# Help me name my new baby calico kitty (pix included) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094 "2006-05-17T12:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/21 "2006-05-17T18:17:43Z")
Yep, Girl and Cat is the painting. I don’t know about “Rennie” though. So two votes for Pixel (counting mine)–you know, now that I think of it, pixels are composed of _three_ colors :-o Mosey/Mosaic and Kali/Kalediscope are favorites of mine too. Maybe Jester/Jessie? ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/22 "2006-05-17T18:42:17Z")
Ooh - “Kali” for Kaleidoscope (isn’t that the correct spelling?) would be awfully cute for a calico cat. Though I was going to nominate “Trillian” (since you said a fictional character would be all right). ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/23 "2006-05-17T18:57:57Z")
We have a [Pixel](http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/0e12100c2e.jpg)–also known as Pixie, Pix, and Don’t Bite. Other artsy names, since your kitty’s markings are kind of abstract shapes: Paloma (Picasso’s [artist daughter](http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso152.html)), [Miro](http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Miro.html), or Henrietta (for [Henri Matisse](http://www.art4net.com/EXPOmat.html)). That’s a very cute kitten! I love the video of her. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/24 "2006-05-17T19:12:32Z")
You could name her Pied. Then call her Pi. 😛 We named our little torbico (tortoiseshell/tabby/with calico bib, tummy, and feet) Keroberos, a mild bastardisation of Cerberus that came from Card Captor Sakura. Though the character was a boy, it suited our girl so well. We shorten it to Kero all the time, and it’s a lot of fun to say. It usually makes people laugh that we named such a wee, delicate and overly affectionate kitten after a great, snarling, three-headed dog who guards the gates of Hades. She does growl at the neighbour’s dog sometimes, though. Practice makes perfect, little Kero. Just a suggestion. I think big, tough names given to gentle, small creatures is adorable, though. 😃 I’m thinking of perhaps a little Yoggy when we get a pup… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/25 "2006-05-17T19:25:33Z")
I usually go with a name tangentially related to my life experience and what was going on when I found/adopted the cat. I have four cats thus: 1. Aber - Got her at the time I met my wife, who had recently come back from studying in Aberystwyth, Wales. As a bonus, “aber” means “mouth” in Welsh, and she was a noisy kitten. 2. Porkchop - I got her from the pound, and was listening to The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on the way, in particular “Don’t You Feel My Leg,” which is a story about a woman resisting the advances of a suitor at an establishment called “Porkchop Willie’s.” I thought it was a great name, and decided on it on the spot. 3. Euronymous - Rescued kitty. I chronicled the story of her rescue [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266912&highlight=kitty). The short version: I rescued her from three Goth transvestites, so I named her after Euronymous, the infamous Black Metal guy who ws murdered by his friend, Varg Vikernes. 4. Clovis - Another rescue. I found her virtually on top of the spot where archaeologists unearthed a 10,000 year old [Clovis point](http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t304/T304735A.jpg) last year. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/26 "2006-05-17T19:35:46Z")
How about **Arr!geebee**? It’s got color, computer stuff, and pirates too. GB or Bee for short. You could give a full pedigree style name too. **Gaudere’s Arr!geebee of Trinatron** has a nice ring. (awwwww cute little kitty) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/27 "2006-05-18T00:03:55Z")
The first name that came to mind was Sealink, who is the calico cat in _The Wild Road_ and _The Golden Cat_ Other suggestions: Myriad - nickname Myri Motley Dapple Prismatic - nickname Priss ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/28 "2006-05-18T00:28:54Z")
You can name her after my beloved calico cat - she lived to be 19 years! Clementine Feline the Great! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/29 "2006-05-18T00:31:57Z")
A suggestion from my brother-in-law: Meow Tse Tung. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/30 "2006-05-18T00:36:14Z")
Technicolo(u)r or Chromatic. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/31 "2006-05-18T01:49:07Z")
Fink. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/32 "2006-05-18T02:14:28Z")
What a sweet, sweet baby! It’s not computer or colour related, but looking at her beautiful almond eyes, I would suggest Ava or ZsaZsa. Or maybe Sofia. I have two calico girls - Feather (peach and grey) and Max (black and orange). Here are my [sunbathing beauties.](http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sunbathingbeauties054bb.jpg) Calicos are demanding and a little nutty, but man, do they have personality! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/33 "2006-05-18T02:21:26Z")
**Spot** , of course. Using the same logic Data used. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/34 "2006-05-18T02:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Kitty, I dub thee: **Typo**. You can always call her “Ty” for short. [/QUOTE] Perfect!! Now I need a kitten so I can call it that!! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/35 "2006-05-18T03:06:53Z")
How about “Gertrude”? after Gertrude Stein? Could call her “Gertie” or even “Greta”. I feel the need to have a typo somewhere in here. Instead, I’ll just mash my hand on the keyboard and live with the consequences. dsz bz8 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/36 "2006-05-18T03:10:25Z")
Law, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/37 "2006-05-18T03:30:14Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] If she’s anything like my calico, Honey, “Bitchy” will be a good name in a few years. That cat grew quite the attitude. The vet said calicos are prone to that (Siamese, too). [/QUOTE] You ain’t just whistling Dixie there… We took in my cousin’s calico when it proved to be incapatible with their growing family. We’ve called her Satan pretty much from Day 1 since she had a habit of hissing at you just for looking in at her. She has since mellowed out to “Bitchy”, but the name has stuck. She’ll always be Satan, Her Unholy Highness of Terror to us. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/38 "2006-05-18T03:43:12Z")
Oh she’s so cuuuuuute! Now I want one! How about Cecilia in honor of the Master? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/39 "2006-05-18T04:11:38Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] If she’s anything like my calico, Honey, “Bitchy” will be a good name in a few years. That cat grew quite the attitude. The vet said calicos are prone to that (Siamese, too). [/QUOTE] You could be describing my calico, also called Honey. She’s been called “Bitch-cat” “Cat-Beast” “Horrible Fur Creature” and all other sorts of names… Bad tempered, standoffish, cruel to mices. But when she snuggles and purrs, you just melt. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094/40 "2006-05-18T04:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Law, of course. Ha! But the poor little thing, saddled with grammar errors all her life. 🙂 “Myriad”! Not only is it applicable to her coat but it is my favorite sanserif font (what, don’t _you_ have a favorite font?). Too many good names, I cannot choose! Fortunately right now she answers to “Baby kitty” or “hey you” or “Geez cat leggo my leg!” I tried taking more pix but it’s like trying to catch an arrow in flight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-baby-calico-kitty-pix-included/357094.md?page=3)