# Help me name my new kitten **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513 "2004-05-17T01:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MaggietheCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@MaggietheCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaggietheCat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/21 "2004-05-18T05:24:58Z")
That is one seriously cute little baby! I just adopted two kittens myself. I named mine Auron and Paine. Don’t know that that helps, but you can tell where my head was at at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/22 "2004-05-18T06:22:44Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I’d go with Clancy… but I think of Clancy Brown. He’s too little. > > I like Crash. He will, into lots of things. I like Clancy. I think of Clancy Wiggum. I like Crash a lot too. This is way too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/23 "2004-05-18T07:07:22Z")
I too vote for **Clancy**. Of course, I’m a big fan of real names for animals. Don’t know why. My 3 cats are named Arthur, Henry and Rimsky. Rimsky is named for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a composer. I must say, your kitten is absolutely adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/24 "2004-05-18T09:56:44Z")
With those ears, he looks like a bat. So call him Bruce Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/25 "2004-05-18T10:55:39Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > So call him Bruce Wayne. Hey that’s not a bad idea, I love Batman. Damn this, the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/26 "2004-05-18T15:06:43Z")
My next pet, male or female, dog or cat, will be named Rio. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/27 "2004-05-18T15:40:16Z")
You should call it **Stinky** - trust me on this. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/28 "2004-05-18T16:24:54Z")
“Stripe.” After all he is covered with big round stripes. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/29 "2004-05-18T17:47:08Z")
Count another vote for Bruce Wayne. I think that’s his name; he’s just bee waiting for you to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/30 "2004-05-18T18:33:28Z")
That is one **seriously** cute little kitten! 🙂 How about “Riff”? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/31 "2004-05-18T19:04:07Z")
Mr. Cutesy-tootsy-frootsy-kitty-witty-widdle-pants! That’s my vote. Any seconds? 😃 He’d go perfect with my kitty; [Princess-Pita-Puffy-Pants](http://www.suzi-quzi.com/Giapet.GIF). From the rear it looks like she’s wearing furry pantaloons. 😛 Maybe Benny the Bengal? ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/32 "2004-05-18T19:48:21Z")
According to an old _Discovery_ article, cats respond better to bright, kitteny vowel sounds. My feline overlord isn’t around to comment, but given his behavior towards certain words, might I suggest **Tuna**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/33 "2004-05-18T19:50:33Z")
Ebert. You’re Cisco, he’s…ah, never mind. It was a sucky idea. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/34 "2004-05-18T20:42:33Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I would be trying to play with him or cuddle him and all I would be able to think about was how he tasted like shit and left my hands all sticky and orange. It’s not every day that this board makes me laugh out loud, but that cracked me up. I like **Crash** , too. I feel like this little guy should have a onomatopoeic name. Maybe **Zip** or **Zippy**? p.s. When I was little we had a cat named **Cisco.** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/35 "2004-05-19T03:31:35Z")
Marmalade! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/36 "2004-05-19T03:36:53Z")
**Cisco** your kitten pic 6 is now my wallpaper. Brand name drugs make great kitty names if you don’t think about what they mean. Paxil xanax Prozac… ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/37 "2004-05-19T03:54:01Z")
Has anyone mentioned “Hobbes” of Calvin and Hobbes yet? Looks like a Hobbes to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/38 "2004-05-19T04:25:28Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > It’s not every day that this board makes me laugh out loud, but that cracked me up. Ahh, thanks. Glad I could help. > [@](#): > > Cisco your kitten pic 6 is now my wallpaper. 😃 That’s awesome. He is definitely one cute little cat. > [@](#): > > Has anyone mentioned “Hobbes” of Calvin and Hobbes yet? Looks like a Hobbes to me. We thought about that but I don’t want to make him too commercial or cliche. The breeder we got him from has about 8 or 9 of these as pets and they **all** have Lion King names. It just seemed kind of lame after awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/39 "2004-05-19T05:29:09Z")
Cute kitten! Unusual markings and coloring. Chicklets ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513/40 "2004-05-19T05:57:19Z")
What a cutie! I think he looks like a **Cosmo** , but **Chaos** would work as well. Remember, you want something that’ll fit when he’s old and lazy, too. This thread caught my eye, btw, because my own kitten, who was new last November, came prenamed… **Cisco**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitten/245513.md?page=3)