I hope this little competition injects some fun into your week. We are picking up two kittens at the weekend and we thought it would be fun to ask Anne Boleyn Files visitors for Tudor style name suggestions for them.
Here are photos of two of the litter – there are two tabby style ones and two white ones with black markings, but we haven’t had chance to look which are male and which are female. We want females so we’re hoping that two of them are little girls. We need two Tudor names to suit female kittens – can you help?
My three children, Christian, Joel and Verity, are going to judge the competition and Verity has decided that she is head judge so you’ll have to deal with her if you don’t like the results.
Please post your ideas for names in the comments section below before midnight Friday (Eastern time) 12th September and we’ll announce the winners on Monday 15th September. Note: If lots of people say the same name and we choose that one, then we will pick the first person to have mentioned that name as the winner.
Two winners will each receive a hardback copy of Toni Mount’s excellent book Everyday Life in Medieval London.
What gorgeous girls Claire! I’d have to go with Lettice, it’s my favourite unusual Tudor name.
Lettice & Cecily
First name female: Mary
Second name female: Elizabeth
First name male: Henry
Second name male: James
In different ways these four names crossed each other many times in Tudor family and always with great meanings,troubles and every kind of feelings.
Which name to which kitty? Elizabeth the dappled cat and Mary the striped one.Henry the dappled cat and James the striped one.
p.s.: the girl on the pic seems to be a little Claire,nice! 🙂 Bye!!
I love the name Prudence (Pru for short?)
Too cute!! (:
Lady Anne for the first one and Queen Bess for the second!! 🙂
that was going to be my answer!
🙂 Great minds think alike!! Lol
Cats are regal as, Queens after all!! 🙂
I’d keep it simple: Ruby and Blanchette eg.
Hey Marja,
Perhaps a strange question, but are you Dutch? I would love to share my love for Tudor history with someone close by and in my own language!!
Boleyn and London sound like cute names to me.
Meone — meaning “little meow”
Not so much a Tudor name as a Stuart one, but how about Arbella (or Arabella)? The second name I would suggest is Bess after Elizabeth I’s nickname and/or Bess of Hardwick Hall.
Gorgeous kittens!! If they’re females. Call one rose as in Tudor rose. And maggie for princess Margaret and Margaret pole. Boys is easy. Jasper is a great name for a cat as in jasper Tudor and Henry of course 🙂 x
Kittens names,
Mary and Stewart,
just a week away from the big vote in Scotland and Stewart could be a girls name.
Easy ones – Annie and Bessie
Only one name springs to mind and it is a dog’s nome too: Little Purkoy.
Cecil, Dudley, Rose, Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Jane, Alice or Frances 🙂
Milo, Sacha, Owen, Yoda, Sadie, Lady, Pumpkin, Sox, Oreo, Bruce. I know a friend who named her kitty Pickles.
I believe cats should have a name with the letter S (or similar) in it. All my cats had such names. My suggestions for females are: Isabeau, Isabel, Sybille, Cecily, Bess and Blanche.
For males I suggest: Fitzroy, Sidney, Seymour, Leicester, Thomas, Cecil, Essex and Surrey.
This was fun!
Kat
Lettice
Bessie
Edward IV and Elizabeth woodville
Red Rose and White Rose
Cecily
Matilda
Isabella
Jacquetta
Etheldreda
Myfeyny
Lettice
Bessie
Charolette
Magdelyn
Charity
Julyan
Thomasine
Abellana
Faerydae
Faylinn
Mirabelle
Fayre
Lovedaya
Posy
Tenanye
Rosamund
Wynflaeth
Arabella
Cassandra
Gwendolen
Ann and Molly. Boys, George and Thomas
Cute kittens!
For one boy and one girl kitten: Francis/Francois (for king Francis 1) and Claude (King Francis’ wife)
For two girl kittens: Anne and Mary, Lettice and Bess, or Margaret and Mary (Tudor)
Aww so cute! Lizbeth or Lizzie (for Élizabeth), Kitty (for Catherine Howard) or Amy (Robsart).
Aww, how cute!
I like Anne or Purkoy (Anne’s favorite dog was named Purkoy, but I think it’s cute for a kitty too, especially if you call it “Purky” as a nickname 😉
For Girls:
1. Gwenllian (for Gwenllian ferch Rhys, who was married to Ednyfed Fychan, Seneschal of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Henry VII’s ancestor)
2. Morfydd (for Morfydd ferch Meurig, daughter of Meurig of Gwent, wife of Goronwy, Lord of Tref-gastell )
For Boys:
1. Owain/Owen (for Owen Tudor)
2. Jasper (for Jasper Tudor)
I love Welsh names!
My choice for names for the two girl kitties are Anne Boo-Lynne (I have a black cat named Anne Boo-Lynne and I call her Annie) and Tudor Rose.
Kat & Queenie
How about – Bess, Essex, Queenie and dudley.
