CHAPTER ONE: THE PREFIX
The prefix is usually the best, and easiest, place to start. At birth, or very shortly after (absolutely no longer than a week) a kit is named. There are few presentable features for a queen to name her kit after, but there are two distinct options to choose from: Coat color or markings.
There are plenty of synonyms to use of every variety, and no one is restricted to naming their kit Bluekit if they have blue fur. The prefix should represent the cat, and if they have an average future ahead of them, an average word may suffice. Other words that also denote the color blue can represent different things, but still present the obvious image of a blue cat.
Here, you can find just a few acceptable synonyms for the word/color blue:
Breeze
(A good name to indicate a cat who may be lean, which can be seen from heritage.)
Heather
(A good feminine word to indicate a strong queen-like quality about the cat, or feminity.)
Rain
(A strong word to represent--usually in a Clan such as RiverClan--a cat's affinity for water, perhaps.)
Stream
(Another feminine word, it may indicate swiftness and a lean build in a blue cat--again, only something that can be assumed from ancestry.)
It is not likely that the kit will be named for personality traits, seeing as they are too young to develop mental qualities different from their siblings. (This also means that "wild" as a prefix is not acceptable. All kits are wild, being feral, so this does not denote their appearance or identify them as an individual. Not to mention, no kit is going to be "wild" enough to deserve that sort of name, anyway, because during the time of naming kits are not coordinated.)
Kits do not run, pounce, bounce, or otherwise move in a fashion different than their siblings--all kits squirm, all kits sleep, eat, and mewl. Like people, personality doesn't develop until they've been exposed to their environment. They will be named something that differentiates them from their littermates, and most likely, that will be their coat color or their markings.
Kits will also not be named based on their mother's wants. If their mother wants them to be a good hunter in the future, she shouldn't name them Stalkingkit in hopes of him or her aspiring to her want. If they were to become physically harmed or unable to become a warrior, their name would not apply to them. However, with a name denoting their appearance--which can't change--their name will always represent that aspect of them.
This also means that any "Hopekit"s or otherwise unacceptable names referencing not the kit themselves, but external activities, are out of the question. Sensibility tell us that every queen is hopeful of their kits, so this name stands for nothing. Every mother is instinctively loving and nurturing, so if your Clan is made up of murderers and rogues--first of all, expect that to be frowned upon due to the reality of that plotline--expect all queens to name their kits in a very fond fashion. No queen is going to purposefully disrespect their offspring, it's completely unrealistic and completely foolish.
So, we'll describe the kit's initial appearance with the prefix. We'll only use appropriate words to denote their stature, markings, colors, and not hopes, dreams, or wishes.
The prefix, however easy to pick for your kit, can sometimes be harder to pair with a suffix. Always remember what your prefix stood for when the cat was a kit, and that will undoubtedly make choosing a suffix easier. The prefix MUST stand for the cat in some way, and the suffix should always enhance that image.
Notes to consider: The prefix should NOT be a sophisticated, fancy word. Cats are very simple and to-the-point in their naming, and don't make a game or competition of it. They also don't own a thesaurus which they can rape for extravagant words.