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10 July 2010

Help me name my new little girl cat... She's two, believe it or not, but is so tiny that she looks like a kitten.→[More:]

I'm besotted already, but haven't got a name for her yet.

What should we call her?

Traditionally, all our cats have a classical music themed name, like Claude (Debussy), Ludwig, Gus (Mahler) etc.

What should she be called??

post by: jonathanstrange at: 23:31 | 22 comments

Carmen?

posted by fluffy battle kitten 10 July | 23:59

Scout. At the theatre we recently had a production of To Kill A Mockingbird for the gold anniversary of the book. For some reason that picture makes me think of "Scout" Finch.

posted by arse_hat 11 July | 00:02

Hilda! (Hildegarde von Bingen)

posted by BitterOldPunk 11 July | 00:15

I like BOP's suggestion far more than my own.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 11 July | 00:18

Satie? Glass?

posted by rainbaby 11 July | 00:42

Fishface.

posted by mullacc 11 July | 00:44

So cute! I vote Nina (Simone). Even though she's known as a jazz musician, she was trained classically...

posted by Specklet 11 July | 04:02

Bella, because she's beautiful.

posted by Senyar 11 July | 04:50

Anna Magdalena. Maggie for short? After, of course Anna Magdelena Bach.

"Anna Magdalana Bach likely was more than just a copyist. Some scholars credit her as a musical collaborator, and promote the idea that she wrote several pieces which he published under his (more famous) name and may have had significant influence in a few pieces which were otherwise composed by him."

posted by flapjax at midnite 11 July | 04:51

Mimi. Clara. Elise. Semele. Poppea. Lulu. Rusalka. Zerlina. Pamina. Madrigal. Vesper. Quodlibet.

posted by notquitemaryann 11 July | 06:07

Or Cio-Cio San, of course. :D

posted by notquitemaryann 11 July | 06:20

My beautiful little girl cat was named Bijou.

posted by JanetLand 11 July | 07:10

Elsinor

posted by Doohickie 11 July | 08:27

Puffin.

posted by msali 11 July | 09:04

Coco (because of her colouring and also because, being tiny and elegant, she's like Coco Chanel) or Anastasia (because she looks like a princess in disguise).

If you want to stick with the music theme, you might name her Billie after Billie Halliday. If you'd like to strictly adhere to a classical composter theme, there is a list of female composers here. I've heard of so few of them. One that made me snicker a little was "Maria Cattarina Calegari", but that's a bit of a mouthful.

posted by Orange Swan 11 July | 11:44

Classical composer. I don't think composting gets classified into different catgeories such as classical, rock, folk, new wave, etc.

posted by Orange Swan 11 July | 11:46

Oh, and if you go with Anna Magdalena Bach, you can call her Magda for short.

posted by Orange Swan 11 July | 11:47

I don't think composting gets classified into different catgeories such as classical, rock, folk, new wave, etc.

You haven't heard the last Britney Spears record.

posted by Ardiril 11 July | 19:33

She looks like a Myrtle to me. :-) (But then, I like old-fashioned names for cats.)

posted by MelanieL 11 July | 20:46

For some reason I ALWAYS make the compost typo when I type out compose or composer, and then I curse and correct it, but this time I missed it.

jonathanstrange, be sure to post back and let use know what you decided upon.

posted by Orange Swan 11 July | 20:50

Another vote here for Clara, after the very beautiful and talented female pianist and composer, Clara Schumann.

posted by bearwife 11 July | 22:12

Oh! Clara is gorgeous!

I think we've decided on Eva though. Not strictly classical, but there is a bit of a jazz thing there, and also Eva is the name of my favourite author. Thanks for the help, guys! :)

posted by jonathanstrange 12 July | 02:23

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