# Cat Nicknames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427 "2019-12-27T01:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/21 "2019-12-27T14:06:31Z")
Ursala is Sula Bear Jane or SBJ for short. My horse Ariel is Miss A or Woobies. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/22 "2019-12-27T22:42:05Z")
All cats: Mia was Mia-mine Rocky was many things: Rockstar, Rocky Roccoco Catsa-amore, Captain America, Handsome Hero, and So Beta I Ought to Call You Gamma Pitch Black was Pitch-a-doo, my Baby-Boo (Courtesy of a housemate) Mercedes is “Baby Girl” and “My Queen” and you better believe she is. Helmut was often called Rocky because he looked and acted so much like my Rocky. He has now become part of another loving family because he needed outdoor space that I couldn’t give him (I miss the love-bug). Lon Chaney, Jr. has earned Boo-Berry and Handsome Hairy for obvious reasons (he’s black and he sheds like crazy but he is my current boo.) ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/23 "2019-12-27T23:56:26Z")
Stripey became Gripey. Derzu Ursala was Dizzy Bear. Petrushka was Crazy Monkey. Nastasha Nogoodnick was Stash. Friendly was just plain Friendly. Mama Fuck-Fuck was Mama. Bagheera was Bag-head. Figueroa was Figgy. ---
**Author:** ![WhyWhyWhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whywhywhy/32/7539_2.png) [@WhyWhyWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyWhyWhy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/24 "2019-12-28T00:00:46Z")
Johnnie is universally referred to here as “the cat” …which is a big improvement over his proposed nickname of “Asshole” for swatting the aging dog that preceded him for no reason. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/25 "2019-12-28T00:39:34Z")
Have had cats most of my life, my current owner is Tiny Apex Predator, Bunni for short - we got that from the scene in Stargate [film] where the old guy who has been given a candy bar says something that sounds like ‘bunniway’ which probably meant something like ‘delicious’ in stargate ancient egyptian. Hence, Bunni or BunniWay =) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/26 "2019-12-28T01:38:55Z")
Samantha is Sweet-Sweet. Tabitha is Tabby or Tiny Tabs. Diarmuid is Little Ass. Durwood is Buddy or Old Man. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/27 "2019-12-28T03:08:38Z")
Once had a cat who was just cool - he used to amble everywhere. So the kids called him ‘Aams’ - pronounced (in a descending tone) ‘Aaaaaaaams!’. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/28 "2019-12-28T05:06:44Z")
All my cats are babies. My current purr provider is named Jasper. But when I pick him up and give him cuddles and kisses and lovvies, I call him “My Baby Boy,” or " My Baby Boy Kittycat." And yes, I do talk baby talk to cats. Who doesn’t? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/29 "2019-12-28T05:34:06Z")
Logan is Bug (for forgotten reasons), unless he’s in trouble. Then it’s Logan T. Jackson - “T” standing for trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/30 "2019-12-28T06:26:43Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Logan is Bug (for forgotten reasons), unless he’s in trouble. Then it’s Logan T. Jackson - “T” standing for trouble. I will admit that my Fiona (aka “Fionabear,” mentioned above) does occasionally get a middle initial when she does something bad. Years ago, when I was still married, Fiona did something bad. “Fiona Q. Bear!” my wife exclaimed. Fiona was properly chagrined, and I asked my wife, “‘Fiona Q. Bear’? What does the Q stand for?” She calmly replied, “Qute.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/31 "2019-12-28T12:40:23Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Tabitha is Tabby or Tiny Tabs. I forgot Tabitha’s other nickname, which I called her not two seconds after posting this: Baby Lady. She’s a little cat so she gets extra nicknames for being cute. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/32 "2019-12-28T12:51:07Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I am given to understand that a cat has a name that the family use daily, but also a name that’s peculiar, and more dignified. How else can he keep up his tail perpendicular, or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Dignified name, Miss Lilly Bell Nickname. Miss Lilly. Dignified, Oscar the Grouch Nickname A\*\* Hole Dignified Mr Simpson Nickname O.J… Don’t ask. lol it involves a black glove. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/33 "2019-12-28T12:54:07Z")
O’ and Mr.T. short for TROUBLE He could whip any dog, anytime, anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/34 "2019-12-28T14:26:06Z")
- **The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot** The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey– All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter– But all of them sensible everyday names. But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum- Names that never belong to more than one cat. But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover– But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name. \* ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/35 "2019-12-28T16:58:48Z")
Terry Pratchett It’s an interesting fact that fewer than 17% of Real Cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start (“She looks like a Winnifred to _me_”), and as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/36 "2019-12-28T18:44:23Z")
I had an all black cat for many years. I named him Crow but often called him [Crowbar.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowbar_(tool)) It fit his personality, he was a one kitty wrecking crew. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427/37 "2019-12-28T18:54:04Z")
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