Post by S c o r c h on Apr 12, 2016 16:47:43 GMT
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Do Note
You do NOT need to follow these literally or down to the point! They are merely suggestions and pointers in case you need some help with finding a name.
Prefixes
AAcorn– golden brown
Adder– brown tabby, possibly spotted tabby
Albatross– dark gray or black, either with white
Alder– brown tabby, speckled gray, or golden
Amber– ginger or golden
Anhinga– black
Ant– black; possibly small
Apple– ginger
Argent– silver
Ash– pale gray, possibly flecked; or a gray tabby
Ashen– pale gray
Aspen– gray, probably a tabby
Auk– black-and-white
Avocet– black or tortoiseshell, with white
B
Badger– black-and-white, or a black-and-gray tabby with white markings
Bat– dark brown
Bear– depending on territory, a black, brown, or white cat
Beaver– brown
Bee– golden tabby
Beech– brown to gray (maybe speckled), or golden
Beetle– black or brown (possibly mottled); probably small
Birch– black-and-white, more white than black; alternately, black silver tabby
Black– black
Blaze– ginger
Blizzard– white, or very pale flecked silver or gray
Blue– gray, tabby or otherwise
Boulder– depending on the rocks in the territory, probably a large dappled gray or brown cat
Bourn– blue-gray to brown cat, probably a tabby
Bracken– golden tabby
Bramble– brown tabby
Briar– brown tabby
Bright– mostly white with patches of a lighter color
Brindle– tabby, any color
Brook– light brown, possibly a tabby
Broom– golden (in reference to the plant Scotch Broom)
Brown– brown
Buzzard– brown, possibly tabby and/or with white
C
Cataract– gray-and-white
Cedar– dark brown or reddish-brown tabby
Cherry– tortoiseshell, dark ginger, or white; alternately, gray tabby or dappled
Chestnut– brown
Chough– black
Cinder– gray, possibly patterned
Cloud– white or pale gray
Clover– white
Condor– black, possibly with a small amount of white and/or ginger
Coot– black, possibly with a tiny amount of white
Copper– ginger
Cougar– light golden brown
Crow– black
Curl– curly coat
Curlew– brown tabby
Cypress– brown, possibly tabby
D
Daisy– white, possibly with a small amount of pale ginger
Dapple– tortoiseshell or spotted tabby
Dark– any dark color, whether black, brown, or gray
Dawn– pale gray or ginger
Day– gray (possibly with white) or golden
Deer– reddish brown
Doe– reddish brown
Dove– light brown or gray-brown
Drift– white
Duck– brown tabby
Dunlin– tortoiseshell-and-white
Dunnock– brown tabby
Dusk– dark brown or dark gray
Dust– light brown
E
Eagle– brown, possibly with a small amount of white
Ebony– black
Eel– very dark brown
Egret– white, possible with a small amount of ginger or cream
Elder– white, black, or light gray
Elm– gray to brown tabby
Ember– tortoiseshell
Estuary– light gray or blue-gray
Evening– dark gray or gray-and-cream
F
Fallow– light brown
Fawn– light brown, possibly with a small amount of white
Fennel– light golden
Fern– golden tabby
Ferret– brown with a small amount of white
Finch– brown tabby
Fir– dappled gray
Fire– ginger
Flame– ginger
Flare– ginger or white
Fleck– a flecked coat, any color
Flicker– brown spotted tabby
Flint– dark gray
Flood– blue-gray to brown
Fly– black or dark gray
Fox– ginger, possibly with a small amount of white
Frog– brown spotted tabby
Frost– white
Furze– light golden
G
Gannet– white, probably with a small amount of cream
Ginger– ginger
Golden– golden
Goose– gray-brown or gray cat with white, or a white cat
Gorse– light golden
Grass– golden brown or light brown tabby
Gray– gray
Guillemot– black with white
Gull– gray-and-white
H
Hail– pale gray spotted tabby
Hare– brown and/or white
Harrier– brown (possibly tabby) or pale gray, both with a white belly
Hawk– brown, possibly tabby and/or with white
Hay– light golden brown tabby
Hazel– light brown
Heather– pale gray
Heavy– the largest kit in the litter
Hemlock– gray tabby
Heron– gray-and-white, or pale tortoiseshell-and-white
Hickory– gray tabby
Hobby– tortoiseshell-and-white
Holly– white or dark ginger
Honey– golden
Hoopoe– tortoiseshell-and-white
I
Ice– white
Ivy– tabby
J
Jackal– tortoiseshell or golden brown
Jaguar– golden spotted tabby
Jay– gray-brown
Juniper– reddish-brown or gray tabby
K
Keck– white
Kestrel– brown spotted tabby, or a tortoiseshell tabby
Kink– curly coat, or a kinked extremity
Kittiwake– gray-and-white
L
Lake– gray to brown
Larch– gray tabby
Lark– light brown tabby
Leopard– spotted tabby, likely golden
Lichen– gray spotted tabby
Lightning– white or very pale ginger
Lily– white
Linnet– ginger-and-brown, likely a tabby
Lion– golden
Little– exceptionally small
Lizard– brown tabby
Loch– blue-gray to brown
