Then she died and we adopted pre-named brothers named Ben and Jerry. Our dogs have been named Fred (after Fred Schneider), Katie (only had her briefly), Phoebe, Coco, Sydney (pre-named, not our choice) and Lucy Waffles. I wish we had changed Sydney’s name to Kitty because she lounges like a cat.

Side note, we have always had at least two dogs, for the past 20 years.

Oh, what a baby doll! She looks so sweet. Our calico was named Sarah.

When we adopted our long hair tuxedo, the name tag on her cage was ”Share”, though I think they meant Cher, LOL. We changed her name to Penny. At the time my sister had a cat whose name had been Sonny but she changed it to Sammy.

Donna

Waffles would be the perfect name for our dog. Hubs named her Josie but I often call her Sweet Potato Pie or Peanut Butter Pie or sometimes Little Couch Potato.

What a beautiful kitten! I'd name her Snickers if she came into my family.

Beautiful kitty. So you got her? She’s yours? My grandmother had a calico kitty that looked much like this. I cannoy quite recall her name. She was a bit of a hellion.

I’m going to see her tomorrow and will bring her home the following day after I get everything ready for her. My mother had a kitten that became an attack cat from he!! I recently learned that could be the result of single kitten syndrome.

Yes, my grandmother had a few scratches. She loved her kitty and the kitty was great company for her. I think she named the kitty ”Ladybird.”

I have had single cats. No wild hellishness. I do believe that when they are kittens, it is best to not encourage any rough aggressive play. Pet them or hold them if its okay with them, but stop right away if you see them indicating they have had enough — tail begining to move, ears laid low, any growling.

Talk sweet high pitched kitty talk to her. Offer her new ”smell this” experiences — even showing her things like paper, pencils, clean spoon. Hold them close to her, she will sniff, all done. It’s an easy way to interact and bond with kitty (or dog). But especially cats who are curious about everything. But, I think you already understand kit kats.

I am envious and excited for you, 2katz. I expect more photos. Need some organic fresh catnip (unless my DH yanked it — I’m giving him weeding classes.

This photo made me think of your soon to be, new to you kitten.