Firestar was definitely one of the better leaders when it came to naming cats. Ferncloud, Echosong, Squirrelflight, Brightheart, and Briarlight are amazing names

I'll never forget a clan generator gave me Blackface as a generated name. it was the fantasy generator one

14:04 The verb "grok" actually comes from the 1961 novel "Stranger in a strange land" by Robert A. Heinlein. It means to understand something so deeply that it becomes a part of you.

I think Hawkfrost as a name works because the frost part is referring to how his eyes are blue. His fur color is also brown with a light underbelly, kinda like a hawk. Lionblaze also works for similar reasons, he's an orange cat with amber eyes and Firestar is his grandpa. I think Appledusk could've worked for a dark colored cat, when I first heard his name I did not picture a light colored one.

This reminds me of the fact that "Smokeweed" is a valid warrior cats name

One time I was rping with someone in wcue called tooth paw and they made there warrior name TOOTHPASTE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THATS A VALID WARRIOR NAME IM SOBBING 😭

I have a character that purposefully breaks a few rules for comedic effect named Egggoose. It's supposed to give the impression that she's weird, goofy, and even maybe a bit unintelligent. While the leader that named her is usually pretty stoic, I like to think she gave a little chuckle to herself when she came up with the name.

I feel like these are okay general rules, but can be somewhat limited. I think having "mismatched" names with the characters, like Blackstar, add something to talk about with the character. In that way, they make a character stand out. Additionally, EVERY name being evocative in a group of cat names (like a clan) makes it hard for the important characters to stand out (storywise). In the human sense, it would be like everyone being named things like Cleopatria and no one being named Emily.

There’s a Hawaiian species of hawk called an ‘io so for a clan on a tropical island Wario is a hypothetical name

In my version of Windclan, the menders (my renaming of medicine cats) have a sort of legacy naming sentence. All of them have wind/sky elated suffixes, both symbolizing their loyalty to their clan and honoring the first mender, Moth Flight. Some of the names include Dapplesky, Sootcloud, and Myrtlegust. No other cats in the clan are granted suffixes like this, though bird-related ones like feather and wing are okay. I've also decided that Riverclan's current leader, Shellstar, just names based on what he thinks is fun with some consideration of appearance/temperament. Some of his names include Reedrustle, Duckswoop, Turtlestep, Cloudshimmer, and Finskip

If Gar are a fish is Garfield a proper warrior name

Also I am VERY sorry if I sound tired/bored or irritated at some points in this video; I’ve had a fairly nasty stomach bug for the last couple of days including while recording this haha ^^; I promise I do love talking about this subject!

EDIT: Thank you very much to everyone who has let me know that the word Grok does, in fact, exist! I think the fact that I searched "Grockable" was maybe the reason why nothing turned up; but I apologize for the unintentional misinformation! You can learn more about the word grok, which was coined by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok .

Also, very sorry for the lack of responses! This was a lot more than I was expecting haha ^^;; I encourage you to rate each other's names if you would like to, though! Remember to keep all criticism respectful & helpful, which everyone is already doing an excellent job at <3

i stumbled upon this video not even checking the video count and assumed it must’ve been in the thousands, i did not expect it to be so low! this is a very well researched and high quality video. great work

Something that upsets me a lot is when I name a cat for my own original story and someone goes "they wouldn't know what that is!" but in my world they would. Like RubyCloud. These cats canonically live in a cave with a lot of crystals. also they're fantasy cats who act like humans basically all the time except on four legs with paws who have government and religion, I don't think it really matters what I'm doing in my own fictional spinoff world of these weird little cat books.

I’m so glad to see someone talking about this topic! I’ve loved warriors for most of my life and have been in the fandom for around 10 years, and I’ve recently noticed how people naming warriors ocs have changed so much (as well as their designs too)!! Unrealistic designs and unconventional names that don’t exactly fit the naming conventions of the books used to bother me a lot but now I love and fully embrace them! I see them as a fun way for people to express their creativity, adding onto the framework books gave us instead of staying stuck in the constraints of realism and the warriors book universe. This is just how I view it, and of course I don’t mind if people want to stick those constraints too! We should all be able to enjoy the series and our fan characters how we want because that’s what fandom and ocs are all about :3 I hope this made sense aha

Mistyfoot has to be my least favourite name in the books and I think it could be so easily improved as Mistystep. I think Mistystep evokes a cat that's stealthy, perhaps a bit mysterious, you don't know what their next move will be. Mistypath conveys a lot of the same ideas and perhaps even hints at her heritage. Mistyfoot sounds like she has a gray leg, I think it falls so flat as a name. Also imagine how disappointing it must be to finally get your warrior name and its basically the same as your apprentice name.

Breaking kit would likely reflect the pain the mother or the family was going through. Breakingsun would reflect the cat’s trauma, grief, depression, or stress as his/her only source of light, the sun, breaks away from their life and leaves them in a dark period of time.

What I don’t understand about Blackstar is that he had to be named Blackkit and Blackpaw before his name actually made sense and referenced specifically his Black-foot. So did his mom just hope that would eventually be his warrior name??? 😂

Just a lil correction (not important but still), Blackfoot has all four feet as black, not just one! Although a cat with one black foot sounds so cool, like a reverse Scourge!

Another tip that wasn’t quite mentioned here is: the prefix should either be about the character’s appearance/easily identifiable traits straight out of the womb or about the parents, whereas the suffix should be about their personality or achievements.