# Cat needs a name! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971 "2002-07-20T14:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/1 "2002-07-20T14:49:52Z")
Not my cat, unfortunately, but my parents who live nearby just got a [black kitten.](http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/kobayashi/personal/cat/) Isn’t he the cutest cat? He was a stray cat rescued by a neighbor after his mother disappeared. He’s extremely friendly though. We’re calling him “chibi” (“little one”) but I think he’ll outgrow that name soon enough. So, any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/2 "2002-07-20T14:54:44Z")
Kikko. He’s about the color of soy sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/3 "2002-07-20T16:08:14Z")
I don’t know, but I love his pumpkin colored eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Maniacal1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Maniacal1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maniacal1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/4 "2002-07-20T16:40:46Z")
What an adorable little boy! My 15-pound black boy is named Smoqueford Twitchbottom Pussarcik. He was already named Smoky when he came to me, but he needed a more dignified name. My eight-pound black girl is named Maui Ann. Maui is the phonetic spelling of the Polish word for small, and we added Ann so there wouldn’t be any gender confusion. Then again, I have a friend who named her black cat Snowball. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/5 "2002-07-20T17:01:46Z")
I’d name the kitty Bast. ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/6 "2002-07-20T17:05:42Z")
I think Anniken (Sp?) is a fine name for a black cat. If he was a dog, I would name him Atticus. my two cents ---
**Author:** ![HairyPotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@HairyPotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyPotter)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/7 "2002-07-20T18:23:33Z")
We have a black-and-white cat whom we named “Shadow”, both because of his coloring and because he followed us everywhere as a kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/8 "2002-07-20T19:25:38Z")
Call him “Mr. Fizzly-Bottom-Along”. That way, he’ll grow up tough from fighting all the other cats who try to beat him up because of his name. Hey, it worked for Sue. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/9 "2002-07-20T23:12:13Z")
I vote for Amber ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/10 "2002-07-20T23:14:00Z")
Neverming it’s a boy. I forgot.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/11 "2002-07-20T23:46:21Z")
I vote for **Samson**. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/12 "2002-07-21T01:28:35Z")
Black with orange eyes, eh? Cute little bugger. Here’s some suggestions: Loki, Damien, Merlin, Lucifer, Hades, Apollo, Jupiter, Amon-Re, Logan, Himaggery, Kallandras, Quetzalcoatl, Jack. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/13 "2002-07-21T02:22:37Z")
He looks a lot like a friend’s cat, who is called Spresso (short for Espresso Bean) ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Dave\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_D)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/14 "2002-07-21T05:45:35Z")
You could always use the name I gave to my pit kitten.(Before anyone asks I refer to my cat as that because he seems to have a jaw like a steel trap. Still he hasn’t been a kitten in years) Anyway my cat is name Tyson which is a pretty good name for any male cat. I mean if the cat fights constantly you can say he’s named after the boxer and if he’s an abject coward he’s name after the chicken company:-) ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/15 "2002-07-21T06:37:07Z")
Name it “Dog”. 🙂 But seriously…how about “Halloween”. Pumpkin eyes with a black cat. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/16 "2002-07-21T07:05:36Z")
My black kitten’s name is Raven. She was originally Black Magic, but she prefers Raven. My daughter suggests Snowflake. Get it? ---
**Author:** ![Sanscour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sanscour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanscour)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/17 "2002-07-21T10:24:39Z")
I vote for the name… **FUZZMEISTER** 🙂 Sanscour ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/18 "2002-07-21T12:22:56Z")
Higgins ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/19 "2002-07-21T13:04:24Z")
Why not Samhain? Halloween is a mouthful for such a little fuzzie (so far) and it could be shortened to Sammy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/20 "2002-07-21T14:35:47Z")
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