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Name: Alonzo
Meaning of Name: Noble and ready. Alonzo is the Spanish form of Alfonso.
Name: Asparagus
Meaning of Name: Asparagus is a type of vegetable. He is probably named after Gus the Theatre Cat.
Name:Bombalurina,
Meaning of Name: Lurina is very close to the word "lure" or luring, which means attracting or enticing. Bomba is a type of Puerto Rican music.
Name: Cassandra
Meaning of Name: Shining upon man. Cassandra was a Greek Trojan Princess who could see the future.
Name: Coricopat
Meaning of Name: Coric is probably related to the word choric, meaning "choir".
Name: Demeter
Meaning of Name: Demeter was the Greek goddess of the earth and harvests.
Name: Electra
Meaning of Name: Electra was a Greek Trojan Princess.
Name: Etcetera
Meaning of Name: Continuing in the same manner. The word "etcetera" or "etc" means "and so on, so forth, etc..."
Name: Exotica
Meaning of Name: There is a type of cat called the "Exotic Cat" these cats were bred in the 1960's as a short-haired Persian. However Exotica's name could also mean exotic as in from a different country.
Name: Grizabella
Meaning of Name: "Bella" means "beautiful" and the part of the name, "Griza" is similar to the Old Germanic gris, meaning grey. However, Grizabella as a whole puts in mind of the word "grizzled" as in rough and old, which is probably more accurate.
Name: Gus (the Theatre Cat)
Meaning of Name: Gus is short for Asparagus, a type of vegetable.
Name: Jemima
Meaning of Name: Little dove . Jemima is also called Sillabub, see below.
Name: Sillabub
Meaning of Name: Silly devil. Sillabub is probably a contraction of "Silly" and "Beelzebub", making "Silly Devil". A Syllabub is a type of fizzy drink.
Name: Jennyanydots
Meaning of Name: "Jenny" is derived from the Welsh word "gwen", meaning "fair" or "smooth".
Name: Jellylorum
Meaning of Name: The middle of her name, "lore, is a word for wisdom and tradition.
Name: Mistoffelees
Meaning of Name: Mistoffelees is a different spelling of the name "Mestopheles", a Greek name for the devil. This is probably a playful or joke name because Mistoffelees has magic, which many religions associate with the devil, however Mistoffelees is good.
Name: Mungojerrie
Meaning of Name: Jerrie is a nickname of "Gerald", which means "rule of the spear". Ger is spear in Germanic.
Name: Munkustrap
Meaning of Name: "Strap" is probably from "stripe", because Munkustrap is stripy.
Name: Old Deuteronomy
Meaning of Name: Deuteronomy is one of the books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
Name: Plato
Meaning of Name: Broad-shouldered. Plato was a Greek philosopher.
Name: Pouncival
Meaning of Name: The first part, "pounce", means to jump or spring in a hunting manner. Val, at the end of his name, in Old French means "valley". Pouncival sounds closely related to the word "Percival" and has a "Morte d'Arthur flavour", as it says in "Cats: the Book of the Musical".
Name: Rum Tum Tugger
Meaning of Name: "Rum Tum" gives an impression of rapping or drumming, which leads to rock music. To tug means to pull, but here Tugger probably means something like "attracts the girls with a very strong force"!
Name: Rumpelteazer
Meaning of Name: "Rumpel" is very like "Rumple", meaning wrinkled or creased. Teazer is for teaser, someone who teases - taunting or mocking.
Name: Skimbleshanks
Meaning of Name: Traveller. Skimble is the first half of the phrase "skimble-skamble" which means disorderly, rambling. "Shanks" is slang for "legs". So you could take the meaning to be "rambling legs", but I'd prefer to say "traveller" which practically means the same thing and doesn't sound so scary!
Name: Tantomile
Meaning of Name: Witch's cat.
Name: Tumblebrutus
Meaning of Name: Playful and strong-minded. "Tumble" means fall or stumble. Here it is more likely to mean the sort of tumbling that gymnasts or acrobats do, in a playful way because cats don't usually do acrobatics. "Brutus" one of Julius Caesar's most famous senators - the word "brute" has now come to mean beast or thug. Here, however, it probably means something like strong or determined. *looks up at explanation of Tumblebrutus* It's the longest of all again, isn't it! *huggles Tumble*
Name: Victoria
Meaning of Name: Victory. Queen Victoria was a great queen of England. The name "Victoria" comes from the word "victory".
