# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MarkyDeSade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@MarkyDeSade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkyDeSade)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/21 "2002-07-21T14:37:20Z")
Pita. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/22 "2002-07-21T14:49:14Z")
You need to sell your cats name to the highest bidder on ebay. Look at how well **Opal** did [selling the naming rights](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749531525) for her snail. ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/23 "2002-07-21T17:07:20Z")
Schrodinger. I like **Hastur** ’s suggestion of Bast too (though Bast was female, of course). ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/24 "2002-07-22T14:36:43Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions! Sorry not to get back till now, had problems with my home PC over the weekend… Schrodinger is cute, though a bit of a mouthful for my Japanese family. Maybe his first name (Erwin) - we do have a turtle named Ed, named after Edwin Hubble. (No deep reason there) Halloween and Samhaim are nice too. “Dog” is too confusing since he lives with dog. Shadow is also appropriate - he follows us everywhere, even tries to get into the bathroom. There are a couple of suggestions which I don’t get the references to (Anniken? Snowflake??) Anyway thanks again, we’ll talk it over and see… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/25 "2002-07-22T15:50:14Z")
How about Maru? The photo link has the name Kobayashi in it, and the first thing I thought of was the Starfleet Training Simulation from Star Trek. To me, a “no-win” scenario seems to fit a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/26 "2002-07-22T16:43:58Z")
scr4: Anniken is the name of young Darth Vader Venoma: my neighbor has a cat named Samhain. Little black bundle of love. I hope you will let us know what you name the lil’ guy. ---
**Author:** ![domesticatedjunglefowl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@domesticatedjunglefowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domesticatedjunglefowl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/27 "2002-07-22T23:06:02Z")
BOOGER-- of course ---
**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:** [July 23, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/28 "2002-07-23T00:16:40Z")
Mandu. You can introduce him, “This is my cat, Mandu.” ---
**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 23, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/29 "2002-07-23T05:55:42Z")
Snowflake for a black cat is like calling your tall friend Shorty. Eh, she’s thirteen. I don’t get half the stuff she says anyway. 🙂 ---
**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 23, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/30 "2002-07-23T06:29:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scr4 \* > \*\*Thanks for all the suggestions! Sorry not to get back till now, had problems with my home PC over the weekend… > > Schrodinger is cute, though a bit of a mouthful for my Japanese family. Maybe his first name (Erwin) - we do have a turtle named Ed, named after Edwin Hubble. (No deep reason there) > > Halloween and Samhaim are nice too. “Dog” is too confusing since he lives with dog. Shadow is also appropriate - he follows us everywhere, even tries to get into the bathroom. There are a couple of suggestions which I don’t get the references to (Anniken? Snowflake??) > > Anyway thanks again, we’ll talk it over and see… \*\* I got to push for Tyson again since that might work for your family. I mean as I remember it Taisen(which sounds an awful lot like Tyson) means great war in japanese:-) (And we know kitties are always at war with their humans.) ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/31 "2002-07-23T07:32:05Z")
My new little black kitty is named Maeve after the Irish Queen of legend. Her consort’s name was Aillil, you might use that. However pronounciation could be a problem as I have no idea what it’s supposed to be. How about Bran? I think that its gaelic meaning is something to do with ravens. ---
**Author:** ![funfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@funfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funfan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/32 "2002-07-23T07:38:29Z")
I like to name my pets after I get a feel for their personality. Wait just a little longer, it will come to you on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/33 "2002-07-23T15:07:48Z")
“Annikin” is actually spelled “Anakin”. Might be more recognizable that way. My suggestions? 1. Bongo. Bongo is the perfect name for any cat. “Bongo! C’mere, Bongo!” 2. Goober. Every cat is a bit of a goober at some point. 3. Opal. For the simple reason that when the cat comes into the room, you can say “Hi, Opal!” and only you will “get it”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/34 "2002-07-23T15:28:47Z")
It depends on the personality, but I do like **Bongo** and **Merlin**. Mercator, Aleph, Tansu, Tannin, Argon, Rin-tin-tin, Colbin, Puma, Sunoco. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971/35 "2002-07-26T14:38:45Z")
Top choice there, young Ace. (It’s Friday afternoon, it’s vanity search time) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-needs-a-name/119971.md?page=1)