Getting my first cat tomorrow...

[Blackrat]

My wife is a veterinarian - yes, the proportion of pets named "Lucky" that aren't lucky is high.

Several other names you should avoid: Loki, Odin (even if he does have one eye), Eris, Miles (Vorkosigan). Generally avoiding figures of chaos and destruction is a good idea.

So you're saying Set wouldn't have been too good idea? That's the name I was going to give to one of my current cats if she had been male . Now the girls are called Bast and Isis.

 

[mgbeach]

Well, the one with the white spot was adopted out from under me. There is another one there that I paid the adoption fee for today that is completely black. They said that black cats almost never get adopted so I had to grab the little guy. He's still nameless for now...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Names for a black cat now?

Hmmm...

Cracker
Whitey
Casper

I keeeed, I keeeed!

Rorschach
Gnarls Barkley
Jack (Black)
Kobe
Midnight (possibly Captain)
(The) Shadow

 

[Diamond Cross]

Goober
Black cat.
Stupid cat.
Small cat.


But I wouldn't recommend getting one.

 

[Blackrat]

Okay, now I'd totally name it Set Come on, that little guy is the Basement Kitten himself. You need to give him the name of Chaos.

 

[Wycen]

How about Tezcatlipoca the Smoking Mirror? He's an Aztec god and associated with jaguars.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

What about Shaft!? (Yes, with the exclamation point)

or T'Challa?

or, if kitty is the noisy sort, how about Tyroc or Black Bolt?

Huey Freeman?

How about a black entertainer?
Samuel L. Jackson? Savion Glover? Jimi Hendrix? Usher?

And, of course, the classic black cat name...Pyewacket.

 

[IronWolf]

There is another one there that I paid the adoption fee for today that is completely black. They said that black cats almost never get adopted so I had to grab the little guy. He's still nameless for now...

Blackie

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5ok1Zy-Yc"]Midnight[/ame]

 

[ssampier]

Cross (my path)
BC (Black Cat)
Cat Astrophe

Scratch that last one, it may be better to err on the side of caution, avoiding the "Lucky" and "Chaotic" names.

Best of luck to you.