“Purkoy” is cute, especially for the kitten with the most inquisitive look. I suppose “Kat Ashley” would be too obvious (or too long). What about “Burleigh” and “Leicester” for the male kittens and perhaps, “Lady” and “Majesty” for the female ones (appropriate since both Mary and Elizabeth were “Lady” before becoming queen)
Katherine- Kitty or Kit and Dorothy-Dotty or Dot.
My two girls are called Lucifer-Lucy/Lou Lou and
Sir Pounce A Lot-Pounce/Pouncey
I’m partial to Eleanor and Alice. Lady Jane (as in Lady Jane Grey) would be adorable, too.
Boleyn and Tudor, You can call Tudor TuTu and Leyn if they are females.I think the gray tabby is a girl. The Black and white probably a boy.
Arabella and Lettice. I see Lettice has been offered by others, but I love the combination of the two names.
Arabella and Lettice. I see others have suggested Lettice, but I do love the combination of the two names.
I’ve thought of a couple more 🙂
How about Grace and Honour?
I like Eleanor too 🙂
George and Thomas for the boys and duchess and queen for the girls
some jewel names ruby ,sapphire ,pearl for the girls and some boy cat names jet, silver .
Anne of Cleves’ sister was named Sybille. And there’s Juana for Katherine of Aragons sister. And I always liked Jacquetta for Elizabeth Woodvilles mother. And if you end up with a boy you can’t beat Jasper!
Faith and Charity ( I did cheat a bit and look up ‘tudor girl names” for ideas and I think these would be sweet for girl kitties!
GADawn57
For girl kittens I suggest, Amy, as in Amy Robsart and Madge, as in Miss Shelton, or for ‘Your Madgesty’ 🙂
For boy kittens…perhaps Ralph, as in Sir Ralph Ellerker, knighted by H.VIII and Hugh, after Sir Hugh Myddleton born in 1560, a 1st Baronet, a Tudor ‘entrepreneur’, a very interesting man, mainly remembered for a construction and engineering project to bring clean water from the River Lea.
Blickling and pearlB
Anne and Elizabeth
maybe harriet,and roseanne
Princess and Duchess (I know, I know :))
Perseverance ( cat pun related..Purrseverance) and Constancy.
I think of all the Tudor Era historical figures, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey was the biggest cat lover, so WOLSEY gets a nod from me for a male cat. Dudley, Percy and Cecil might also work for boys. For a female cat, I may go with something like Catalina (Katherine of Aragon’s given name), Bess, Lady or Jewels.
For a little boy kitten, I think Smeaton is cute…unisex name while you are still unsure of sex, how about Hampton? For female kittens I suggest Marchioness, Ruby, Pearl and/or Petticoat (Petti for short)! 🙂
Cute Kittens: my choices are: Amy and Audrey
Other lovely female kitten names would be Nan and Madge, also Frances (Francy).
For male kittens, how about Charles (Charlie), Henry, Thomas (Tommy) or Gem?
Some of the famous Tudor personages’ surname could also be very cute – I especially like Wyatt, Kingston, Norris and Cromwell.
Rochford or Pembroke could also work!
Mary and Elizabeth
Lady Beaufort and Bess
Male names can be Pembroke and Owen
CATherine
Lady Anne
Etheldreda & Throckmorton.
Imagine calling that out in the garden at
Night without giggling.
If the new additions are Tabby style kitties, Abigail and Gabriella so the nick names can be Abby Tabby and Gabby Tabby 🙂
Fitzroy for a boy. Millicent, Blanche, or Agnes for a girl.
Lord Strange and Lord Purr-leigh for boys
Kitty and Kat for girls ~
Cecily and Penelope
Grey-Stripe Kitten: Anne Boelyn
White Kitten: Jane Seymour
Grey-Striped Kitten: Anne Boelyn
White Kitten: Jane Seymour
I apologize for spelling Anne’s last name wrong. My fingers are fat and the keys are little. *hangs head in shame*
Why not go back to the beginning? York and lanna (short for Lancaster )
They’re so sweet……………….. I say lets call them – Pence & Ruffles. It fits, don’t you think………………………………..
Lizbette and Jane or Jasper and Thomas
I am thinking Rex and Regina (reggie for short)
Clarice and Felicity
Lettice and nan
Nan and Bess as in mother and daughter Anne B and Elizabeth 1st
Catherine, after Henry’s first, fifth, and sixth wives (you could call her Cat for short!) and Elizabeth the Purrst.
Gorgeous kittens!
Speaking up for those behind the scenes of our beloved Tudors:
I think Ashley (after Kat Ashley) (you could go for Kat if you wanted 😀 )
and
Susan (after Susan Clarencieux, Mary I’s longtime friend and attendant)
🙂
I would go with Purquoi, wich was the name of Anne Boleyn’s favorite dog 🙂
How about Kit and Kat…gives homage to the chocolate bar, and also two very famous Tudor people!
Failing that, Pourquoi est Amie, ou Pourquoi and LaReigne
or LaReigne and Sans Tete
Thank you so much for all the ideas, I will pass them on to the judges.
Hatty (short for Hatfield House) & Posset?
Am I too late Claire?
You’re not too late so don’t worry.
