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Who calls their cats by their actual names?

110 replies

HelmutFrontbut · 26/01/2019 15:07

I've recently taken to calling mine by their gangsta names:

Woody is D-Wood
Tabitha is B-Tab
Rosie is C-Rose

I need to get out more don't I? Blush

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/01/2019 01:10

We have Lady Miaowington, The Nickum, Pesty-McPestface, Little One, Chicken, Bunny, Bobbin, and Baba (short for The Babadook, not baby). One cat, with a completely unrelated actual name she does get called.

EarthboundMisfit · 27/01/2019 01:16

Nope. Mine is called Sebastian but is universally referred to as Miss Tasseby or Fatty Bum Bum.

myidentitymycrisis · 27/01/2019 01:21

I call my cat by his name but he also gets called officer fuzzyface

brick15 · 27/01/2019 01:23

Ours gets called a variety of colourful alternatives, ‘fat fucker’ being one

Slapdasherie · 27/01/2019 01:31

My last cat was called Gobbolino, after the book.

Usually known as Mr Gobalina, Mr Bob Gobalina.

Loved that cat.

MrsCatE · 27/01/2019 01:43

@minimammoth another Sausage here. However, also known as Fatty Bum Bum and yet another, Bastard Cat.

Minimammoth · 27/01/2019 02:02

wuzzy Flowers Aw.
I hope a furry friend comes your way soon, they have a way of adopting humans.

Weezol · 27/01/2019 11:02

I missed one. Also known as: 'Could you walk in front of me any more slowly without going backwards?" and "Oh really" - especially when caught on table/worktops. Followed by explaining that if she simply waited until I'm out, I would never know.

MargotLovedTom1 · 27/01/2019 11:07

Bhindi Bhaji, Tinkles, Little Girl or Babba Boo (all the same cat).

MitziK · 27/01/2019 14:02

What about

'Furry Twat'
'Well, you shouldn't have been under my feet, should you?'
'Fucking Twat'
'Nobed' (As in 'Oi, Nob'ed, leave her alone')
'Idiot Cat'
'Madam Fluffyknickers'
'Fluffbag'
'DizzBizz'
'DB'
'Oh God' (as in 'Oh God, what do you want now?')
'Floofy Arse'
'Fucking TwatCat'
'Dizzmond'
'Twat'

Did I ever mention that one of my cats is a twat?

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 27/01/2019 17:32

Our cat is most commonly known as CatBastard, because he bites you if you stroke him too much/not enough/the wrong way/the right way yesterday but wrong today. He also picks on the dogs, despite them being a big Labrador and a lab cross, and him weighing 10lb soaking wet.

If he can get at their food, he will eat it. We used to keep their food in an open cake box on top of the microwave, and I came down one morning to find them looking on in utter horror as he stood knee deep in their food, eating around himself. Grin

MrsCatE · 28/01/2019 00:59

Bloody hell @SDGTisAnEvilWolefGenious - you paint a good picture; however, I would pay good money for pic of Cat Bastard sitting in cake tin of dog yum yums, eating his way out.

Oh, and my cat is Bastard Cat (AKA as 'Aaargghhh £&#! £#!' why Bastard Cat?).

MrsCatE · 28/01/2019 01:02

Sorry, got @SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenious name arse about face in PP.

theworldistoosmall · 28/01/2019 01:07

Oh wow. I've been doing the whistle thing since Saturday. Every time they come running to me. Wonder how long it will last.

Raiding food. Yes, have one of those. I buy their dry food in bulk. It's not boxed but those pouches. Thought we had a mouse as woke up one morning to a box and a bag of food chewed through. Put it in another container but didn't have anywhere else to store the rest of the food. Not a problem as a couple of hours later caught fat bastard cat munching his way through another packet. He looked up at me, a smug grin on his face says 'yea what?' turned back and carried on his feast.

Ginkythefangedhellpigofdoom · 28/01/2019 01:11

My most recent names are

Kitten
Kit Kat
Chicken
Chicken cat
And licky lipped girl. As in aw are you mummy's licky lipped girl after she's had some food

She gets her name called out when I call her for dinner. Or if I want her to come to me. She does answer to her name.

MovingThisYearDefinitely · 28/01/2019 01:13

Mine is officially Princess Fifi. We call her Tool, (because she is one) & she reacts to it like its her name now! Grin

Ginkythefangedhellpigofdoom · 28/01/2019 01:14

Oh and kit Whittington iii
And kitchansky (after kochansky from red dwarf)

BlueEyedBengal · 28/01/2019 01:41

My Bengal is called Marblecakes but gets shortened to Marbs

Who calls their cats by their actual names?
isseywithcats · 28/01/2019 19:13

Biscuit is Biccie, Blue is boo boo luna is Lulu and sam is sammy shoe shoes except when they are being arseholes then they get their right names

HelmutFrontbut · 28/01/2019 19:26

I love all these names Grin My old boy used to proudly patrol our close like campus security, I called him Securi-cat 😹

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whyameyehere · 28/01/2019 19:28

oi, nuisance
bloody cat
stupid idiot
kit cat
buggerlugs

Bedofwool · 28/01/2019 20:08

Girl cat is called Holly AKA Holsykins or Cardinal Hollsy
Boy cat is called Buddy AKA buddalugs or Comrade Budski
Or bloody cats when then have pukked on the carpet!

claragolightly · 29/01/2019 15:44

ha ha ha, love this!

Tomas (Woolfe Hardy) quickly became "kitkat", "my precious boy" or "T-cat"

I named the neighbour's cats who adopted us and moved into my old flat George and Louis, but they were then nicknamed Porgie and Loops / the loopster (Loopy Lou).

I've had my girls Tallulah May and Penelope five weeks, and I refer to them as Miss Tallulah, Lullah, Lady P and Penny pops. Or collectively as my gorgeous girls.

Effendi · 29/01/2019 16:38

We have a Simba.
But usually we call him Dimba, Sim Nice But Dim, Fatty Puss, Wee Stumpy or Jumbo Airport Cat (we found him at an airport, not in UK).

He is one of many.

Oldraver · 29/01/2019 17:36

I used to call Ernie Babba but OH cringed so it got changed to Bubba..its' now evolved into The Bubba, Bubbington Mr Bubbingtion.

He also got called My little Buddy which changed to bud, bud bud, budda.

He only answers to Ernie