No one in life wants to be alone, so people love, create families, make friends, and also bring pets. The variety of our smaller brothers is very huge, but today we will talk about cats, or rather, about striped cats.
The main question is, of course, how to name a small fluffy miracle, because as you name a ship, it will sail. The choice of nickname is influenced by several factors: whether you want a simple name or more creative, or maybe noble, to emphasize the dignity of your favorite, or perhaps unusual. Maybe you will be the first to call a cat by that name, which cats, in principle, were not called before, or your imagination will be able to do something new from an ordinary name, by adding words, changing letters or abbreviations.
Usually a name comes to mind immediately when you see who it is intended for. Let's look at nicknames for tabby cats.
What is the principle of choosing a name?
- By strip associations. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is to indicate that the cat has a special color - Zebra, Pedestrian, Gaetz, Sergeant, Ribbon, Stripes, Tiger, Matroskin, Jung, Tigran.
- In appearance. If the kitten is snow-white - Snowball; if the lump is quite shaggy - Fluff, Fluffy; if, on the contrary, without wool - Sphinx, Shrek; red color - Spark, Ginger; dark color - Chernysh, Ugolek; gray color - Smoke; if there are several colors and it’s rather difficult to distinguish which are present to a greater extent - Rainbow, Flower.
- By the name. Murka, Simon, Dyna, Bill, Peppy, Emma, Barsik, Barboskin, Valentin, Zhuzha, Miroslav, Vaska, Manya, Marcel, Maximilian, Marquis.
- According to the behavior. If your cat is always cunning or rubbed into trust - Stirlitz; if the kitten is very affectionate and likes to bask in the arms - Kid; for an important cat, such nicknames as Earl, Boss, Emperor, Lord are suitable; for a fast cat - Lightning, Thunder; for a quiet, calm cat - Mir, Mage, Valerian, Kuzya; for always finding adventure - Avatar, Albus, Zhivchik; for the impregnable and ever dissatisfied - Hedgehog, Kolyuchka.
- According to the features of appearance. At first glance, we always notice some bright moments or the individuality of cats and cats: Cutie, Knop, Inch, Bison, Colorful, Blue-eyed, Fighter.
- Idol. Each of us has a person whom we really like and that we are equal to: like creativity, or maybe a look at life, or maybe it's a fictional creation. We can also consider our parents or relatives, people close to us an idol, in any case, you can start on the behalf of your idols, reduce, remodel a little - Jackson, Jean, Bonya, Bond, Rambo, Goofy, Ricky.
- In honor of someone. If you want to name someone close or dear to you in honor, remember that not always people like to hear their names in animals. Even call such super-favorites only if you are in complete confidence that this will not offend a person, but, on the contrary, will delight and touch.
- In honor of something. If you are a fan of musicals or just works - Vaudeville, Hippopotamus (character from the novel "The Master and Margarita"); if he loves food - Peach, Orange, Gingerbread; if you like certain countries, then you can take more or less sounding cities of this country - Los, York, Birmingham, Cologne, Leeds, Essen.
- Foreign When choosing a name, you need to remember the genealogy of a four-legged friend. Therefore, starting from his country, they most often give such nicknames as Max, Jack, Rocky, Teggie, Thatcher, Tucker.
- Egyptian - Apis, Anubis, Jafari.
- English - Griffin, Garfield, Douglas.
- British - Benjamin, Beverly.
- Greek - Prometheus, Pegasus, Zeus, Ramses, Apollo.
- Eastern - Aland, Balkhan, Jag.
- Japanese - Yori, Keiko, Tomiko.
- Abbreviations. Sometimes there are such long nicknames that it is not always convenient to pronounce, therefore, in order to simplify your life, most often real names are abbreviated: Julian - Julia, Julia, Rogue; Zalgiris - Zhag, Rice, Gear; Mikado - Mika, Miki; Frantic - Frant, Fran.
Gray striped boy cat nickname
When choosing a kitten, all aspects are taken into account: color, breed, eye color, gender, pedigree, and most importantly - to whom the soul lies, if it is mutual. And now the cute creature is already at your place, and the difficult choice of nickname begins. If the color of your new friend is in a gray strip, then you can call him Smoke, it's like jerky smoke, like stripes, or start from weather conditions - Thunderstorm, Tumanchik. You can start from gray and just call Gray, you can resort to a foreign language - Gray, you can also start from posts that are consonant with the word gray, for example, Cardinal.
It all depends on the imagination and associations, but remember, the cat lives all his life with the nickname given by you, so do not forget that you should not go into the jungle - the simpler the nickname, the easier the cat’s life.
Name Rating
Of course, there is a rating of popular nicknames for cats, and we repeatedly hear these names, there can be an infinite number of them. Below is the rating of the most popular:
- Barsik;
- Murzik;
- Cake;
- Alex
- Silence
- Felix;
- Timothy;
- Yashka;
- Tom;
- Simon;
- Oscar;
- Masik;
- Fluffy
- Syoma;
- Vaska.
No matter what you call your pet, additional nicknames will surely appear, not always good. For example, Reptile fluffy, Such a fool, Hey. But when choosing a name, do not forget that not only the name of a person can form a character, but also the name of your favorite. You can remake names, associate with different topics, fantasize or not bother at all.To invent new nonexistent names or, conversely, to take the old ones and not improve them in any way.
In any case, your cat will always remain for you your cutie, fluffy, sweetness, and maybe even a hare, regardless of the name. Love not only people, but also animals, because we are responsible for those who tamed, and everything else is not so important.
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