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Ok guys, here it is. The thread you’ve all been waiting for.
I spoke to the breeder and our girl comes home on the 25th. I get to go and play with her this weekend though while she’s still recovering from her spay. Naming is a tricky business though and some suggestions would be great. I’m open to anything except really obvious names like “Smokey” because she’s grey. Although more abstract colour names are ok. She’s a Somali and her colour is called blue.
So here she is. These photos are not mine, they were taken by her breeder.
So far I have:
Iris (not too keen on but the first that popped into my head when I cuddled her the other day).
Jasiri (after the hyena character on the Lion Guard). The name means bold, and courageous. Jasiri is a kind, fun loving, and bold character. She’s also blue-ish grey.
Vitani (also a Lion King character from the second movie). It mainly works well because the breeder name is Vivace. So she’d be Vivace Vitani.
I’d like to have a bunch of names in mind so that when I visit on Saturday I can try some of them out, it’s always easier to know in person.
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OMG OMG OMG I SOOOOOOOO EXCITED MAN !!!!!!!
I watched a nature doc last night and saw the most gorgeous mini mouse. An elephant shrew known as the SENGI.
OMG that nose !!
I thought then what a fab name SENGI would be.
Shes got a tint of pink, though cringey, I think Rosie is quite nice.
I also like Kenza or Kenzo.
Ill have a think at work for more abstract names….
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I thought of Isis when I saw her. But I guess that goddess’s beautiful name is not so popular these days…
I also like Nausicaa from a Japanese animated movie I love. And Totoro from another. And Arrietty from another. And Kaya from Willow. And Lilly from HP. And Arwen from LOTR.
(I don’t like fantasy that much…)
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I feel like she definitely needs a pretty and unique name. She is gorgeous, congrats! Here are a few random things that popped to mind (other than the obvious Pigeon
) : Catori (spirit)
Aera
Lillith
Yoonki
Petrichor (it is the smell right after rain. She could be Petri for short)
Kaliska (Coyote Chasing Deer) -
Oh goodness, the amount of name suggestions is overwhelming, lol
Thank you so much everyone, I can’t possibly respond to each individual name right now, but I’ll try to compile a sort of shortlist later in the week and post it here 
Q8, I had also though of Isis, but I had the same reservations about it as you did, haha.
@pinknfwuffy, Somalis are known as the fox cats, so it’s not surprising she reminded you of one.
@Jersey, nice pick up on the reverse spelling of Jasiri for Iris. Clever
She does have the reverse colouring of a Crested Pigeon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Crested_Pigeon.jpg
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Posted By Q8bunny on 11/13/2017 10:03 AM
I thought of Isis when I saw her. But I guess that goddess’s beautiful name is not so popular these days… I also like Nausicaa from a Japanese animated movie I love. And Totoro from another. And Arrietty from another. And Kaya from Willow. And Lilly from HP. And Arwen from LOTR.
(I don’t like fantasy that much…)
You named 2 of my favorite Studio Ghibli films! Kiki would work as well. When my daughter was little, we must have watched that movie a thousand times, easily.
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Hazel, you definitely need to add one to your family
Hubby gave me a weird look when I mentioned Pigeon was at the top of the forum vote. So I don’t think that one’s getting through, lol. It can be a nickname
She was spayed today, so I’m worried about that
I sent a quick message to the breeder to make sure it all went well. Kikati is a cute name
I like Kesari too. It’s going to be an awfully long shortlist 
They remind me of another name idea, Kike (Key-kay, it was the name of one of the cheetahs from the old tv show Big Cat Diary, she used to use the jeep as a lookout post) -
So here’s what I’m looking at, plus possibly some others I haven’t thought of yet. Can’t wait for cuddles tomorrow
Jasiri
Vitani
Umbra
Vixey
Pigeon
Catori
Kaliska
Kikati
Kesari
Kike (though probably not this one. Hubby informs me if pronounced differently it’s a strong racial slur, whoops!) -
Visited her today
I feel like I’m stuck on Jasiri but I’m not sure it fits. She is bold but I just don’t know if the name sounds right if that makes sense, need more time with that one. She was all sorts of gorgeous today. As it turns out she wasn’t spayed on Thursday due to owner illness, but she’ll be spayed Monday and still be home on the scheduled date She does have a little hernia on her belly (I think where her umbilical cord was) but they said that’s a simple fix during her spay as it’s the location needed for that anyway. Spent a lot of time playing with a number of cats with a teaser, until everyone was worn out and then she flopped on my lap for an hour or more I also had many visits from other house cats, all wanting to see what I was about and get head scratches Of course I obliged. I’m even more excited now since she seemed to still like me a lot today, lol. Her sister liked me too and I had trouble getting them off my lap when it was time to leave. Funnily enough, the two tawny kittens didn’t want anything to do with me. Must be fate
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Jasiri and Vitani are beautiful, too. 
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