sonia: Chocolate fluffy cat on a chair in the sun (basil chair)
Sonia Connolly ([personal profile] sonia) wrote2014-06-08 04:22 pm
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The Naming of Cats

So I'm wondering if (Chocolate) Basil is a dignified enough name for a Maine Coon cat. He weighs about 10lbs now, but I think he'll be about 15lbs when he's all settled in and eating well. Big frame. Check out those paws! (Click for larger image.)

I thought of Orion, but my neighbor, who went with me to adopt him, doesn't really like it.

Ideas and opinions solicited. I'm leaning toward keeping Basil because sometimes first is best, and my experience with cat names is that they never feel quite right, they're just convenient handles. But maybe someone will come up with something that fits better.
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[personal profile] castiron 2014-06-09 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Basil originally means "king", so that seems a perfect cat name to me.
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[personal profile] sonia 2014-06-09 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh how perfect! I had no idea. I looked it up http://www.babynames.com/name/BASIL, and Basilios it is. From the list of related names, Atticus is a close second. I don't have purely positive associations with many male names, but that's one, from "To Kill A Mockingbird."
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