This article is a stub . This article needs vast improvements and you can help the Warriors Wiki by expanding it. Various characters in the Warriors series are named after a specific individual, usually after a close friend, family, or dead cat . There are also cases of naming a cat after an event that occured beforehand. Reasons vary between each named individual.
Named after another individual
Character
Named after
Notes
Thunderstar [1]
Storm
Turtle Tail named Thunder after the collapsing building he was born in, and his deceased mother, Storm.
Lightning Stripe [2]
Lightning Tail
Lightning Stripe was named in memory of Lightning Tail, Thunderstar's closest friend and former deputy .
Sweetpaw [3]
Sweetbriar
Sweetpaw was named after Pinestar's mother, Sweetbriar.
Leafpool [4]
Leafstar & Spottedleaf
Leafpool was named after Leafstar by Firestar and Sandstorm , though Firestar notes that her name may have come from Spottedleaf's suffix.
Jayfeather [5]
Crowfeather
Leafpool chose Jayfeather's suffix in memory of his biological father, Crowfeather.
Hollyleaf [6]
Leafpool
Hollyleaf's suffix was named after her biological mother, Leafpool.
Brambleclaw [7]
Tigerclaw
Bramblestar's warrior name, Brambleclaw, was named after his father's: Tigerclaw.
Cinderheart [8]
Cinderpelt
Cinderheart is named after her paternal aunt, Cinderpelt, who died protecting Sorreltail during Cinderheart's birth.
Hollytuft [9]
Hollyleaf
Hollytuft is named after her paternal aunt Hollyleaf.
Sorrelstripe [9]
Sorreltail
Sorrelstripe is named after her grandmother Sorreltail.
Fernsong [9]
Ferncloud
Fernsong is named after Ferncloud, who died in the Great Battle .
Character
Named after
Notes
Crowfeather [17]
Feathertail
Crowfeather requested his suffix to be -feather in memorial of Feathertail.
Other
Named after an event
Character
Named after
Notes
Stormcloud [21]
The Great Storm
Stormcloud's prefix was given after the storm that eventually caused him to join ThunderClan.
Character
Named after
Notes
Stormkit
A storm and an oak tree
Stormkit was named after the storm that occured during his birth.
Oakheart
Oakheart was named after the oak tree that sheltered him and his mother during his birth in a storm.
Named after a body part or feature
Character
Named after
Notes
Tawnyspots [22]
Pale brown spots
Tawnyspots is named after the pale brown spots he had on his belly after birth.
Halftail [23]
Part of his tail missing
When Sparrowpelt retired to the elder’s den, his name was changed to Halftail, because part of his tail had been bitten of by a badger.
Smallear [24]
small ears
Smallear was named for his very small ears.
Rosetail
Pinkish-orange tail
Rosetail’s name derives from her bushy, pinkish-colored tail, which contrasts with her gray tabby body.
Squirrelflight [25]
Bushy, squirrel-like tail
Squirrelflight was named for her bushy tail.
Lionblaze [26]
Lion-like appearance
Lionblaze was named for his appearance, which looks like a lion.
Notes and references
↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail , page 305
↑ Revealed in Thunderstar's Echo , chapter 10
↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy , page 47
↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest , page 510
↑ Revealed in Leafpool's Wish , chapter 10
↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Chat 6
↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Chat 4
↑ Revealed in Sunset , page 27
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Revealed in Bramblestar's Storm , page 477
↑ Revealed in Code of the Clans , page 56
↑ Revealed in Long Shadows , page 85
↑ Revealed in Tigerheart's Shadow , page 372
↑ Revealed in The Silent Thaw , page 37
↑ Revealed in The Blazing Star , page 135
↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Revealed in The Rescue , page 86
↑ Revealed in Darkest Night , page 286
↑ Revealed in Dawn , page 316
↑ Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
↑ Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Revealed in Squirrelflight's Hope , page 409
↑ Revealed in Bramblestar's Storm , page 454
↑ Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
↑ Revealed in Fire and Ice , page 41
↑ Revealed in Goosefeather's Curse , allegiances
↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest , page 509
↑ Revealed in Leafpool's Wish , chapter 9
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