# Help me name my new cat. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230 "2005-09-12T12:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/1 "2005-09-12T12:34:33Z")
Because I’m not having much luck. Since Mrs. Polley & I adopted an andult cat, we’re kind of getting to know him & his personality with the hopes that he’ll ‘tell’ us his name. It hasn’t happened yet, so I turn to the smartest, hippest folks I have access to, the denizens of the SDMB, for some help. He’s an adult, about 4 years old or so. He’s got longish grey hair. He’s quite mellow & friendly. My last 2 cats were named Tarkin & Teekay (or TK421). I’m considering a third Star Wars themed name, but nothing seems to fit yet & I’m certainly not making that a condition of the name. So…Dopers, got any ideas? I thank you. My cat (who I’ve benn calling You-know-who) also thanks you. ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/2 "2005-09-12T12:47:33Z")
All cat posts require cat pictures!! How’re we supposed to name a kitty without a picture and a description!!! Jeesh! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/3 "2005-09-12T12:49:52Z")
If you keep calling him You-know-who, everyone will think his name is Lord Voldemort. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/4 "2005-09-12T12:53:09Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > If you keep calling him You-know-who, everyone will think his name is Lord Voldemort. 😃 For some cats, that might be entirely appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/5 "2005-09-12T13:15:11Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > If you keep calling him You-know-who, everyone will think his name is Lord Voldemort. 😃 HAH! I \*like \* this! A JK Rowling themed menagerie of animals. Beats the snot out of having pikachu names. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/6 "2005-09-12T13:22:25Z")
We’ve tried Lord Voldormort, but it seems a little too regal for him. We’ve also tried Severus, Crookshanks and even Harry…but none of those seem to fit. As for pictures, I’m at work right now with plans on going home (where my camera is) for lunch…I’ll dutifuly post pics then. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/7 "2005-09-12T13:27:57Z")
Zebulon. A biblical name, and also the first name of the explorer for whom Pikes Peak is named. (30 years ago I had a coworker who named her son Zebulon, and I’ve been waiting to use it for a cat ever since.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/8 "2005-09-12T14:20:36Z")
Pywacket from “Bell, Book and Candle” is always a good cat name. It sounds food~y and, hm … wacky all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/9 "2005-09-12T14:39:57Z")
If you’re using the names of Star Wars Imperial baddies, how 'bout “Ozzel” (as in Admiral Ozzel)? Bonus: it sounds kinda onomatopoetic re. purring sounds… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/10 "2005-09-12T16:01:38Z")
THX1138. Graymalkin. Fuzzbucket. Cato. I agree with the others: we need pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/11 "2005-09-12T16:05:09Z")
Your cat’s new name shall be: LOOTHER ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/12 "2005-09-12T16:59:46Z")
Okay folks…here’s [You](http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/Goliard/You%20Know%20Who/?action=view¤t=DSCF0338.jpg) [Know](http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/Goliard/You%20Know%20Who/?action=view¤t=DSCF0343.jpg) [Who.](http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/Goliard/You%20Know%20Who/?action=view¤t=DSCF0332.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/13 "2005-09-12T17:05:01Z")
Name him Pay Day. After his poo. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/14 "2005-09-12T17:22:32Z")
Why, his name is Animagus. Didn’t you hear him? He’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/15 "2005-09-12T17:24:18Z")
Call him “Get Out” if you want to mess with his head 🙂 I’m of the school that names cats after historical figures; it feeds their egos which seems to be a perpetual task… Good for you for adopting. He looks right at home. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/16 "2005-09-12T17:40:40Z")
Aww, so cute! Tarkin, btw, is a great name for a cat. On the Star Wars theme: Echo Rogue Antilles ---
**Author:** ![Tech\_Sass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Tech\_Sass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tech_Sass)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/17 "2005-09-12T17:41:33Z")
I thought of “Gandalf the Grey” when I saw his picture. Very pretty! (not that Gandalf was pretty, but…) Probably not looking for a Tolkien name though. There are a bazillion of those. The only SW name that come to mind right away is “Wedge”. I don’t know why, but think it’s kind of cute. For Harry Potter names, how about Tom Riddle? Not as Lordly as he-who-must-not-be-named. Or Norbert after the dragon? If you’re into historical, here’s a helpful site, maybe: [magical mystical names for cats](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6913/magicat.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/18 "2005-09-12T17:59:41Z")
His name is **Julius** …I heard his voice…didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/19 "2005-09-12T18:35:58Z")
I am hearing him say that his name is Father Joseph, the Gray Eminence. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230/20 "2005-09-12T19:14:20Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > Why, his name is Animagus. Didn’t you hear him? He’s beautiful. I agree with this suggestion. Something about the soft gray seems very mystical. Susan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/321230.md?page=2)