What's In a Name?
Cat Talk|June 2023
A Look Behind Cattery Names
By Nancy Kerr
What's In a Name?

Callyn registered 1986

Lynn Cooke

“I registered my Cattery name, CALLYN, in 1986 after breeding my first litter of Himalayans. Most people pronounce it wrong, using a long ‘A’ sound but it’s actually a double entendre pronounced Callin’ (what queens do when they are in heat) or Call Lynn (which refers to my first name). I thought it was clever, but after nearly 40 years of people not getting it, I may have chosen differently.”

Trailhawk registered 2014

Kate Weil

“My cattery name, ‘Trailhawk,’ comes from the Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk. In 2014, I worked many hours of overtime at the Jeep plant so I could get a show cat. I purchase my first purebred, a silver tabby Oriental Longhair, with my overtime money. He had beautiful green eyes typical of the breed. The Trailhawk version of the Cherokee had a color code to indicate what parts went into the Trailhawk, and that color code was green. Trailhawk seemed to fit my origin story of the color green and Jeeps.”

Itsasteall registered 2021

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