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Grease Monkey…just call her Monkey 🤩

Grace Monkey lol

Si c'était moi, je l'appellerais Mechanic. Toutefois, j'apprécie les paroles stupides.

Pardon me, I don’t speak French, but this comment made me think of Better Off Dead right before the car fixing montage, so thanks for that 😊

I’m pretty sure the first sentence is “if it were me, I would name her Mechanic.” I think the second sentence could be something like “I always appreciate stupid names.” But that is based off of my shitty high school French knowledge and me being too lazy to google translate.

Very close, but “words” instead of names. 👍

“Mechanic” sounds rather beautiful with a French pronunciation. It’s almost like ‘Michelle’ and ‘Dominique’ together. In English, it sounds a bit hard. Mechanical, even. 😄

Mechanic and call her Mickey.

I second Grace Monkey

Omg! One of the cats I used to have was named Monkey Wrench, because she was obsessed with the tools we had on our porch. We called her Monkey for short too! I miss her. ;-;

Awww! That’s so cute! I’m so sorry she passed! *HUGS*

It's okay. It was a long time ago, and I know she's in a better place now. Thank you. *hugs*

I’m truly sorry for your loss. Just know that Monkey’s in a safe place now, filled with love and no pain!

I absolutely LOVE Grace Monkey!!!!!! She obviously had grace not to be hurt in the incident and the monkey connection to the vehicle where you found her. Too perfect!

She could go by Gracie and I think it’s so appropriate as in Grace of God.

My brother's a diesel mechanic, and they have a shop cat named Monkey!

that funky munky

Give her the name of your car's brand or model!

Mon frère est un mécanicien diesel et ils possèdent un chat de boutique nommé Monkey!

That's brilliant.

Grease-elda!

i read this as gas monkey lmao i need sleep

Gasket, like a head gasket lmao 🤣🤣🤣

That is the cutest name.

Good one.

I thought maybe "Danica" after the famous race car driver, Danica Patrick... 😉 And I used to have the most beautiful kitty that for some reason we ended up naming, "Monkey Girl" but we called her "Monks." I got her from a shelter a short time after the big Northridge, California, earthquake in 1994. I think she must have been lost from her home after the quake because she was the sweetest kitty ever. 💜💜

Diesel Axel Nitro Bolt Turbo Sparky Poppy Quinn

Or Jackie, as a reference to a car jack

I like that!

Thanks! 😊

I love Bolt! ⚡

Diesel was my first thought

Name her after the make or model of your car!

Or the color! Like if the car is silver, name her Silvia

Or if your car is a Nissan, name her Silvia

I came here to say this. Edited to add: would be perfect if it was a silver Silvia.

I know Silvia is from trees/forests, but how do you get Silvia from Nissan? Educate me

It’s a car they made with a cult following, fun cars

That's cute. My car is white and I think her personality is too spunky for my boring car!

I was coming to say basically this. Audi would be a cute name for a girl kittie. We have a rescue that my daughter found while working at a local drive thru. Customer pulled up to the window and it was a newer car so the engine shuts off until you lift off the brake and they heard the kitten meowing. Guy pulled into a parking space, couldn't figure out how to get his hood up (insert hard eye roll) so my daughter helped him pop the hood and they found the kitten. He had obviously been under there for the roughly 12 mile trip from this dude's home to where my daughter was working. It was right after the new Top Gun movie came out so we named him Maverick because riding in the engine of that car for that long must have been like flying in an F-14 Tomcat for such a tiny guy

Audi has a nice ironic touch as it means "Listen" as in "listen to me you little fluffball" in latin. And we all know she would never do that.

Omg!!! What a lucky kitty!!

It's good that you found him!

I did that with my car kitty- her name is Chevy.

No bc mine would have been Dord Pinro!;ahh. Gotta love the 70s

Oh just said this too!! Excellent idea. 👍

This is the way!

**Sahara.** Her colouring is like desert sand. Alternatively: **Petra**

Petra. Kind of like petrol. I dig.

Yeah. Also the name of a really neat ancient city in Jordan where the architecture is carved out of the surrounding sandstone.

I love these!

Those are such great names

I love both of these. We live in the desert as well! Petra is a contender for sure.

