# Help me name my new kitty (damn right there are pics!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262 "2006-01-16T20:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/41 "2006-01-17T07:54:11Z")
He’s adorable. He reminds me of a cat we lost to old age a few years ago. The cat’s name was Theodore Bear. My neices called him Teddy Bear. We called him Theo. He also kinda reminds me of the orange cat in the Harry Potter movies. How about Ron or George or Fred or Charles or Bill after the red haired Weasley brothers? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/42 "2006-01-17T10:22:19Z")
awwwwwww what a cool lookin little dude you got there! I think **Cheeto** would be a great name, too. He’s so cute! It makes me just want to scoop him up and [huff](http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kitten_huffing) him! I mean, as Oscar Wilde said, “I love those orange ones - they let me see through my hand.” (But I don’t do that anymore. Honest. I really don’t. As far as you know.) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/43 "2006-01-17T17:20:31Z")
Thanks for the responses, all. I know he looks orange in those pictures, but he is in fact kind of beige, almost yellow. The girlfriend wants to call him Tigger, but I’m still leaning towards Atreyu or Orion. Anyway, here are a few more pics of [the](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1359_1_1.jpg) [new](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1364_4_1.jpg) [guy](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1363_3_1.jpg) (that’s me holding him in the last one) and, because I know what fans you all are of kitty pics, here’s a few of his [big](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1328_1_1.jpg) [brother](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1329_2_1.jpg) [Loki](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1342_9_1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/44 "2006-01-17T17:25:44Z")
That’s a great picture of you, **Lord Ashtar**. You look very eviiiiiiiiil. And the kitty is so cute! Call him Chester, but Atryeu is nice, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/45 "2006-01-17T17:28:31Z")
I’d call him Chester, but my mom’s already got a year old white Himalayan with that name. I was also thinking of calling him Leo, since we had an orange kitty with that name when I was a kid who died about a year ago. Maybe his official name could be Leo II, like Snowball II from _The Simpsons_. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/46 "2006-01-17T17:36:25Z")
It’s a little outside the box, but I suggest **Sunset** , because he has that round face (especially in that first pic) and his coloring immediately made me think of a sunset. Barring that, I think you couldn’t go wrong with either of the above suggested, Bartleby or Cheeto. A very cute kitty, by any name. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/47 "2006-01-17T17:46:10Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Thanks for the responses, all. I know he looks orange in those pictures, but he is in fact kind of beige, almost yellow. The girlfriend wants to call him Tigger, but I’m still leaning towards Atreyu or Orion. > > Anyway, here are a few more pics of [the](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1359_1_1.jpg) [new](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1364_4_1.jpg) [guy](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1363_3_1.jpg) (that’s me holding him in the last one) and, because I know what fans you all are of kitty pics, here’s a few of his [big](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1328_1_1.jpg) [brother](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1329_2_1.jpg) [Loki](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/LordAshtar/IMG_1342_9_1.jpg). Beige, almost yellow…hmm I then suggest **Honey** ;),\*\* Biscuit\*\*, or **Cider**. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/48 "2006-01-17T17:59:43Z")
He’s adorable. I suggest **Peaches**. My dearly departed Peaches (who looked very much like your little guy, and who also managed to break his leg when he was a kitten, probably during his favorite trick of walking along the tops of the hangers in my closet) was also a boy, and he did not seem to have any qualms having an arguably feminine name. For years prior to getting him, I had advanced the self-fulfilling prophecy that I would someday have an orange tiger-striped cat, and that cat would be called Peaches. He was a great cat, and I miss him so. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 17, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/49 "2006-01-17T17:59:55Z")
Oh cool, we have a cream tabby, too. He grew up MASSIVE, just to warn you. I have no suggestions-but I’m with you on the yellow. I named him “Limbu” which means “lemon” in my Indian language. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/50 "2006-01-17T18:10:06Z")
Another name suggestion that **Lady Ashtar** liked was Simba, especially since he was introduced to us held out in front facing us like in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/51 "2006-01-17T18:13:34Z")
Call him Borgia. Everyone needs a cat named Borgia. Or maybe Azazel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/52 "2006-01-17T18:17:37Z")
You’ve got to be kidding me. That kitten is impossibly cute. I can’t stand it. My cute-ometer just exploded! How about Hank, Clarence, George, or Stanley? I have a kitty named Geoff which is also a good name, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/53 "2006-01-17T18:51:07Z")
Lock your doors, or I’m coming by to sneak in at night and play with the kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/54 "2006-01-17T19:05:24Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Lock your doors, or I’m coming by to sneak in at night and play with the kitty. This sounds dirty. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/55 "2006-01-17T19:24:52Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > (that’s me holding him in the last one). Holy crap, Lord Ashtar; we look eerily similar. I actually found a stray kitten today, he came into the shop and was walking up and down the counter all day. So, I didnt actually find him, but I did find a home for him, with the tenants of a house I own. They love him! Not sure what they’ll call him…As long as they dont call him lunch… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/56 "2006-01-17T20:37:44Z")
You really need to send that first pic to [cuteoverload.com](http://cuteoverload.com) . I love the way his right ear is half twisted back. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/57 "2006-01-17T21:07:26Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That’s a great picture of you, **Lord Ashtar**. You look very eviiiiiiiiil. So I should name him Mr. Bigglesworth? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/58 "2006-01-17T21:13:53Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > So I should name him Mr. Bigglesworth? 😃 Excellent! “It’s frickin’ cold in here, Mr. Bigglesworth.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262/59 "2006-01-17T23:58:22Z")
He looks a lot like a younger version of my buddy, [Max](http://boxie.home.mchsi.com/max_nap.jpg). Therefore, that should be his name. Or Hank. Hank is good too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-kitty-damn-right-there-are-pics/340262.md?page=2)