I'd love some help naming this fictional cat.
The cat's owner is a borderline mature girl/woman in her early twenties. She works part time at her local library and part time as a marketing assistant (inflated title for a job she got as a favour from a friend). The name should represent something this character loves. My first instinct was to name it after a character from a beloved book from her childhood but didn't like anything I came up with. I'd like the cat to be male, but am open to changing it. I plan to fit the type and look of the cat to match the name.
Here's the (unedited) passage about the cat:
My cat, [name], (type of cat depends on the name), loves the south-facing wall of windows over-looking a daycare playground. Aside from watching kids and squirrels play in the sun, [name] holds the very important job of ridding the property of undesirables: pigeons, spiders, roaches, and unworthy suitors. Kenny, the geek across the hall, also known as Undesirable Number One, knows when I get off work. He often “runs into” me in the lobby at the mailboxes. Today I walked right past him. He tried to keep up with me up the stairs but quickly slunk into his own apartment the second I got the key in my door. I made the mistake of inviting him inside on the day I moved in. I’m not sure what [name] did to him that day, but 'geek-boy' has been careful not to cross the threshold since.
As always, [name] was waiting for me at the door. “Good boy,” I said giving him a scratch behind the ear. When I rescued [name] from the Humane Society he had been lazily named Kitty. I had believed it cruel to change an animal's name after adoption, but, in this case, it had to be done. After only a week with me, it was clear that a more fitting moniker was required.
My top two choices at this point are:
Alfred (Bruce Wayne's butler)
Chen (after Julie Chen - Big Brother host and house guest evicter)
I'm also open to suggestions. What are your ideas?
Thanks,
Marcie
