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To ask cat owners for good name suggestions?

178 replies

WhatInTheWorld76 · 22/05/2017 13:53

Getting a kitten soon. DH doesn't care for cats or their names, four stupid suggestions from DC's. AIBU to think that Play-Doh, Meatballs, Tootsie and Muppet are all truly dire names for a cat that I will have to call -loudly - (not them).

AIBU? If I'm not can cat owners give me some genuine non-twatty suggestions for the new kitten?

TIA.

OP posts:
themindwonders · 22/05/2017 15:43

ours are called Trigger and Dave (both black)

icy121 · 22/05/2017 15:45

Game of thrones names are good

queenofthemountains · 22/05/2017 15:46

Our best cat names are Hippo ( she was big) Donut and Zeb.

Argeles · 22/05/2017 15:51

Ashie
Fifty (as in 50 shades of grey)
Charbon (French for charcoal)

LeafyUmbreon · 22/05/2017 15:52

Mine's called Wookie although oft referred to as Madam Wooks, Wookers, Wookie NipplePinchy...
Don't ask. You'll get the reference if you watch Family Guy on that last one. Thank you, husband.
She was a floofball as a kitten so Wookie was deemed appropriate at the time. Now she's a slink.

My beloved was named Salem (was female, thought it was a Tom until she gave birth.)

I'm usually one of those people who names them after pop culture things or general idek names tbh; our rabbits are Elric and Boop/Booper.

ThanksForAllTheFish · 22/05/2017 15:58

Ours is called Oskar. My mum has a Merlin.

I like cats to have people names. I also considered: Frank, Kevin and Stanley for our cat but Oskar suited him better. DD wanted to call him Oreo because he is black and white.

Is your cat a boy or a girl?

TiredMumToTwo · 22/05/2017 15:59

Our female black cat is called Sooty, I had a male tabby called Trevor.
Boys my parents have had:
Tom
George
Sam
Lucky
Met a grey cat called Sheeba after the food.

AudreyBradshaw · 22/05/2017 16:05

Chairman Meow
Mr. Meowgi
Butch Catsidy
Oedipuss

confusedofengland · 22/05/2017 16:09

This is Barry the Bengal

To ask cat owners for good name suggestions?
Oldraver · 22/05/2017 16:11

I wanted to call ours Reggie, btu it was vetoed so next choice was Ernie...which really suits him.

DS came up with allsorts including fluff

TheNaze73 · 22/05/2017 16:11

Traditional boring men's names, make great cat names.

Alan
Bernard
Norman
Neil
Keith
Graham, that sort of thing

DonttouchthatLarry · 22/05/2017 16:12

I've got a Velcro (sadly lost his sister Blu Tack) and used to have a Hobbes named after the tiger in the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes (the next cat we got didn't look like a Calvin so was named Oscar).

I always wanted to call a kitten Caboodle Grin

I think you should get 4 and go with your names of Play-Doh, Meatballs, Tootsie and Muppet - they're fab!

Boredwithmyname · 22/05/2017 16:12

Catty McCatface. Cat for short.

LostSight · 22/05/2017 16:14

Loki. He's originally a capricious Norse God.

steff13 · 22/05/2017 16:19

We currently have Sunny, Cher, and Sirius Black.

I actually think Meatball is cute, but for me it would have to be a boy and kind of silly. If it's more dignified, I'd pick a "people" name, like Watson or Annabelle.

ladyratterley · 22/05/2017 16:21

@theNaze73 I love those names!
I love people names for pets. Especially traditional run of the mill people names. I'd love a pair of cats called something like Barry & Linda!

MTBMummy · 22/05/2017 16:39

We've had a long list while growing up and as an adult

Streaky
Pumplepuss
Garfield
Nermal
Tigger
Fred and George (long before the Harry Potter books)
TP (shortened from Tiny Puss)
Mozart
Chlorine (Plain white)
Umbra (dark grey cat)
Suki
Pidgin
Pushkin
Jubes
Psycho (was a brute of a cat - and aptly named)

manueltowers · 22/05/2017 16:44

Mine are Purrlock and Layla. Which is outing to anyone who knows me irl!

purpleleotard · 22/05/2017 16:51

Cat

HeyMicky · 22/05/2017 17:02

Over my life time I have had: Cobblers (after finding out he wasn't a girl and had to have his balls off); Midnight; Ted; Phoebe; Hugo; Sassy; and Tybalt.

Current cat is Ding, short for Schrodinger

MissJC · 22/05/2017 17:03

I have 2 cats called Mungojerry and Blue.

I've always said my next cat will be called Killian Jones...

My friend has a cat called Leanne.

ImBreakingBad · 22/05/2017 17:07

We've an Archimedes - I won't post the rest Grin

FatFacedDog · 22/05/2017 17:09

I had a cat called Stone Cold Cat Austin (or Stone Cold for short). My friend had a cat called Shit Face.

It's when you have to tell the vet it's name that it becomes a problem.

MissJC · 22/05/2017 17:13

Agree with telling the vet! I had a cat called CatBaby and when the vet receptionist asked me when registering I stared at the poor woman for about 30 seconds imagining the scenario of CatBaby being shouted in a packed vet waiting room.

Whatsername17 · 22/05/2017 17:14

I have Shrodinger (whom we call Shrodie) and Loki. One is named after a theoretical physicist who had a cat/box theory. The other is named after the mischievous God.

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