Long– exceptionally large, often in reference to a body part (i.e. the tail)
Loon– black-and-white
Low– a short-legged cat
M
Mallow– white
Maple– ginger or gray tabby
Marigold– light ginger
Martin– black or gray-brown, with white
Merlin– gray-and-cream
Minnow– gray or dusky brown, possibly small
Mint– pale gray
Mist– light gray
Misty– light gray
Mole– black or very dark gray
Moose– dark brown
Morning– light ginger or gray-and-cream
Moss– spotted tabby, probably brown
Mossy– spotted tabby, probably brown
Moth– speckled gray to brown
Mottle– tortoiseshell or spotted tabby
Mouse– brown
Mud– brown
Murre– black-and-white
N
Nettle– gray
Newt– tortoiseshell or brown spotted tabby
Night– black
O
Oak– brown to gray, probably tabby
Oat– golden brown
Ocean– gray, possibly with a small amount of white
Ocelot– golden spotted tabby
Olive– dark reddish-brown or grayish-black
Oriole– golden, ginger, or tortoiseshell
Osprey– dark brown, possibly with some light streaks or/and a white underbelly
Otter– dark brown
Owl– brown or gray tabby, possibly with white
P
Pale– any pale color
Patch– white with patches of color
Pear– white or ginger
Pebble– brown or gray, likely spotted tabby, and probably a small cat
Perch– golden tabby
Pigeon– gray, with any amount of white
Pike– gray-brown tabby
Pine– brown or reddish-brown tabby
Pipit– brown to gray tabby, possibly with white
Plum– white or ginger
Pool– brown or grayish-brown
Poplar– gray-brown tabby
Poppy– ginger or tortoiseshell
Prickle– spiky fur
Primrose– pale golden
Puffin– black-and-white, maybe with a small amount of ginger
Puma– light golden brown
Q
Quail– brown tabby
R
Rabbit– brown, possibly with white
Rain– gray tabby
Rapid– white (in reference to water)
Rat– brown or black
Raven– black
Red– ginger
Reed– golden brown
Rill– silver, blue-gray, or brown, probably a tabby
Rime– white
Ripple– tabby, likely brown or gray
River– brown
Robin– brown-and-ginger
Rock– likely gray or brown, probably with some sort of pattern
Rose– white and/or pale golden
Rowan– ginger
Rubble– likely gray or brown, with some sort of pattern
Rush– golden brown (as in the plant) or white (as in water)
Russet– ginger
Rust– dark ginger
Rye– light or golden brown
S
Sable– black
Sage– pale gray
Sand– speckled ginger or gray
Sandy– speckle ginger or gray
Scaup– black-and-white
Scorch– black
Scoter– black
Sedge– brown or black
Seed– speckled
Shade– any dark color, likely black or gray
Shadow– black
Sheep– white and/or black
Shell– white, pale gray, or pale ginger
Short– a small or short-legged cat
Shrew– brown or gray-brown
Silver– pale gray, any pattern
Skua– dark brown
Sky– a blue-gray cat
Slate– dark gray
Sloe– black or white
Small– exceptionally small
Smew– white-and-black
Smoke– gray
Snail– brown to gray tabby
Snake– brown tabby
Snipe– brown tabby
Snook– pale silvery gray
Snow– white
Soot– dark gray to black
Sorrel– ginger
Sparrow– brown to gray tabby
Speckle– tortoiseshell or ticked tabby
Spider– brown tabby or black
Splash– any color and white
Spotted– tortoiseshell or spotted tabby
Spruce– dark gray, brown or red-brown
Squirrel– gray to brown, or ginger
Stag– brown or gray-brown
Starling– black
Stilt– black-and-white
Stoat– light brown-and-white, solid white, or white with a tiny amount of black
Stone– likely gray or brown, probably with some sort of pattern
Storm– dark gray
Stripe– a tabby with very distinct stripes, likely a silver tabby (because black stripes on light silver)
Stumpy– short-legged or -tailed
Sumac– dark brown spotted tabby, or ginger
Swallow– brown-and-white or tortoiseshell
Swan– white
Swift– dusky brown or black
T
Tall– exceptionally large
Tamarack– gray tabby, possibly spotted
Tansy– golden
Tawny– light brown or ginger
Tern– gray-and-white
Thaw– mostly white with patches of color
Thistle– gray
Thrush– gray- brown, possibly with white
Tiger– tabby, probably golden or ginger
Tiny– exceptionally small
Toad– mottled brown
Towhee– tortoiseshell-and-white
Torrent– gray, probably patterned
Trout– tortoiseshell or light gray-brown-and-ginger
V
Verglas– white
Vine– tabby
Vixen– ginger, possibly with a small amount of white
Vole– gray or gray-brown
W
Wasp– golden tabby
Weasel– light brown-and-white, solid white, or white with a tiny amount of black
Web– pale gray tabby
Whimbrel– brown tabby
White– white
Willow– gray, possibly a tabby
Wolf– gray-brown, gray, black, white, or silver (depending on location)
Woolly– very thick coat
Wren– brown or gray-brown, possibly a tabby, and likely small
Y
Yarrow– white or light ginger
Yellow– light golden
Name Changing Prefixes
Broken
Crooked
Dead
Half
Jagged
Lost
Missing
One
