Dear George,
My name is Kriketel. You might ask what
name is this. To tell you the truth I have no idea. All I know is that I was
rescued from a pound on a Christmas day when I was only four week old. I live
with two other cats, Minky and Didi. They weren’t too enthusiastic about me
joining the family two years ago but I’m happy! I have a lovely Mom and a
lovely home. Still… I wonder why was I named Kriketel?
Not that I don’t like it but what if I want
to change it? What cats do if they don’t like their names? How do we tell our
humans? Based on what rules are we named? I watched a video about a black
leopard who was unhappy with his name and after “talking” with an animal
communicator (Anna Breytenbach) was renamed Spirit! But not all of us has
access to an animal communicator! So what do we do? Again, how do we tell our
humans? And, actually what’s in a name, George?
Yours,
Kriketel
Dear Kriketel,
Your name is both enigmatic and sophisticated. We cats are enigmatic sophisti-cats. Spare a thought for those poor felines who are called names like Flirtybottom (yes I knew one), Fluffytail, or Paddypaws, or even Sweetiepops (an unfortunate name given to a dignified kitten by my pet Celia who should know better). None of those names have the dignified ring that your name has.
Here in the UK cats often have names like Gismo, Speedy, or Ziggy suggesting a lack of obedience (we cats don't do obedience). Or place names like Winchester or Mr Woodstock. Or just nice human female names like Jospephine or Lily or manly names like mine, George, Sam or Burt. Tibbles is a traditional name that goes back to the medieval ages, when an epic poem about animals had Bruin the bear, Reynard the Fox and Thibault the cat!
Our names say more about our pet humans than about us, but I think Kriketel is a great name and you should stick to it!
Yours
George
Here's a photo of Josephine.
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| Josephine lives in Spain |
Our names say more about our pet humans than about us, but I think Kriketel is a great name and you should stick to it!
Yours
George
Here's a photo of Josephine.
I love your name! It has a very "giggling" tone :-)
ReplyDeleteI love my name as well....it means "lion" (Mummy was born in Zimbabwe)
Shumba
The cat who lives with me is called Drusilla. She seems to like her name and it is flexible in that it can be shortened e.g. Druser, Dru. It should probably be a crime to give a cat an embarrassingly twee name - these things matter. Kriketel is rather lovely, we think.
ReplyDeleteRight! What's in a name? Mine is Tool Box :-(
ReplyDeleteShould I complain about my human? I should and could but I know he loves me very much so I won't say anything!
Tool Box
Well, some people have better imagination (or wilder) than others!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my human went to Vegas and not to Black Creek Village :-)
Vegas
I'm Tiki. My human doesn't know why I was named, I was adopted at 7 and answered to it so she thought I should probably keep it. Ghost cat who lived here before me also came with her name, Ginny, at 13. Humans says if cats answer to names they must think they're okay. I quite like Tiki so I let human see I know it's my name.
ReplyDeleteHumans should be very mindful when naming cats, dogs ...even their children! Each name has a specific energy, a specific vibration/frequency and the "carrier" of that name will resonate with that energy! Imagine if the name has a negative notation/meaning? Of course we'll feel it and we'll completely dislike it as it is affecting us at a very deep level!
ReplyDeleteCarla, the tuxedo cat
Kriketel... sounds like crickets or crooked tail... Me will thinks of Crickets.
ReplyDeleteKriketel sure am purrtee. -Katie Kitty Too.