# Help Us Name Our New Cat
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 2, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435 "2010-01-02T21:31:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/1 "2010-01-02T21:31:22Z")
Here is a pic of a similar cat. (the shelter had no online pic of Nina). We don’t care for the name Nina (for a cat). Any ideas? Right now she is perky, friendly and curious, but shy. She is 4 years old. If I had an iPhone or similar, I’d post a pic of her. [cat](http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/edit/?ids=4237779459)
We have rejected: Sarah, Kobeyashi Maru, Cougar, Leopard, Tiger, Kitty, Cat.
HELP! Thank you…
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/2 "2010-01-02T21:34:27Z")
Skeelers. I always thought that would be a cool name for a cat. It’s a Dutch word for inline skates, but it sounds like a cat. Quick, silent, and sneaking up on you
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### Author:  [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/3 "2010-01-02T22:11:07Z")
Marcia, Daisy, Esther, Marjorie, Petunia, Mouse, Claire, Letitia, Buttercup, Cranberry, Pet, Tawanda, Lucy, Esme, Lorraine.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/4 "2010-01-02T22:16:07Z")
General Sterling Price
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/5 "2010-01-02T23:22:10Z")
Well, thank you all, but the search continues…
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/6 "2010-01-02T23:29:11Z")
‘Hey you!’ ‘Fuzzy lumpkins’
actually, I like ‘Kobeyashi Maru’ - “Kobie” for short
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/7 "2010-01-03T00:09:39Z")
Pictures are needed to gain a better phsychic vibe from your kitty!
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/8 "2010-01-03T00:26:27Z")
[Paimon, the Roarer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paimon)
[Andras, Sower of Discord](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andras)
[Barbatos, Finder of Treasures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbatos)
[Morax, the Astronomer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morax_(demon))
[Belial, the Tempter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lial)
[Forneus, the Rhetortician](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forneus)
or heck, plain old
[Amy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_(demon))
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### Author:  [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/9 "2010-01-03T00:39:11Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#):
>
> Well, thank you all, but the search continues…
I am offended you did not choose “Mouse.” 😉
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/10 "2010-01-03T00:42:01Z")
Sadie.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/11 "2010-01-03T01:14:31Z")
Well, if Nina doesn’t fit how about Neener? Neener! Neener! Neener! It just rolls off the tongue.
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### Author:  [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/12 "2010-01-03T01:21:41Z")
Pixel
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/13 "2010-01-03T01:37:41Z")
Winter.
Let me explain.
I named my first cat Hobbs because I found her as a wee kitten on the railroad tracks. Hobbs is short for Hobo. Naturally, the second cat was then named Calvin.
So why Winter? You’re getting her during the winter from a shelter (Shelly Winters).
But given your name you could wait to see if she tears your house apart and then name her Yoko.
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/14 "2010-01-03T01:39:43Z")
Standard response:
Don’t bother naming it. They never come when you call them.
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/15 "2010-01-03T02:05:17Z")
> [@Magiver](#):
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> Winter.
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> Let me explain.
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> I named my first cat Hobbs because I found her as a wee kitten on the railroad tracks. Hobbs is short for Hobo. Naturally, the second cat was then named Calvin.
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> So why Winter? You’re getting her during the winter from a shelter (Shelly Winters).
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> But given your name you could wait to see if she tears your house apart and then name her Yoko.
LOL. I like Yoko… And my best friend as a child had the last name of Winter and they were the ones who taught me to love cats. My mother would never let me have a cat, since she can’t stand them. The Shelly Winters image is just … wrong.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/16 "2010-01-03T02:05:38Z")
> [@Rico](#):
>
> Standard response:
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> Don’t bother naming it. They never come when you call them.
Mine did. One of them even recognized her name if I whispered it. She would also make a very distinct meow if she was laying down and didn’t want to be disturbed when called. It was something of a soulful “mayar”.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/17 "2010-01-03T02:12:30Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#):
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> The Shelly Winters image is just … wrong.
[She had her day in the sun](http://www.bwcitypaper.com/editorial/2007-01-25/1_Shelley_Winters_CTR.jpg).
Gives us something to work with.
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### Author:  [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/18 "2010-01-03T02:16:17Z")
Madeline.
But only if she is very french and quite, quite mad.
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### Author:  [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/19 "2010-01-03T02:39:07Z")
How about a pun name?
Mrs. Whiskers
Barthlowmeow
Purrrrcy
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### Author:  [@Commander\_McBragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_McBragg)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-new-cat/523435/20 "2010-01-03T02:55:38Z")
Well ,well,well Elinorigby your search has come to an end. I know of no feline named “Douche Bag”. From the little bit of info I could gleen,…this cat is clearly a douch bag. Glad I could be of assistance.
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