Chris was the fifth cat that we got from a shelter. The first four came to us with names we didn’t like so we changed them. We waited until we knew their personalities and then named them appropriately.
Alex and Abbey were originally Sloan and Stirling. They seemed rather calm and refined so we thought Alexander and Abigail would fit them.
Then there was Ernie and Dooley. What? Those had to go. Ernie became Tigger because he was always bouncing from place to place. Dooley became Flash because when you tried to pet him he was gone in a flash.
Chris is a fine name for a person, I named my son Chris, but it seems odd for a cat. We decided to change it. We went back and forth on several options and finally after a month we decided on Rudy, because he is so rude.
Somehow that just didn’t stick because we were just used to calling him Chris by then. Rose did come up with a nickname for him: Bratboy. Strangely we call him that when he is being good. Mostly we are yelling, “Chris! Stop that!
Chris resting after investigating box.
Everythig is okay here. Now you can put up the Christmas decorations.
Bad Cat Chris 
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In case you were wondering, we didn’t name Chris. Actually, we wanted to rename him. Here is the original story.
I think Chris is the perfect name- with the Bad Cat in front if it 🙂
That’s funny. We thought it worked because he is stubborn like my son Chris. 🙂
We like human names for us. 🙂
I can see that and your names work very well for you but not all human names are meant for cats.I will say that Chris seems more like a cat’s name today than it did five and a half years ago.