As i'm not used to adventure on forums, I wondered what kind of name I could use.. and found that my cat's name was nice. so there I went for Sumi. At least I could remember it well.
I wanted a japanese name for my lovely cat, I was looking for something which could fit his appearance, and found on some website I don't remember that sumi means black ink ("encre de chine" in french). That was perfect for him.
What I didn't expect is that this word, sumi, sounds in french (or at least the way i pronounce it) like another word which means submissive. So every time someone is asking me the name of my cat and I answer, they look at me in a strange way and sometimes laugh, thinking I'm a kind of sadistic or pervert woman...