**** – once very popular for black pets. I don’t know why it has gone so out of fashion.
For my sins I help moderate a number of cat-photo based websites (don’t ask). We get names submitted with the pictures, and you’d be surprised how many cats are named after well known black celebrities of a certain generation. Tons of Louis Armstrongs, Sammy Davis Jrs, Nina Simones, Ray Charleses, Mr Bojangleses, Ella Fitzgeralds, that sort of thing. You don’t seem to get as many Frank Sinatras, say. Took a while to notice it but it’s definitely a trend. I have no idea if it’s deliberate or a sort of sub-concious crypto-racist thing. Weird.
Most popular kitten name last time I looked: Chloe. No idea why.