# I have a new kitten-Help me name it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622 "2005-04-04T05:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/41 "2005-04-04T19:48:22Z")
[This seems apropo.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/050327/cx_getfuzzy_umedia/20052703&e=2) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/42 "2005-04-04T19:49:23Z")
I really do know how to spell that word. Really. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/43 "2005-04-04T19:49:36Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > This one looks like \*\*Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess Anastasia \*\* for some reason. I like the name, but that’s far too much of a mouthful, and “Annie” doesn’t feel right. ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/44 "2005-04-04T19:51:23Z")
“Princess Fluffy Mittens” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/45 "2005-04-04T20:33:53Z")
> [@gum](#): > > What a sweetie. > > Cleopatra? Cleo, for short? > Zwartje? = blackie in Dutch. > > I like Ed, too. Cleo sounds nice at first, but then you might get “Ms. Cleo”. And there’s the annoying little thing that Cleopatra wasn’t Black, but rather greek(maybe partially semetic). ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/46 "2005-04-04T20:41:59Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Cleo sounds nice at first, but then you might get “Ms. Cleo”. > > And there’s the annoying little thing that Cleopatra wasn’t Black, but rather greek(maybe partially semetic). That’s true. But, according to history, she had beautiful eyes. Just like your kitten. 🙂 How about ‘Mies[je]’? ‘Loes[je]’? ‘Lotje’? ‘Moortje’? ‘Juffrouw Jansen’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Catsmeow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Catsmeow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsmeow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/47 "2005-04-04T21:13:53Z")
She looks VERY like my Emmy 'cept that Emmy’s “dollop” is actually an exclamation point on her nose. Em is also a tuxedo cat and has a ‘racing stripe’ across her buns just under her tail. My kitties are all named for awards: Oscar (born the night of the Oscars '95 just as they were naming Best Actress.) Emmy Clio (commercial awards) Agatha (mystery awards) I’ve had a Newbery (Berry) and an Edgar (Eddiebutt) and my next kitty will most likely be Nebula (nebbie) or Caldecott (Callie) for girl kitties or Locus or Booker for boy kitties. And if you like the name **Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess Anastasia** to be a good name but feel “annie” isn’t right…perhaps Stacie or Stasia or even Chess would work as a shortened version. She is adorable though…more kitty pix please! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/48 "2005-04-04T21:15:53Z")
She’s adorable! What about **Whimsy**? I doubt she’ll outgrow that part of her personality, though it will be expressed differently as an adult. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/49 "2005-04-04T22:47:37Z")
Agh! Cute kitten alert! Must avoid clicking on links… Well I did anyway, so I’m doomed for sure, and that is one seriously cute kitten. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/50 "2005-04-04T22:59:08Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > All Cats should be named “Clyde” (when I run the Universe it will be law!). > > Unclviny I’m of the opinion that cats should be called Bob regardless of gender. I helped name my best friend’s Manx cat this - and her Bob is a girl. But I recently read a paper in which the student used odd punctuation so the character’s husband was named “Bob?”. Bob? is even better than Bob for a girl. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/51 "2005-04-04T23:07:03Z")
Well, sox is a sissy, but BOOTSIE, there’s a name to live with. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/52 "2005-04-04T23:56:49Z")
> [@Catsmeow](#): > > She is adorable though…more kitty pix please! 😃 I have some other pictures, but they’re not nearly as good. I can see if I can take some more and post them if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/53 "2005-04-05T00:52:24Z")
If you like Lovecraft, how about **Ulthar**? ---
**Author:** ![Catsmeow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Catsmeow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsmeow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/54 "2005-04-05T00:58:16Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I can see if I can take some more and post them if you like. Well…I wouldn’t want anyone to overdose on cute kitty pictures…but…_I_ am game! _G_ ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/55 "2005-04-05T01:18:44Z")
She’s such a cute kitten! She reminds me of my Sophie. She’s gone now but we still have her sisters Chester and Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/56 "2005-04-05T01:36:52Z")
Kit-Kat? Mittens? Queenie? (If anyone can get the obscure children’s musical reference, brownie points!) Lana? Lissa? Helena? Persephone? Ariadne? Trouble? Precious? (Just so you could do the LOTR impression every time someone new comes to the house. Great way to scare off door-to-door salespeople, and you were just introducing the cat! _insert halo here_) ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/57 "2005-04-05T05:03:17Z")
How about **lunch** or **snack**? One of those goes to my next hairy being that gets free food and cleaning service, and showers me with disdain and contempt in return. Or you could go with **stupid** or **useless**. BTW, very cute kitten, whatever you name her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/58 "2005-04-05T05:07:28Z")
> [@monica](#): > > Queenie? (If anyone can get the obscure children’s musical reference, brownie points!) > > Helena? Actually, I did come up with Queenie before, but because I was qouting “Blackadder” to someone. “Who’s Queen?” Helena as well, because for some reason “St. Helena”(and Helen of Troy) came to mind for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/59 "2005-04-05T05:20:28Z")
For those that wanted to see more cute kitty pictures… [Kitten near the couch](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/9333/kittencouch2gf.jpg) [Kitten w/ prey](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/6262/kittenband5ia.jpg) [I keep worrying that she’s going to fall in.](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/804/kittenloo0cn.jpg) [Kitty with shoes](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/6168/kittneshoes4jn.jpg) [Gratutious kitty](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/9036/kittnenshoes27er.jpg) [See above](http://img114.exs.cx/img114/1268/kittenshoes34jk.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622/60 "2005-04-05T05:36:02Z")
**Niblet**? That’s _my_ cat whose name you purrrloined. Her sister is **Winkler** , and I also suggest **Zipcode** and **Mouseproof.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-kitten-help-me-name-it/297622.md?page=4)