Test the yell
Can you say it clearly while your cat is walking across a hot stove? Good names survive urgency.
The Cat Name Laboratory
A serious instrument for naming someone who will ignore the result anyway.
THE LAB RECOMMENDSProfessor Whiskerford
Choose a tone
Accuracy improves when you briefly stare into the middle distance.
Allow mutation
“Clementine” will become “Clem,” then “Clembo,” then “Bean.” This is natural.
Respect the face
Some cats arrive already looking like a Susan. Do not fight this.