Comments on: Should You Change Your Cat’s Name After Their Adoption?

By: Bo Bohlmann

Bo Bohlmann — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:39:08 +0000

It’s a conundrum. I raised two sibs (strongly recommended (to Harold and Maude) even though both were neutered males. Cats don’t care about gender specific names. The name of a cat is more about the masters of the car. I’m adopting two cats on Monday. Their names will e Scully and Mulder.

By: Abby

Abby — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 05:37:50 +0000

The information the shelter gave me said my cat was taken from her previous owners due to animal neglect and abuse, and she was definitely very skittish at first. She was already 3 years old so I didn’t want to change her name if she was already accustomed to it. Luckily it seems like Ellie doesn’t mind keeping her name. I kept calling her my baby so now she responds to “Baby” AND “Ellie”.

By: Maronita

Maronita — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:19:30 +0000

My cat was 5 years old when I got her. Her previous owner called her Zoey which I didn’t particularly like so I decided to give her a unique name. I then honor St. Maron by giving her the name: Maronita. She did very well with the name change!

By: Roe

Roe — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:17:46 +0000

I appreciate this article as I was adamant on changing the name of an older cat, Orange Juice Jones, I adopted recently and wanted to see more information before letting the vet know. It works for him but not for me.. I see now that changing it presently may not be the best but, judging from the comments, it may work in the future.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:50:12 +0000

In reply to Amanda. Spalding is a lovely name, but it does sound like Ninja is more apt. Thank you for sharing this story of your beloved kitty!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 23:50:35 +0000

Great tips—thank you for the article!
We had a 3rd ( probably unique) situation when we rescued a cat who’d been in shelters most of his 3 yr life— he changed his own name! At the risk of sounding crazy, let me clarify: his given name was Spalding, but as he got more comfortable in our home he took to exploring and popping up in crazy spots. His black coloring and silent nature snuck up & startled us enough times we joked he was like a ninja, to which he looked at us and “chirped.” Although we hadn’t planned to change because of his age, after a couple days of chirps at similar comments we silly hoomans took the hint and swapped his name formally to Ninja. I don’t think he liked his original name either!

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:56:43 +0000

In reply to Marte. 18 years is a long time! Newt is an adorable name. I'm glad you got to spend all that wonderful time with her. :)

By: Marte

Marte — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:57:17 +0000

Years ago I adopted a 2 yr old cat. There wasn’t much interaction with shelter personnel & later realized I never heard her name pronounced out loud. It was Shea. I didn’t know if it was pronounced like Shea stadium (one syllable & rhymes with say), Maybe if was pronounced she-a (2 syllables & rhymes with Sheila). I called her Newt. It never seemed to be a problem. She was my buddy for 18 yrs

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:05:53 +0000

In reply to Hopeless96. Mister Cat is such a cute name. XD I love it! He sounds like he was a really awesome cat.

By: Hopeless96

Hopeless96 — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:40:34 +0000

We got a cat from the shelter when I was little he was about 9mo and named Buddy. We had him for probably 2 years when my mom married someone with a dog named Buddy who was a little older. We renamed our Buddy Mister Cat and he never even flinched. It was like that was always meant to be his name. He was almost 20 when he passed away 🙁 I still miss him