[Malesherbes]

“the cat’s name was not immediately available”

T. S. Eliot said a cat has three names:
(1) the name people call the cat;
(2) the name other cats call the cat;
(3) the name the cat calls himself.

[Mercat]

The naming of cats is a serious matter.
It isn’t just one of your holiday games.
In fact, you might think me as mad as a hatter,
when I tell you a cat must have three separate names.