FLOURISH (aka Fleur de la Cour, another HP character with pale coloring) had her first litter: ROSE (mostly white with reddish spots) and MAC the bookworm (because of lines around eyes that look like earpieces of spectacles). Pair is named after characters in Eight Cousins, one of my favorite lesser-known children's novels by author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.
Mac grows up to be fine, outdoorsy man who admires Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays (he was friend of Alcott family; Lou aka "Jo" roamed his library freely) in sequel Rose in Bloom.
Before Rosey or Mac was seen "face to face" with Harry Cat (and revealed to be noticeably smaller--therefore younger), and before Flourish was seen acting motherly to pair of siblings, the names Ron & Hermione (Harry Potter's best friends) were being considered for them.
If Hermione turned out to be male, name could be shortened to Herm (in honor of Herman/Hermes messenger of the Gods (you know, the FTD Florist guy with wings on his heels) the funny, "crazy" cat in Jane Langton's book The Astonishing Stereoscope, third in magical series about loveable Hall family (my fave characters are child-like Professor Uncle Freddy and little girl Georgie who longs to learn to read).
Ron, if female, could have been changed to Rhonda (which is Greek for Rose, appropriate name if Mom is Fleur, French for flower!) Reminds me also of Laura Ingalls Wilder book (On the banks of Plum Creek?) in which Ingalls family get white and red cow from Swedish family who'd named her "Reet", for Wreath of Roses. Ma changed name to simply "Spot"...
>^.^<
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