I wanted to name him kitty, but my mother wouldn't allow it. My vet and mother told me I needed to give him a real name... I couldn't think of one I liked... I wanted it to mean something. The only thing he did was chew on string, eat, and purr... so I was going to name him purrs a lot, but I was with a friend and we decided that if you put the name sir in front of it...it made him sound important.... plus now my vet has to spell it Sir Purrrrrrrrr a lot... and my only requirement was it has to have more than 3 r's when being spelled... They get funky with it!