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How did New Brunswick get its name?

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  • Everyone loves to do it: help me name my new kitty! I have one cat, http://www.flickr.com/photos/79275523@N02/7096479177/, who was a wild, abandoned stray that found me on Halloween a couple years ago and came to stay on as family (short-term named for the holiday and it stuck...full name is actually Sir Samhain Dastardly-Bastard, bringer of doom). We are finally getting him a sibling: http://www.cdhs.net/pets/view.php?362. She's the perfect sibling! They look to be the same long-haired breed, except where Samhain is a pure black male, [new kitty] is a pure white female. But while Brunswick is kind of a cool name, it doesn't seem to suit her kittenish, high-energy playfulness. I would like to stick with a theme of either a celtic name, a goddess name...something kind of mystical. Names we've thrown out so far include top-runners, Freya (which I sort of like because of the necklace story—could get a neat collar to fit that) and Azura (a goddess in Skyrim). But you guys are great at cat name suggestions, so I would love to get some more ideas to see what fits her best! We get to bring her home early next week. :)

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    If one is Samhain, the feast of the winter solstice, then the other should be Lunasa, the feast of the summer solstice. Their colouring even matches the theme!

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Pangur Ban after this charming Irish poem: I and Pangur Ban, my cat, 'Tis a like task we are at; Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night. Better far than praise of men 'Tis to sit with book and pen; Pangur bears me no ill will; He, too, plies his simple skill. 'Tis a merry thing to see At our task how glad are we, When at home we sit and find Entertainment to our mind. Oftentimes a mouse will stray Into the hero Pangur's way; Oftentimes my keen thought set Takes a meaning in its net. 'Gainst the wall he sets his eye Full and fierce and sharp and sly; 'Gainst the wall of knowledge I All my little wisdom try. When a mouse darts from its den. O how glad is Pangur then! O what gladness do I prove When I solve the doubts I love! So in peace our tasks we ply, Pangur Ban, my cat and I; In our arts we find our bliss, I have mine, and he has his. Practice every day has made Pangur perfect in his trade ; I get wisdom day and night, Turning Darkness into light.'

mermayd

And you could call her Luna for short!

LN

Morrigan Furchild.

timsteil

If one is Samhain, the feast of the winter solstice, then the other should be Lunasa, the feast of the summer solstice. Their colouring even matches the theme! If you want to do opposites, Imbolc or Brigid? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain is the cross-quarter day between Lunasa and Yule, aka Halloween. So the opposite on the Celtic wheel of the year is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane. Timely and appropriate, as Beltane is just around the corner. That said, I do like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTiSak8r9P8 (white I recall means "white clay") as a name for a white cat.

ottereroticist

Taking bunderful one step further, Morgan le Fur?

It's Never Lurgi

If you want to do opposites, Imbolc or Brigid?

jeather

She looks like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica to me.

Faint of Butt

sciencegeek

If you do call her Freya, her nickname can be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaka_Fray. A kickass strong female from the Whedonverse, future-dystopian edition. Brunswick even has her eyes.

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