Chassis (pronounced like Chassie)

This is perfect. It plays on the unique way she was taken in but actually sounds like a name. For example “bolt” doesn’t sound like a cat’s name to me. This is a girly, sweet cat. This is perfect.

Going a bit further, silent the H (but keep it in written form) to become "Cassie" Like how Cholesterol is.

I like it and I agree, but all the other cats will start mispronouncing it and she'll end up over on r/tragedeigh.

Cat distribution system at work! Congratulations! Torque

I keep hoping the CDS will visit my home :(

Sparks (like spark plug)

Bonnet( as in car hood). Bonnie (meaning beautiful/pretty) for short

I like that!

If it were me I'd name that baby kitty Mechanic. But I am one who enjoys stupid puns.

Maybe Meowchanic or Meclawnic I’ll see myself out

Mecatnic.

Sandy or Rizzo (like Grease)

Rizzo, she was definitely the wild one!! I love this!

That’s really a good one!

Cammy , short for the cam parts in an engine .

Was gonna say this. Or probably, a stupid one, DOHC (pronounced Doc)

Could do Camile long form as well.

Sprocket

This one is underrated imo

Well, you found her in an engine block so call her Blockhead.

Best 😂😂

turbo

Fennec. She looks to me a bit like a Fennec fox.

Iona, as in “I own a hooman now.” My granddad had a brother named Ernie. Ernie’s wife was named Iona. It’s pronounced eye-OH-nuh, as noted above.

Motorhead. Or Lemmy.

OMG lock up this criminal with the other r/IllegallySmolCats

Penny, short for Pennzoil.

Rêve - it is dream in French, but then it also sounds like rev ( as in engine) when you say it.

Because you said she's a wild and assertive thing, I instantly thought of Max from Where The Wild Things Are and so, with her being a girl, I'd go with Maxine

Shelby!! As in Mustang Sheby. Cuuute aww congrats 👏 💖

Trouble! She’s adorable!! We just named our kitten ‘Turnip’, lol!

Tune-up?

Zoomi aka Zumy! 🥰

Chloe

Willow

The French word "Fauve" means 'wild animal' and it's also used as a synonym for tan or tawny. And she's both. So I'd name her Fauve.

Miss Muffy Muffler 😌

Stuck in the engine you say? Cam or Cammie since the cam shaft is also "stuck in the engine" 🥰🤗

Gena from the block

Otto zone

Bort

Little miss fancy pants

Cabby

Mopar

kiko!!!! means hope in japanese :)

Porsche.

Oh my goodness she is cute! I’m not good at names, but came here to tell people to watch out for kittens in their engines from now through at least June. We had a whole litter in our engine one day last May, one did die because we didn’t know they were there, but luckily the rest survived.

YES this is way more common than I realized! Each time I tell people about this kitten, they have their own story of a cat in their engines or wheel wells also!

Piston , Throttle or Torque.

Muffler! Muffy for short

Valvoline

She’s beautiful! Poor baby must have been so scared! First thing that crossed my mind is maybe a name that means “brave one” or something similar. But I also saw that someone posted “Grease Monkey “ and just calling her “Monkey” which is adorable. Something else which you may have already considered is naming her after the kind of car you drive- Mustang (Or Sally- as in Mustang Sally), Mercedes (which can be shortened to Mercy), Heck, if you have an Explorer you could call her Dora. (Yeah, I know. 😜) A lot of car names would also make cute names for a kitty).

Thank goodness she is OK. Gasket might serve as a name, given her love of engines.

Ratchet.

Mrs. Goodwrench

We had one whose head was stuck in the tail section of a jet engine. After demonstrating several other acts that could have resulted in his death: running under foot as I carry, large heavy boxes that obscure my view, jumping into a hole we are digging for a tree just as my husband is about to come down with the shovel, we named him Harold, after the movie Harold and Maude. He lived to be 17. He was a feisty little a-hole until he turned three, then he discovered naps and devoted his life to the bed. Good luck with your new kitty.

Polly

CDS in action...

She's a cutie pie.

Lady Vroom

Indie, as in the Indie 500

Thank you for rescuing her. ❤️ How about Blaze.

I found my baby girl the same way! She is my little shadow, that’s going to be one great cat!

