# Help us name our cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461 "2013-11-21T18:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/21 "2013-11-21T21:51:34Z")
His name is clearly Grover. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/22 "2013-11-21T22:07:57Z")
Punisher ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/23 "2013-11-21T22:14:57Z")
Illusion? Sleight? Tails? Maitre d’? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/24 "2013-11-21T22:57:21Z")
Kevin (feline member of the Portlandia band _Catnapped_, not famous for their single, “Whisker Patrol”) ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/25 "2013-11-21T23:23:23Z")
Bond. James Bond. DoubleOSeven ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/26 "2013-11-21T23:35:37Z")
Bibs. Looks like a bib on his chin. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/27 "2013-11-22T00:34:01Z")
From the list of butlers, I vote for: Jeepers Cato (“Not nooooow, CatooooooooO!!!”) Godfrey Beeker ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/28 "2013-11-22T00:34:43Z")
Guadelupe Seymour Juan Valdez Blanco y Negro ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/29 "2013-11-22T00:45:44Z")
My friend always said his surname, Jenkins, was the perfect name for a butler. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/30 "2013-11-22T00:53:06Z")
Penguin. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/31 "2013-11-22T00:56:09Z")
Sorry. I missed the butler theme. The only proper name for a butler is from the [Black Butler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butler) anime - [Sebastian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Butler_characters#Sebastian_Michaelis). ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/32 "2013-11-22T00:58:47Z")
Our black and white is named Penguin. We call her Penny, Piano was another choice. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/33 "2013-11-22T01:13:42Z")
Call him **Stevens** , after the butler from “Remains of the Day”. Sounds good out loud, too. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/34 "2013-11-22T01:17:17Z")
Wow! You guys are great! Lots of great choices. Thanks so much. We will get him Saturday and throw some names at him and see what he decides he wants to be called. Depending on how he gets along with Magic, I’ll try to post a couple pics of them together. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/35 "2013-11-22T04:18:20Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Jeeves. Jeeves wasn’t a butler, he was a valet. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/36 "2013-11-22T05:57:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Jeeves wasn’t a butler, he was a valet. but surely he was a gentleman’s gentleman? ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/37 "2013-11-22T07:27:25Z")
Gotta post. Because kitteh! Not feeling the whole tux thing. First thing I noticed was the orange of his ears (though that’s almost certainly the light). Then I noticed his intense (even for a kitteh) eyes. I name pets viscerally. Something strikes me, and it’s done. I look at your cat, and his name is ‘Pumpkin’. The orange flash and eye-burning intensity is a Jack-o-Lantern. I’d never call him anything but ‘Punk’. And then I’d have to explain why I named a black cat ‘Pumpkin’. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/38 "2013-11-22T08:48:33Z")
His name is Leroy. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/39 "2013-11-22T08:57:43Z")
Your cat will tell you his name. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461/40 "2013-11-22T10:05:37Z")
Schrödinger. However, probably just a few people would understand the name comes from the [Schrödinger’s cat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat) thought experiment. Kraken. Whenever you let the cat outside you can yell: [RELEASE THE KRAKEN!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2zIR2rvRQ) (If you don’t mind your neighbors thinking you’re a bit crazy.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461.md?page=3)