Meet ...

[rodo]

... and there lies the problem: I can't decide on a name. At first I thought Dusky because she has the same colours as the dusk in these parts. But her mother's humans called her Pünktchen because of the little dot on the tip of her tail (the kittens looked so much alike that that was the defining characteristic). I like that one too - in English I suppose it would be "dotty" or "little dot", but less grandma-ish.

Help?

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

She's adorable! So cute!

I'm really not good at naming, though - thought about naming my two Kali and Eris, but didn't want to go through with it because, well, better not invite trouble. *cough* Called them Silk and Honey instead, but don't actually call them that. It's mostly "little one" and "big one", or one of the countless silly nicknames I make up on the spot.

My dad and my stepmother have got a Pünktchen and an Anton (both tomcats) - and the name Pünktchen went to the one who doesn't have that little dot on his tail. They thought it was funny. *g*

[rodo]

I'm really not good at naming either. Harry Potter has a better taste in pet names. That's why I asked for help. (I usually called Rani "fat one", despite her being not fat at all.)

[frayadjacent]

OMG!!! Tiny beautiful adorable kitty!!! I am all :D :D :D !!!!!!!!!11!!!11

OK, names. Dusky is good. Dot would be super cute, I think. I also like slightly unusual, cute human names for pets, like Sadie, Rose, Ginger (my cat's name, though I didn't realize at the time that in much of the English-speaking world that's also the word for her color), etc.

sooooooo cute.

[rodo]

I'm grinning too, when I'm not hunted.

Dot isn't bad either, hmm ....

[anehan]

Squeeeeeeeee! Such an adorable kitten! She has a very serious look on her face in that picture.

Can't help you with the name, I'm afraid. I suck at thinking up names.

[rodo]

She is really well behaved for a kitten. I could sit beside her and eat cheese and barely had to keep her away. Rani as a kitten would have been all over it. She also seems to have inherited the Maine Coon (her mum) treat of splashing water everywhere, though, and currently she tries climbing the wall by jumping at it.

[blnchflr]

OMG, she is beautiful!! I wanna kitteh ;_;

[rodo]

Who doesn't? ^_^

[acari]

Aww. She looks so cute and soft. I love Pünktchen but it's a little long. How about Dot or Spot (like Data's cat in Star Trek) as a nickname?

[rodo]

Pünktchen isn't actually that long when spoken, which is more important than the written version. It's easier to cry when the cat has vanished than a word with one syllable.

And yeah, she is super soft - got it from her mum.

[mllesatine]

Ich bin für Pünktchen.