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Dorian Gray (or, Oscar [Wilde])
Smokey
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For a male: The Shadow. (As in the old radio plays so it needs The in front.)
For a female Freya (I don't have a reason)
Tho on thinking about it I like Dorian Gray and it would work for male or female pilgrims.
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This should work. 'Phantom' would be my suggestion.
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Thanks, olly--I couldn't get to the picture in the OP.
I offer Furty--a combination of furry and furtive. That one is definitely going to be up to no good!
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Morning Birrell, your link did not come out completey well, but by using the Quote button and taking the link out to the browser I saw your kitten. Cute, it looks a lot darker than grey though. I would call it Smoky, get another one with it and call it Bandit.( that's wat kittens are anyway) 
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You've got to get to know the cat. Listen. Watch. The cat will tell you its name.
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We keep drifting towards words about smoke, because his color is like very dark smoke, and is lighter on his belly. I wonder if people know words for smoke in obscure languages? (We have the fum/hum - family from Romance...)
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if you want obscure, how about fumee?
Obs. rare.
[a. F. fumée]
Smoke, a cloud of smoke.
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We keep drifting towards words about smoke, because his color is like very dark smoke, and is lighter on his belly. I wonder if people know words for smoke in obscure languages? (We have the fum/hum - family from Romance...) i dont know if a language with more than 300 million speakers is obscure but one not very common hindi adjective for 'smoky' is सधूम - sadhoom. as a lover of cats and science fiction this word makes me think of the home of the shadows in the series babylon 5 a place called Z'ha'dum. it seems appropriate for a familiar.
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That'll be the first French cat called 'Fumee' 
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How about Reykur, meaning smoke in Icelandic?
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i dont know if a language with more than 300 million speakers is obscure but one not very common hindi adjective for 'smoky' is - sadhoom.
Does the accent fall on Sa or on dhoom in that, might I ask? It has a nice sound...
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How about Reykur, meaning smoke in Icelandic?
Any way to know how that is pronounced, for us who are Icelandically challenged? Birrell
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i dont know if a language with more than 300 million speakers is obscure but one not very common hindi adjective for 'smoky' is - sadhoom.
Does the accent fall on Sa or on dhoom in that, might I ask? It has a nice sound... stress on the dhoom. again, apt for a familiar.
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How about Reykur, meaning smoke in Icelandic?
Charly
especially good if you are Star Trek fans!
formerly known as etaoin...
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Ah yes, the "ey" in Reykur is pronounced like "ay" in day and the "u" like the German u with an umlaut (ü) or "eux" in the French word deux.
And I admit to shortening the name of my horse, Haukur (my nickname) to "Hauki" when I call him because it is easier to pronounce. Calling the kitten "Reyki" would be less of a tongue twister.
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Definitely easier to shout: "Reyki, come down out of those curtains than to call "Reykur" _ as their name is practically the only thing cats more or less listen to. (That's why I like them)
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And we would have half the reiki-healers in the neighborhood coming over to lay hands on us!
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Oh, I forgot about that! A girlfriend of mine hooked up with one of those people for a short while; he turned out to be very weird.
I was thinking along the lines of what Faldage said when I offered Furty*; I was looking for an apt name.
*I know Furty isn't pretty to look at, though the sound of it isn't so bad. Maybe Furti?
Anyway--please let us know what you decide!
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J.. being totally ignored's a bummer, eh?!
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name list All is ever been taken care of. I still would call it Smokey or Smoky since I looked it in the eye. It has a pleasant smokey soul. 
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Did someone say something?!
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I rather like Furty. Might do something with it like Frrty. But he does like that sound.
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Sorry Brannie, I liked some of the suggestionson your website but gave up when they suggested "Ashley Olsen" as a female cat's name.
at least they didn't suggest it for a tom.
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I was being ironic. What cat in his/her right mind would lower it's selfrespect and listen to such ridiculus names.
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