Colorpoint Shorthair Cat Names, Names For Colorpoint Shorthair Kittens, Page 5
The Colorpoint Shorthair is a Siamese in every measurable way except color. Body type, head shape, ear set, eye shape, voice, temperament — all identical to the Siamese standard. The single difference is the point pattern: Colorpoints carry colors that the traditional Siamese standard does not include. The four classical Siamese points are seal, blue, chocolate, and lilac. Colorpoint Shorthairs were bred to add red, cream, lynx (tabby) points, and tortie (particolor) points to the same body type.
The registries disagree about whether this is a distinct breed. CFA accepted the Colorpoint Shorthair as a separate breed in April 1964 after the Empire Cat Club asked CFA Secretary Jean Rose in 1963 whether the cats would be merged into the Siamese; she answered emphatically that they would not be. CFA Championship followed the same year — initially with red and cream points only, expanded by 1969 to include lynx and tortie points. Today CFA recognizes 16 point combinations across solid, lynx, and particolor classes. TICA disagrees: it classifies Colorpoint colorings as Siamese variations, not a separate breed. GCCF takes the same position as TICA.
The US-developed program drew red genes through American Shorthair and Abyssinian crosses into Siamese stock during the 1940s and 1950s. Modern Colorpoints are kept genetically close to the Siamese line; outcrosses to Siamese remain permitted by CFA standard.
Temperament reads exactly Siamese — vocal, demanding, insistent, intensely people-oriented, and unsuited to long days alone.
Names lean into the points themselves. Cinder. Saffron. Russet. Ginger. Lilac. Cream. Tortie. Or take the Siamese half of the lineage seriously and name from Thai tradition: Mali, Sai, Kham, Niran.
Meanings, origins and pronunciations appear only for records with checked sources. Blank fields have not been verified. Gender and collection labels are browsing choices.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | Male | ||
| Dewey | Male | ||
| Dewie | Unisex | ||
| Dexter | A dyer surname; also a Latin word association | Male | English surname; separate Latin word association |
| Diamond | Female | ||
| Diana | Female | ||
| Diane | Female | ||
| Diego | Male | ||
| Diesel | Male | ||
| Dinah | Female | ||
| Dino | Male | ||
| Dirk | Male | ||
| Dixie | Female | ||
| Django | Male | ||
| Dolly | Female | ||
| Donut | Unisex | ||
| Doogie | Unisex | ||
| Dottie | Female | ||
| Dozer | Unisex | ||
| Duchess | Female | ||
| Dustin | Male | ||
| Dusty | Unisex | ||
| Dylan | Male | ||
| Ears | Unisex | ||
| Ebony | Female | ||
| Eclair | Unisex | ||
| Eclipse | Unisex | ||
| Eddy | Male | ||
| Edgar | Male | ||
| Eeyore | Unisex | ||
| Effie | Female | ||
| Egbert | Male | ||
| Egypt | Male | ||
| Einstein | Male | ||
| Elf | Male | ||
| Eli | Male | ||
| Eliot | Male | ||
| Ella | Female | ||
| Ellie | A familiar form of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth and other El names | Female | English |
| Elliot | Male | ||
| Elsie | Female | ||
| Elvis | Male | ||
| Emi | Unisex | ||
| Emily | Female | ||
| Emma | Connected with a Germanic element meaning whole or great | Female | Germanic-derived name |
| Emmy | Female | ||
| Eris | Unisex | ||
| Ernesto | Male | ||
| Ernie | Unisex | ||
| Eve | Female |
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