Help name my kitten!

[Kinoko]

Being at somewhat of a quandry, I thought I'd enlist everyone's help here.

I've come to be the owner of an adorable little black cat here in Japan. I never named her because I was planning on finding another home for her. That, months later, hasn't happened. As I feared, we've become pretty attached and I'm gonna keep her and take her back to Australia with me.

Just lately, last few days or so, I've been thinking it's about time I gave her a name. My other cat in Australia (in my avatar) is called Marley in a tribute to my love for SoMI. I want my new cats name to also reflect something I'm passionate about, game-wise or music-wise, etc. I also wanted something that would be cute, rather than just calling her "Blacky" or "Noir" or some other name that has something to do with the fact that she's black.

So, help me out here. I've come up with two names that I both really like and I wanna know what you think.

ALICE - In a tribute to Alice Cooper, whom I adore. It's also a very girly, cute name.

MALON - In a tribute to my favourite character from the Zelda series (also called Marin) and also by sheer coincidence my absolute favourite flavour of anything in Japan (Malon/maron is "Spanish chestnut")



I could go for a cute name like Scribbles or Custard but for me, a name needs to reflect one of my hobbies/passions.

EDIT: For anyone who recognises the cat doll, no, I'm not calling her Jiji. For one, Jiji is a male cat, but mostly because EVERYONE in Japan wants me to call her Jiji and it;s way too cliched.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

I'd like to help, but I can't. I'd call her Cassandra, me, because that's the name of the female black cat in Cats.

Between those two, as novel as it is to name her after a VG character, I like Alice best.

[Ubel]

You mentioned you like Secret Of Monkey Island. Then I got this thought that Somi would be quite a cute name for a cat. But probably not what you're after.

[Gord10]

I think Malon is a nice name.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

You mentioned you like Secret Of Monkey Island. Then I got this thought that Somi would be quite a cute name for a cat.

Or Elaine.

[Nacho]

It's been said by vets that it's better to name the animals with a less than 3 syllabes names. It's better for them to recongise its name. If you like calling them black, or something related with black, I'd recommand to ask for the names of the word "black" in different lenguajes. As far as I recall, negro in Spanish (sounds horrible, though) and negre in catalán (doesn't still sound good...). Schwarz in deutsch? Anyway, go and ask to the agsers... maybe in arab or some other lenguaje sounds cool.

You can go and name him after something that recalls you to something black, or black people, but not necessarilly black. For example, when people tell me "black people" I automatically think "Jazz". Could sound good for a cat.

Hop it helps.

[Privateer Puddin']

I could go for a cute name like Scribbles or Custard but for me, a name needs to reflect one of my hobbies/passions.

custard being a fine name

[Paper Carnival]

If I got a new cat I'd call her Savia (pronounced like sAh-via), because that's the name of the girl I have a crush for at the moment. So far, all my cats were called with names like "cat", "black", "white", "fat", etc.

[Vince Twelve]

Robocop

[esper]

HAHAHA! Robocop is great.

Bob Marley.

No, seriously...  Anyway, my two older cats are called Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, after the cats from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Elliot. The "grampa kitty" that spawned them all is named Macavity, after the feline godfather of crime from the same book (I think these are also the names in Cats... Rui???) ... None of them good names for a female cat. However, I like Alice, and here's why: I named my two youngest kittens (both eight weeks old) after young girls from popular literature: Wendy from Peter Pan and Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia. I might just name my next kitten, if I ever have one, Alice, after Alice in Wonderland... (Or after Squinky's female orc)

btw: Is Jiji the cat from Trigun, or is that a different cat?

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Esper - sure, Cats is based on T.S. Elliot's book.

As regards Alice - I'd forgotten, but it's also the name of a videogame character. One which, like most cats, is rather cute on the outside but can get up to all kinds of mischief. Did you enjoy "American McGee's Alice", Kinoko?

[Vince Twelve]

Jiji is from Kiki's Delivery Service.

[Phemar]

I like Ginger-nut bunny foo.

[TheYak]

You mentioned both a favorite flavor and being open to something like "Custard."  So, I'd suggest you give it a food-ish name...  Supper rolls quite nicely off the tongue. 

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Oh yes. I can just imagine. Bring your friends home, invite them for dinner.

"Hey, when do we eat?"
"Don't worry," says Kinoko with a kitchen knife in her hand, "supper will be along soon."
Enter the cat.
"Hah! Speak of the devil. Here comes Supper. Here, girl."

Phonecall to PETA, anyone?

[Kinoko]

Farlander: Actually, I think I specified that I specifically DON'T want to call her something cliched as a name relating to her colour But thanks.

Okay, true, Custard is cute. My favourite cute cat name is Cinnamon, which is also the name of Matt Greoning's cat so I don't wanna steal it from him.

Elaine is no good because I already have a cat called Marley. It would be too competitive.

Rui: Actually, I despise that game. I also don't like Alice in Wonderland (the book). I'm a big Oz fan though but I'm not naming my cat Dorothy.

[Nacho]

Oh! I didn't read the "NOT" part, sorry.

Call him Farl.

[DGMacphee]

I'd call it Doormat, cause then it serves a dual purpose.

I'm a practical thinker.

[Kinoko]

Farlander: She's a girl, so, no.

[Ghost]

may i suggest "tantomile"? taken from old possum's book of practical cats too- she's the witch's cat. in the musical she's tricolore, but witches use to be shown with black cats... and i think it's a great name.