10 Names I dislike by Juniperbranch

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Juniperbranch lists some names they dislike – do you agree?

Hi everyone, this is my first article. In this article, I will be listing warrior cat names that I dislike. [I will not be listing the names in order of how much I dislike them!]

10. Foxheart
It is well known in the warrior series that ‘fox heart’ is an insult. I think it is going a bit to far to give a cat this name even if it sort of fits her and the fact that she didn’t seem to mind it.

9. Twigbranch
This one eventually grew on me but it was still very awkward when I first read it and also a bit dissapointing

8. Lostface
Lostface is a downright cruel name. Bluestar had no right to do that to brightheart who already suffered a lot.

7. Maggottail
I don’t know much about this character but this is also just cruel to give such a name. I hope he was at least renamed and his mother didn’t actually name him ‘Maggotkit’.

6. Clawface
I find this name to be awkward and just downright bad. I don’t know what he did to deserve the name ‘Clawface’ besides probably having a scratched or ugly face.

5. Stoneteller
I just don’t like that the leader of the tribe of rushing water has to be renamed ‘Stoneteller’. I would probably like this name more if it was for a single cat only.

4. Runningnose
I personally like Runningnose as a character but his name is a bit of a different story. It’s sort of cute, but also a bit… odd or even weird. I just have a problem with this name that I can’t quite pinpoint.

3. Loudbelly
There isn’t any really in depth reason for disliking this name. I just don’t like it. But it does remind me of graystripe.

2. Yellowfang
I love Yellowfang as a character but her name really didn’t give me the best first impressions. I found it as an ugly and bad name but over time the name, like Twigbranch’s, slowly grew on me.

1. Tiny
Yes, I’m talking about scourge. ‘Tiny’ is admittedly a cute name, and I can’t blame Quince or prehaps his twolegs for naming him that- because he is tiny. But for scourge who hated being small… well it really just wasn’t a good name for him. So for this one it’s mostly the meaning it has for this cat that I dislike otherwise I’m pretty okay with it. For example: ‘Tinycloud’.

That’s it. There may be some names out there that I couldn’t think of for this article so if you think a name should have been mentioned here, please let me know in the comments. Ohand just to let you know, names that I do very much like that some of you may dislike are: Deadfoot, Goosefeather, Bouncefire, and Sneezecloud. Daisytoe is a neutral name for me. Other than that I don’t have much else to say so have a good rest of the day!

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21 comments

  • Amazing article! I dislike this names too! Loudbelly is a funny name! He was always hungry or what, because it gives me ‘tummy rumbling’ vibes! 😋
    Also, Maggottail is what Dashpaw(Maggottail’s Apprentice name) wanted to be. He was proud of surviving a fox bite, so he named himself after the maggots that swarmed his half-tail bitten by a fox!

  • 💥ᠻꪶꪖ᥅ꫀꫝꫀꪖ᥅ꪻ❤𝕗Lᗩя𝒆𝕡άW💥𝕱𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖊❤𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕪💥Belugasong💦 The Oreo Making Machine says:

    Agreed but, correct me if I’m wrong (which I probably am) but Maggottail chose his name to be Maggottail because something along the lines of he had maggots as a kit and survived.

    Deadfoot was named Hopkit and I think Hoppaw at some point but then was changed to Deadpaw and Deadfoot due to his well dead foot.

    anyways I agree with Most of these, Nice article 🙂

    • It’s not 100% canon but Su Susann said on her Missing kits that Maggottail was originally name Dashkit/paw because he was really fast but after he had a wound infection on his tail ppl called him Maggottail to bully him so he asked his name to be changed to that so he couldn’t be bullied.

  • Maggottail renamed himself after his tail was bitten by a fox and the other apprentices teased him for the maggots in his tail

  • I agree with you! Great article, it was well-thought out. Other than your list, I dislike the names Heavystep, Snowbush, Raggedpelt/star, and Brokentail/star.

    😀

  • Good article!!

    Maggotkit was actually Dashpaw. He was challenged to a race against a fox, instead it bit his tail. So the other cats made fun of him and called him “Maggottail,” but he named himself.

    Honestly I’d stay with Dashpaw

    • Although I do like the name Dashpaw changed to Maggotpaw. Unfortunately that isn’t canon & the story was made by Su Susann, not the writers themselves. Idk if you read ALitM yet so I won’t spoil everything for you

    • 💥ᠻꪶꪖ᥅ꫀꫝꫀꪖ᥅ꪻ❤𝕗Lᗩя𝒆𝕡άW💥𝕱𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖊❤𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕪💥Belugasong💦 The Oreo Making Machine says:

      loudbelly is an adorable name if u ask me

  • Same, Loudbelly is actually pretty funny if you ask me. But Tiny isn’t okay. Scourge honestly had to fit him. After all he had gone through just to reach the powerful stage. He ‘always ruins things’ he was left to run blood on a kittypet! Scourge didn’t even want to fight in the first place. But Tigerpaw chased him off bitterly anyway. So Scourge suited him.

  • I totally agree! If your looking for a warrior cat whose name is better than they are look no farther than Rainflower.

  • maggottail did not deserve that name, I liked him in A light in the mist. I found it very funny when he tried to take over Bristlefrost’s body