I love the story, and I love the cat it's adorable! The name you've chosen is so nice too.. I have created names for my three children like that too, take a part of this name/meaning and put it together with that part of a name lol.. I love these kind of name creations!
A while ago I saw a documentary about Damanhur, I had never heard about it before actually. I wanted to read more about it, because it grabbed my interest and then I forgot. So it's nice that I came across your post today.. I will try to follow on your posts :)
I am a big advocate of personalized names. Both in Italy and in Spain--where I lived before moving here--they look at me like I am crazy when I talk about children that have names created by the parents. Then again, at Damanhur we have first names that are animal and nature spirits and second names that are plants and fungi, so who are we to talk! While in general these countries do not really believe in made-up names, things are starting to change. I hear more and more people with names that really represent them, not just some arbitrary name passed down across the ages. If you don't mind, what are the names of your children?
If you have any questions about Damanhur at all, please ask! I would be happy to share all I can with you. It truly is an unusual place. It kind of feels like living at Hogwarts!