I love the names Cecily, Lettice and Pru! Lovely
Duchess & MYS…..(My Young Student)…Thomas Tallis was a music student during Tudor times, as were probably a lot of young men & women.
Blythe and Olive ~ very unique and popular Tudor names.
Oh, so many choices! How will you ever pick them? For a girl:
queenie and princess
for a boy, Henry and Majesty–shortened to Maj.
Oh, can’t wait to see what you decide!
I would like to suggest two things that were used in Tudor cooking: Saffron and Cinnamon. Enjoy the fun of having kittens!
i think mary and jane are really fitting and appropriate
Pyewacket. ( the name of a wiche’s cat from Jame’s 1st times) he he
hmmm I think Bessie and Kitty.
One should be Catherine Purr and the other should be Queenie.
Anne Boleyn was called ‘Nan’ by family. Her brother was George, they seem appropriate name’s coming from The Anne Boleyn Files website.
It’s obvious isn’t it?:
Percy and Wolsey for male kittens
Falcon and Pommegranate (Pommy if you like) for females.
Enjoy your kittens and name choosing! This was fun!!
Bess and Cate
How about Bess and Cathy
For female kittens, you could call one KATherine Purr, and how about Gloriana for the other? I also like Judith’s suggestion of Hatty or Hattie, short for Hatfield.
I like the name “London” but I saw someone already listed that.. But I think simply “Tudor” is a good name for either gender.
I like the name Kitty (pet name for Catherine) and also Lizzy (Elizabeth) 🙂
I was thinking Tu and Dor. Can be for male or female kittens
Anne and Mary…….the Boleyn sisters!
How about Francesca for one of Catherine of Aragon’s ladies when she arrived in England (Francesca de Caceres) for one of the kittens and Catalina (Catherine of Aragon’s Spanish name) for the other kitten.
Culpepper and Dereham are possible names if they happen to be male kittens, kind of a remembrance or memorial for the two unfortunate men that were executed with poor little Catherine Howard.
I shall go Shakespearean:
Imogen
Cordelia
Miranda
Rosalind
Audrey
Cecelia
Marina
Portia
Ophelia
Gertrude
Emilia
Lavinia
Beatrice
Hero
Audrey
Rosalind
Sylvia
Viola
Olivia
Charmian
Pembroke and Jasper
Blickling and Hever
Or how about Owain Tudor’s parents, Meredith and Margaret?
Enjoy your new little ones. We wouldn’t trade our boys for the world. Well, maybe when they are racing round the house at 4 a.m.!
Castile and Aragon!
My favourite names for girl kittens are Isabella, Henrietta, Joan and Agnes.
For boys I like Cromwell, Tallis (after Thomas Tallis), James and Edward.
Hi, how about just “Tudor”? My mother chose this as my brothers middle name. It’s unusual in itself as a name but very fitting for a kitty owned by you. 🙂
Because they will hate each other and then be friends, then hate each other, then be friends, my name vote is Francie (France) for one, and Bri (Britain) for the other.
Eleanor &Joanne for the gorgeous girls & Perkin & Louis for the handsome boys.Hope you,Husband & beautiful kiddies are all okay. Many thanks for updates.Best wishesPam & Steve Sweeneyx
Falcon and Phoenix.
Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour’s badges.
Lovely unisex names for kittens.
Girls: Margaret (Meg, Maggie, Peggy, or Peg) and Elizabeth ( Liz, Lizzy, Beth, Bess) Boys: Owen and Henry – in other words, keep it simple, and keep to the heart of the matter.
Kitten names
Tudor and Boleyn
My 2 suggestions are Lettice and Levina:)
Kitty and Katty for all the Katherines!
Hope I’m not too late…
Anira
I like Humble & Loyal after Catherine of Aragon’s motto or one of the names used in the Shrove Tuesday “Chateau Vert” play: Beauty, Perserverance, kindness, Constance, Bounty, Mercy, and Pity. (Left honor out since I used it in my first suggestion)
Getting in under the wire with my dear sweet girl names…. ready? Here goes! Magdalen (means: From the tower.) & Sindony (means: Fine)
Claire can you enter as many times as you like?
Sorry jus realised it’s closed now.
Not sure if its been said before but if you get a boy and girl you could call them Kitty and Howard.
Boys: Robert (Robbie) and Dudley or Walter (Walt) and Raleigh
Girls: Glory and Anna (Gloriana) or Eliza and Beth (Elizabeth)
Lilipet
Or
Cat-erina
If you want an odd Tudor name you could go with Parnell for the tabby style (it means rock or stone) and Sindony for a white one (means fine linen, silk).
For a more common (among the top ten Tudor girls names,) Annis (which is #10) and Alis (which is another spelling of Alice and is #7 on the list.)
How about Bess, as it was the normal stortning of Elizabeth in Tudor times.
Porquoi and/ or porquoi pas after Anne’s favorite little dog Purkoy. Or Porquoi and Parceque. It’s cute for a pair of male or female kittens!
Ashley and Courtney or Marlowe, Heather, Heverly (for Hever)
Hampton and Arthur or Yorkie or Shakespeare
Lady Sybil and Lady Charlotte