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[warriorsbutnotreally]

Different Clans And Their Naming Headcanons

here i go again with my rambles of headcanons while working on several things so that i can empty my brain

this is all about naming

Now, obviously I agree with the idea that cats should be named after what cats know, but I'm also not a traditional namer and I love the fun and wild sounding names!

This is not about this, though

Also this is entirely headcanon, like stated before, and you don't have to agree with me at all

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I headcanon that the Clans have a 'general' idea of names that are shared by the Clans [the basic names like White-, Bird-, Bark-, Frog-, Grass-, Feather-, etc]

but each Clan also has their own unique ideas of names that separate them from each other. They sound weird to other Clans, but to the Clan they come from it's completely normal!

to explain better-

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ThunderClan

unique to ThunderClan are storm names that don't appear in other Clans. While other cats are alright with simple Storm-, Lightening-, and Thunder-

ThunderClan takes it a step further

Flash-, Spark-, Bolt-, and Rumble- are examples of this

They're also drawn to symbolic names when it comes to certain cats as well, Fireheart / Firestar being the best example, as Bluestar saw him as the 'fire that will save the Clans'

If it had been any other cat to find her, it's without question that either Twigkit or Violetkit would've been named Skykit

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ShadowClan

when it comes to naming, ShadowClan loves names that will strike fear into the hearts of others. They're not afraid to give strange names to their kits, even if it's seen as odd.

Claw-, Broken-, Hollow-, and Stumpy- are only some of the easier options, but it isn't out of the question for a queen to look at her kits and decide to use Blood-, Screech-, or Bone-

ShadowClan often revels in the idea that the other Clans want to leave them alone for their odd names.

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WindClan

WindClan doesn't often go out of its way with names, though they do use ones that aren't common in the other Clans.

They're not afraid of using bugs for names

Worm-, Tick-, Maggot-, and Flea- are actually WindClan names, but not commonly used as WindClan doesn't like when the other Clans mock them for their names, even if ShadowClan's names are worse.

Even then, they are also the ones to use more herb-related and farm-related names

Lovage-, Barley-, Oat-, Horse-, Sheep-, Woolly-, and Hay- are examples of this

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RiverClan

other Clans easily consider RiverClan names a bit silly. They'll go into the strangest details about names, but they don't mind as the names have a lot of importance to them.

Names relating to fish - like Scale-, Fin-, and Gill- - and names relating to water - Foam-, Bubble-, and Algae- - are normal and respected.

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Old SkyClan

Old SkyClan names are very.. Pretentious at times. They're one of the few Clans that openly used -spirit and they also value names that sound grand.

Their names were always strange and they're the ones to normalize naming kits out of attributes of personalities like Brave-, Shy-, and even Bold-

They also were the first ones to use Song- and Sweet-, giving themselves names that stood out

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Modern SkyClan

Mordern SkyClan is more fun with names.

On top of naming cats after cats they know [see Firefern, Stormcloud, and Harrybrook], they also aren't afraid to use names for words that the other Clans don't understand

This is due to SkyClan being more open with who they are as a group of former kittypets, loners, and rogues

Their names sound wild to the other Clans, but to them it's a part of who they are

Gravel-, Fidget-, Pillow-, Blanket-, and Snip- are examples of this

They also will name cats after others they know and have the option for outsiders to keep some part of their name as a prefix

This ends in rather funny sounding names like Harveymoon from canon but also eludes to possible names like Mittenspaw, Cheeseclaw, or Raspberrystorm

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again these are just my fun headcanons

it's all fun and games and in the end these are just silly little cat books and there's no harm in having fun with names

anyway there's my brain juices emptied for now

but knowing me there will be more fun headcanon stuff on its way cause I like sharing my personal thoughts on things and seeing other people's thoughts as well