Join Me in Snarkville

Ok, naming the fur ball is becoming a problem.

Our last cat was named for a boat (despite anything you might have heard). When naming him, we decided that we would name our future animals from the wealth of  boat names. So we have a list to work with (a rather LONG list).

Now, we quickly eliminated dumb names like Fir, Birch, Blueberry, Anvil, Active, Durable — oh, did I mention we were working from Coast Guard Cutters? Seriously there are WHOLE classes of boats that will not qualify. Then there is a wealth of girl names (Spar, Isis, Althea); names that won’t work because of his color (Mellon; Blackberry); and other unacceptable names (like anything with just a number; most of the island and river names; the nautical terms class; American Sailor/Mariner/Seaman; you see where I’m going here). Finally, I was also veto’d on Semper, Cutter, and Cartigan — the last of which is one of my favorites.

Prince wants a name with distinguished record, which eliminates some (depending on your definition of distinguished).  URGH. Also, I should mention that the kitty in question has not shown any distinguishing personality characteristics, other than his very loud purring motor.  Seriously, how am I expected to know if a name fits this cat if I don’t know if he’s a cuddle bunny or a terror?

So, this has lead to me going through the list and trying to narrow the choices. I keep thinking I have a great name (Storis, Argus, Hamilton, Healy, Blake….) only to try to use it with the cat and  it just doesn’t work. Now, Prince thought it should be Healy, but I can’t stop thinking about the kids I HATE with the wheelie shoes. Now, he’s taken to calling the cat, Hudson. I’m currently thinking he should be Dexter because of the added dexterity of his extra toes.

And what I can’t shake is that I think his name should be Sherman, but even though he’d be named for a boat that wasn’t named for that horrible Atlanta burning general, I’m not entirely sure my mother (who already is pretty sure I have four or five screws loose now) will forgive me for it.

Oh and if I push hard to break the ‘tradition’ (which it isn’t tradition until there is more than one of them), his name should be Sterling (like in Silver).

What the heck am I supposed to do?