Well, Meatball was my first cat. He was obsessed with food, couldn't get him away from me while I was eating. But originally, he was named Merlin, because I was with an ex that we had gone to a Renaissance fair recently and totally wanted to make him the wizard kitty that we took with us next time. Anyways, broke up with the loser and he ended up with my parents while I bounced around. My dad renamed him because mum let him get fat. They had a friend with two cats named Q-ball and Eight Ball, so they thought it was fitting to name him Meatball. Well, to my great displeasure at the time, it stuck.
Tricksie we got in September, and we were preparing for Halloween, my favorite holiday of the year. She is all black with haunting, green eyes. And we SWEAR she was born of Friday the thirteenth, because she was EVIL! So we wanted a Halloween themed name for her. Searched for about a week before I thought of Tricksie, which is basically for trick-or-treat, or being tricksy. I love the name now.
I decided on Amaya's name before I got her. I wanted something Japanese themed, because I'm really into the Japanese culture, and I wanted it to be original. Well, I came across three names that I liked, Shiori, Sayuri, and Amaya. Everyone voted on Amaya (because they could pronounce it), and it was my favorite as well. So that's what she was named. Amaya means "Night Rain" in Japanese. It fits so well, because at the time, when I got her, I was in such a horrible spot, so it's kind of symbolic of an old period in my life that's supposed to be gone now.
Ryou we also decided on before we got him. Adam is obsessed with dragons, and since we were doing the Japanese theme, that's what we named him. His paper name is Little Dragon, because he's such a little goof ball. The name fits him, though, because he's such a spitfire.
Kuso, well, you guys all know the story. We got him, and he was such a handful, with beginning signs of dominance and possible aggression, especially food aggression. So of course we needed something obnoxious and crude, and sticking with the Japanese theme, I looked up the word for $**t, because he is such a little $**t, and it stuck, and he fits it so well.
Theus, we bounced around with for a long time, about a week as well. Nothing was really fitting. My friend wanted me to name him Linguini (actually, it turned into Fettucini Linguini Alfrado Bob, which I was NOT naming him!), and it was cute, and he loves food, but it just didn't fit his fiery personality. I looked up many Greek gods, heros, titans, etc, but if the name was decent enough and easy to pronounce, the character didn't fit him. I tried Gizmo on for size, but then two people told me they had cats named Gizmo when they were kids, and I just didn't want something so unoriginal. So it was back to the drawing book. Tried out Loki, would have been perfect, but I remembered a friend has a cat named Loki. So I settled on shortening the name of the Greet Titan, Prometheus, who stole thunder from the gods. It was perfect, is perfect, and fits so well. And no one can say it isn't original. XP