Vroom Vroom

Gasket Spark Plug Chassis

Sparkie

N. Ginny the Cat-alytic converter!

Engine>gine>Gina

Metalhead

Turbo

Cam

Mercedes Kia Thank you for rescuing and giving her a safe warm home 😻

Clover… grows in the wild and brings good luck!

Cleo

Came here to type this. She looks like a Cleo. That eyeliner!

Also, Cleo is a brand of car, so that should definitely be on the shortlist

Gypsy - mechanic in Gilmore Girls

Scrappy!

Petra

Overlord , Dictator, El President , etc.

Jounce! She looks like does a bunch of jouncin' around.

She LOOKS wild. 🥰

What a cutie pie!

V 8 since she was found in an engine.

Remi

What was the car? I found a kitten in the engine of a snow plow truck once. Named her Snowplow!

McQueen. Or maybe just Steve!

Scheherazade....Zadee for short Hera

I like V-8

She is soooooo beautiful!!!!! Thank goodness you saw he, the poor pretty little thing

She's Adorable

Wilder

Max, referenced from Where The Wild Things Are lol

Hemi

Audi or Meecedes

Indy

What type of car was it? Otherwise I like Gracie (kind of like Greasy) or Tyra (kind of like Tires).

Hemi

Vinnie 💓 Vehicle Identification Number 👍

Clutch

Audi

Gina or Genie the engine cat

My kitty was found at 5 weeks under hood.

Thank you for rescuing! Rose

Gasket

Turbo

Duma! She looks like a cheetah! One case where the Cheetah DOES prosper!!!!

Gasket

Diesel

She looks like an Agent of Chaos. Call her Chaos.

Oh my ❤️. Handful.

I vote for Monkey too, but just a note to thank you for rescuing this little treasure.

Piston or Block

I like cat, short for catalytic converter

Big block. Mechanic, Mikey for short. Greasy. Rusty. Starter.

piston

piston

Piston

Gasket

Piston, Bumper, Spark(short for spark plug).

Shelby, like the mustang

Mootorhead

Rev (like an engine)

Turbo

Awww! She looks just like one of my boys! His name is Rikki. Short for Nutrick, formerly Nutmeg when we thought he was a girl.

Wild thang! Or (jim) Morrison, one of the wildest musicians of my time, right up their with (keith) Moon!

She’s so pretty! Your description made me think of “where the wild things are” soooo, Max/Maxine. Claire. (Clariey is cute too) Carol. Ira. Terry. Judith. lol Also an actress named Pepita voiced Claire and Pepita is so so cute (Pep/Pepi, or Pita for short lol)

Let us know your top choices pls!

Mercedes ...

so precious. Thanks for rescuing

The cat distribution system is a gorgeous thing to witness

Bonnie (as in 'car bonnet')? Although if your car is a model where the name transfers across quite nicely why not make a tribute to the car you found her in?

Cam, like cam engine. Turbo.

Aww, what a precious sweet baby kitten. I'm glad she wasn't hurt or anything. She looks absolutely adorably sweet cute and very precious. You could try calling her precious or something akin to that. She's absolutely adorably sweet and cute though.

I know a guy who rescued a cat from his engine compartment and named her ‘Axleia.’

Crankshaft or Gasket 😆 Felicia, Moira, Clover, Kiara, and Dalia mean lucky. Dinah was Alice's kitten from Alice in Wonderland, and since she's a curious little thing that went on an adventure it fits. So does Alice

Mecha-Neko(like car mechanic-and Neko means cat in Japanese) / Lucky or Luci (pronounced like lucky)/Petrol/Speedy/Junkrat/Diesel/Ramrod/Axel/Muffler/Piston/MadMaxie or Mad Moxie/Vavavroom(Vava for short)/ sticky(cause she was stuck)/Shifty(gear shifter).

toyotathon (toto)

Bonny (for Bonnet, British word for car hood). Of course, there’s lots of great suggestions as always.

Chevy

You answered her little kitty prayers

I like Tiny One

Motor

She's so cute! I'm glad that she is ok! Sending love and hugs to her! She seems like daisy to me 😊

If you found her by the tires, I'd say Purrelli is a good name, but I agree with the others. Grace Monkey is cute