Tattered
Torn
Twisted
Scar
Shred
Stumpy
Withered
Suffixes
back– back is color of prefixB
belly– belly is color of prefix
berry– an exceptionally skilled medicine cat (should only be used if there are several healing berries in the Clan's territory)
bird– a cat who is good at both climbing and jumping
blaze– a fearless fighter
blossom (f)– a cat with excellent mothering skills
branch– a skilled climber
breeze– a fast and agile cat
briar– a witty, intelligent cat; probably sarcastic
brook– a good swimmer
C
claw– a skilled fighter
cloud– a calm, placid cat
coat– an average cat
creek– a good swimmer
D
dapple– a spotted tabby or a tortoiseshell
dawn– a bright, optimistic cat
dream– a cat (likely a medicine cat) with an unusually strong connection with Starclan
dusk– a laid-back cat
E
ear– excellent sense of hearing
eye(s)– excellent eyesight
F
face– exceptionally good-looking, or has something distinctive about the face that relates to the prefix
fall– skilled at attacking from trees (like SkyClan)
fang– above average hunter and fighter
feather– for an average cat with a bird prefix (used in place of -fur or -pelt), or a longhaired cat
fern– a tabby cat and/or a very resilient cat
fire– a fearless fighter
fish– a good swimmer
flame– a fearless fighter
flank– flanks are color of prefix
flash– skilled fighter, fast and hits hard
fleck– a flecked pelt
flight– an agile cat who is good at jumping and/or climbing
flower (f)– a cat with excellent mothering skills
flurry– a very energetic cat
foot– a very fast cat
frost– a cat that is very determined and not easily distracted; alternately, a very logical cat that is tactically gifted; cold and calculating
fur– an average cat
G
gaze– excellent eyesight
gorse– a tough, resilient cat
H
hawk– a skilled hunter, and likely a skilled fighter as well; probably agile and swift as well
heart– a fiercely loyal cat, who probably has a strict moral code
heather– a longhaired she-cat who is an excellent mother
holly– resilient and strong
I
ivy– tenacious and determined
J
jump– skilled at jumping
L
leaf– an exceptionally skilled medicine cat
leap– a cat who is very good at jumping
leg(s)– a very fast cat
light– a cheerful, optimistic cat
M
mist– a calm, laid-back cat
muzzle– muzzle is color of prefix
N
night– a very stealthy cat
nose– a skilled tracker
O
ocean– a skilled swimmer
P
pad– a very stealthy cat
patch– white patches on pelt
pelt– an average cat
petal (f)– a cat with excellent mothering skills
pond– a very calm and serene cat
pool– a very calm and serene cat
pounce– a skilled hunter
puddle– white patches on pelt
R
ripple– a cat with distinctive tabby markings
river– a skilled swimmer
rock– a stubborn, determined cat; alternately, a trustworthy, dependable cat
runner– a very fast cat
S
sea– a skilled swimmer
shade– a very stealthy cat
shadow– a very stealthy cat
shimmer– a cheerful, optimistic cat
shine– a cheerful, optimistic cat
sight– excellent eyesight
skip– an energetic, enthusiastic cat; may have a light, bouncing gait
sky– a cat who can jump very high
slip– a cat with a smooth, easy gait (not a cat that trips)
snout– snout is color of prefix
soar– a graceful cat, skilled at jumping and probably climbing
song– a skilled diplomat
spark(s)– a fiery, peppy personality, or a creative and/or intelligent cat
spiral– a classic tabby
speck– speckled; likely a ticked tabby
splash– patches of white on pelt
spot(s)– a spotted tabby
spring– skilled at jumping
stalk– a very stealthy cat
step– gait is reminiscent of animal prefix
stone– a trustworthy, dependable cat; alternately, a stubborn, determined cat
sting– a skilled fighter
storm– an unpredictable personality; probably short-tempered
streak– a very fast cat; alternately, streaks of color in fur
stream– a skilled swimmer
stride– a very fast cat
strike– a fast cat that is a great fighter
stripe– a tabby
swirl– a classic tabby
T
tail– an excellent sense of balance; likely good at jumping and/or climbing
talon– a skilled hunter; likely a skilled fighter as well
thorn– a witty, intelligent cat; probably sarcastic
throat– throat is color of prefix
tip– tail tip is color of prefix
tooth– skilled hunter and fighter
tree– a skilled climber
tuft– a long-furred cat; likely has tufted ears
V
vine– a tabby cat
W
watcher– an observant cat, likely with great eyesight
water(s)– a skilled swimmer
whisker– a skilled hunter
whisper– a very stealthy cat
wind– a very fast cat
wing– a cat who is skilled at both climbing and jumping
Name Changing Suffixes
back
belly
coat
claw
ear(s)
eye(s)
face
fang
flank
foot
fur
leg(s)
nose
muzzle
pelt
scar
snout
tail
throat
tip
tooth
whisker