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The only Bruno I have ever known was my glamorous French cousin Marion's stuck-up boyfriend, who was gorgeous, magnificently sneery and utterly contemptuous of idiot rosbifs trying to practise their crappy French on him. So it sort of fits your cat, because I can see that he's trying to do gorgeous, magnificently sneery etc etc. Unfortunately for him, I also see adorable kittyness which is overriding the rest a bit. It's still a good name, though, and yup I do think it suits him
Bru fits perfectly for me as a gingery name because I instantly think of Irn Bru, which is a bright orange Scottish fizzy pop drink made from rusty girders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru)
Geronimo is fun and Cosmo is good but I like Bruno better.

I like it. Our cat, Pluto, was originally Brutus. My husband insisted on Pluto, but I wanted to keep Brutus.

TBH (since I figure you'd prefer that) I think Bruno sounds like a hipster name, on a cat belonging to, you know, the person he belongs to. Ironic, or else literary in some in-jokey way. Bruno seems kind of stormy and oh so Continental, to me.

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Also Bruno was the name of a gene I studied when I worked in the lab. I can't remember why it was named that ... oh, yeah, it was an in-jokey thing, referring to names of other genes. So maybe that is why I feel that way about it on the cat, and in general. Maybe if not for that gene thing, I'd think of Bruno the way I do about, say, Klaus, or Sergio. I think Klaus or Sergio would be good names for that cat. Fitting his face, with the sardonic look he has from that white marking, and fitting the coloring better somehow.

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Bru seems to suit him well, though, and seems nicely less serious.

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This message was edited 3/7/2013, 11:30 PM

Eh, I'm not really fond of the name Bruno, especially not on a person. It just seems sort of...mean sounding, somehow. I think it can work on pets, though, especially ginger cats. The only cat named Bruno I ever knew was my aunt Joyce's big, fat, old, and mean ginger cat.

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As for this cat in question, I can't really say that he looks like a Cosmo or a Geronimo, but I'm not sure if he looks like a Bruno, either. He looks very...dignified, almost. I think he needs something sort of upperclass and stuffy, like Percival. Yes, Bruno looks like a Percival to me...but NOT Percy, of course. :)

Good news!

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He looks more like a Cosmo to me. I LOVE the name Cosmo for a cat! Bruno has always been more of a dog name to me - either a big doofy bull-dog type, or (ironically) on a tiny yipper-snapper

I don't think Bruno suits him..

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I always see Bruno as a dark colour, so someone with Brown hair or black hair or even dark brown eyes.. I like it but if a child had my complexion i'd struggle to see him as a Bruno.

That's great news!

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Bruno is okay. It catches my interest, but I don't really like or dislike it. Poor Bruno still sounds a bit like the not-too-bright Italian-American heavy from a 70s cop show loaded with stereotypes, and that's unfortunate. I'd love to meet a Bruno.

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It's hard for me to hear Bruno without thinking "brown," so it's not a name I would pick if I were creating a big list of ginger names. That said, it doesn't strike me as odd to see it on a ginger cat. I'm sure the same would be true if I saw it on a redheaded person, too.

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He would have been a good Cosmo, but Bruno/Bru suits him. He's a cutey. I love that "I can't believe I have to put up with these stupid humans" look on his face.

Bruno is a good name for a cat or a dog. Not so great for a person because it calls to mind some huge bear of a man who is all muscle but moves very slowly and thinks even slower.

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Cosmo is okay. Geronimo not so much. Everytime you called for him it would sound like you were getting ready to jump off something.

I adore Bruno! It's one of my favorite males names. I also love Cosmo and really like Geronimo.

Delighted that he's back! Bru is a wonderful nn, but if he were mine he'd have been Geronimo for sure. He just looks like trouble!