Pumpkintail's Guides/Naming Cats

Autor's Note
DUUUUUUUUH! This must've come someday. I'm sick and tired of the naming guides, but jeez, I've ran out of my amazing creative ideas I've had in stock so I went for this flawless idea. But hey, it's the guide master here, Pumpkintail - I can do something much more advanced. All jokes aside, enjoy the newest guide <3

Chapter I: Colors
Big surprise isn't it? Duh. Anyway, to the colors. It is obvious that the name must be based on something, and in most cases, it's color. For example, you name a ginger kit Redkit for example. You wouldn't name a blue kit Redkit. Or you can name white kit Snowkit, but definetely not a black kit.

But you should take it to a different level. Sure, you can name a gray kit Stonekit, but what about other ways? What about Boulderkit? Or Pebblekit? Or Slatekit? Or instead of just naming your kit Treekit, call it Beechkit or Oakkit.

Chapter II: Markings
Markings are tricky. If your cat is tabby for example, call the cat Stripetail. If it's mottled, call it Mottleclaw. But you probably realize that such a things are lame. I would much rather call mottled cat Shellclaw, Blizzardcloud or Volefang, judging by the color.

As for the Mottle- prefix, I would rather call something and white cat Mottlepelt rather than really a mottled one - it's more creative.

As for the next thing, I would just say it annoys me when people do it - calling cats Tabbytail, Torbiepelt or Tortoiseshellfur. Oh man, those just piss me off. It's incredibly stupid and uncreative, so avoid that.

Chapter III: Non-canon names
And here it gets interesting. I honestly don't have anything against non-canon prefixes and suffixes, but don't be too sure; it can take a bad turn.

I'm pretty sure you already saw some non-canon names. And most likely you've also came across names lile Bloodheart, Aquasplash and Seaheart. These three names perfectly cover all three factors of bad non-canon names.

Bloodheart - this name doesn't make sense. You have to think if a queen would call her kit Bloodkit - nope.

Aquasplash - aqua means water in latin. However, cats don't know latin, making it impossible name.

Seaheart - cats don't actually know sea and ocean as we do, really. For them, it's sun-drown-place, so feel free to call your cat Sundrownplaceheart.

Also, I wouldn't recommend using Tree- prefix. It's because we have all different kinds of trees, so why Treefur?