# Another Cat Who Needs A Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322 "2022-03-19T01:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/21 "2022-03-19T13:34:45Z")
He did arrive with a whole lot of little scabs and scratches, most of them on his head. I suspect he fights back when attacked. He doesn’t seem to be acquiring replacements at any speed as those heal, though. He might have been trying to get back into his old barn; and, given the food supply and other benefits here, have decided he doesn’t need to keep arguing about that. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/22 "2022-03-19T14:02:02Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I’ve been through the desert on a cat with no name. I came to suggest that. (But I didn’t have a picture. Well done!) And you can use the acronym ACWNN, pronounced “ **ACK** -win.” 😺 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/23 "2022-03-19T14:08:07Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Sounds like a purrcivist Purrcival? Ferris Mewler? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/24 "2022-03-19T14:10:44Z")
Loqui. means ‘to speak’ in Latin (as in loquacious). Learned, catchy, and short. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/25 "2022-03-19T14:29:01Z")
I came here to say that. Now i don’t need to bother ! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/26 "2022-03-19T15:13:28Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Loqui I suspect people will hear that as “Low-key”. Or, possibly, as Loki. (And naming a cat Loki seems to be asking for trouble --) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/27 "2022-03-19T15:36:32Z")
Well, how about ‘singer’ in Ukrainian? Spivachka. That doesn’t sound like anything else. I’m also fond of the name Florio, for a male cat. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/28 "2022-03-19T15:38:51Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Spivachka Hmmm… that sounds like a crunchy snack to be eaten with vodka shots… ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/29 "2022-03-19T16:05:04Z")
My neighbor adopted a cat a few years ago. She lets him out a couple times a day, if I am outside he stops by to be petted and get a treat. I call him Lugnut. My neighbor said he does not respond to the name she gave him, Jerry, but comes running when she calls him Lugnut. It’s probably similar to his original name. The cat’s official name is now Lugnut. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/30 "2022-03-19T16:35:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hmmm… that sounds like a crunchy snack to be eaten with vodka shots… now I can’t stop thinking this. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/31 "2022-03-19T16:40:03Z")
I’ll add on Loqutus/Loquacious. I really do like Chatterbox. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/32 "2022-03-19T16:48:09Z")
Loqui is properly pronounced Low-Quee. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/33 "2022-03-19T17:00:09Z")
Murray is a name that comes naturally to cats, Murr for short. Most cats will come to you if you ask, “Murrr?” while wiggling your fingers and not looking at the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/34 "2022-03-19T17:01:14Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > He did arrive with a whole lot of little scabs and scratches, most of them on his head. I suspect he fights back when attacked. Sounds like my guy Wolfgang. He’d be quite happy to never fight, but the girl cats in the house keep trying to smack him around. But he’s the classic Big Quiet Guy. Doesn’t want to fight , but if you insist, he can lay the smack down on the girls. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/35 "2022-03-19T17:48:46Z")
You could name him in honor of Ukraine. Just call him “Yuke”. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/36 "2022-03-19T18:53:01Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Murray is a name that comes naturally to cats, Murr for short. I already have a Merton, for that reason. Cats can say Mrrrt, and Merton occasionally does. The New Cat actually says it rather more often, but for this household the name and other very similar ones are already taken. Some of these others I’m going to have to think about; they might work. But nothing so far has quite made me say “that’s it!” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/37 "2022-03-19T21:33:33Z")
Yammer. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/38 "2022-03-19T22:02:11Z")
At the shelter, chatty cats are often named for writers (because they’re good with words) or opera singers. We’ve had more than one Pawvarotti. Plus Domingo, Caruso, etc. And, of course, you’ve got practically infinite choices as far as writers- I won’t suggest any of those because you’ll already know which ones you like or which fit him best. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/39 "2022-03-19T22:05:12Z")
Chatsworth (Chatty) MacDonald (because he had a farm) Purrcy Communicator or Comm Unit Bavard (means talkative in French) Chaz Enzo Furrari Survivor Pal Chorizo Catticus Billy Boy ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322/40 "2022-03-19T22:05:24Z")
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