# Help me name my kitten

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449 "2012-04-11T08:54:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449/81 "2012-04-14T14:19:59Z")

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Good pick. 🙂

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449/82 "2012-04-15T15:17:36Z")

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Waaah! So fuzzy!

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449/83 "2012-04-16T09:07:51Z")

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She purrs - when I open the door to her room, when I look at her, while she plays, while she sleeps, eats, poops and good lord only knows what else. She is one purry kitty

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-kitten/618449/84 "2012-04-16T18:57:59Z")

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> [@california\_jobcase](#):
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> Fido or Rover.
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> There should be a cat somewhere named Fido or Rover. Or Spot.

I had a spot. He eventually became _Downtown Spot Brown_, Brown being my last name at the time. It’s what the neighbors called him.

As far as the kitten in question, I like classical names, so [Minerva](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva)

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