# I need Kitty Names (Pics Included)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237 "2006-05-10T16:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/1 "2006-05-10T16:33:54Z")
I went to the pound the other day to pick out a cat to replace my recently departed one and I saw this cute black kitty. Figuring that with the way my luck had been going of late, a black cat would be a good choice for me, I stared into her cage, then I noticed a little fuzzy bundle beside her. Thinking that it was probably kittens, and not really wanting kittens as well as a mama cat, I took a closer look at the other cats. Well, the little black one stuck her face into the wires of the cage and just screamed her fool head off, as if to say, “Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!” Knowing that it’s always a good thing for pets to pick their owners, (and she being the _only_ cat I looked at to be so adamant about my attention) I decided to get her. The fuzzy ball turned out to be 3 kittens, just about 2 weeks old. Right now, mama’s checking out her new digs, and the kittens are squealing away in the cat carrier. I plan on finding homes for the kittens once they’ve been weaned, but mama I’m keeping. Anybody got any suggestions for names? [Kitteny goodness!](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/babies.JPG) [Mama checks out the strange shiney thing in the monster’s hands.](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/mama.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/2 "2006-05-10T17:02:28Z")
She looks like a Maggie to me. Not sure why, but she does. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/3 "2006-05-10T17:23:14Z")
I’d go with Sea Grunion, if it were me. That or Borton Tazwell. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/4 "2006-05-10T17:29:25Z")
Bastet. Or Ishtar. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/5 "2006-05-10T17:36:37Z")
Pussy Galore? Your house overflowth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/6 "2006-05-10T17:39:22Z")
My black mama is Cassiopeia, mother to Andromeda. This, since she owns the sky (in her mind) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/7 "2006-05-10T17:45:26Z")
Dont rush to name animals.In time you will know who they are and what they are like. My beagle is named Nordberg after the oj character in Naked Gun. She was always getting in trouble but was well intentioned. If I had waited longer she would have been named Hypertension. That is because she jumped over a hill in the park and landed on a grpundhog which she fought without making noise. Then a loose poodle and she masde no noisel. So she could have been the silent killer. point is her name fits her. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/8 "2006-05-10T19:05:24Z")
She looks like our India, who is also a mama cat. Her name was Aretha when we adopted her. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/9 "2006-05-10T19:07:42Z")
Wait a few. She’ll let you know what her name is. You say you’ll adopt out the kittens. Anybody want to lay odds on this? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/10 "2006-05-10T19:12:34Z")
Aw too bad I don’t have enough room for more cats, or I’d gladly take them off your hands. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/11 "2006-05-10T20:31:38Z")
Congrats on the new gato. Hope everything else is going well also. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/12 "2006-05-10T21:57:57Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Mama checks out the strange shiney thing in the monster’s hands.](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/mama.JPG) _—touches forehead to screen—_ Her name is… Shiva. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/13 "2006-05-11T08:25:11Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Dont rush to name animals.In time you will know who they are and what they are like. My beagle is named Nordberg after the oj character in Naked Gun. She was always getting in trouble but was well intentioned. If I had waited longer she would have been named Hypertension. That is because she jumped over a hill in the park and landed on a grpundhog which she fought without making noise. Then a loose poodle and she masde no noisel. So she could have been the silent killer. point is her name fits her. I like to have a lot of names to throw out and see what “sticks.” My last cat was a talker, and while trying to figure out a name for her, I said, “You’re really a gabby kitty, aren’t you?” As soon as I said, “gabby” she perked up and jumped right on top of me, thus her name. This kitty doesn’t seem to be as bright as my last one. First thing she did was relocate her kittens from the cat carrier to the litter box. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/14 "2006-05-11T09:02:10Z")
I vote for Carrot. The Camberwell Carrot is the most famous spliff in movies, and your cat looks stoned. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/15 "2006-05-11T12:39:58Z")
Just don’t name her John Jacob Jinglehiemer Schmidt. That’s my name. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/16 "2006-05-11T13:24:36Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > This kitty doesn’t seem to be as bright as my last one. First thing she did was relocate her kittens from the cat carrier to the litter box. 😕 She’s trying to get them litter box trained ASAP. I’d call that pretty darned smart! After all, the first thing I do with a new cat in the house is to show her where the litter box is, don’t you? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/17 "2006-05-11T15:03:10Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Just don’t name her John Jacob Jinglehiemer Schmidt. > > That’s my name. Hey, that’s my name too! The first thing that came to mind for me, especially after seeing her eyes the second pic, was to name her Boo. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/18 "2006-05-11T15:05:29Z")
> [@BadBadger](#): > > I vote for Carrot. -Looks more like ‘Death of Rodents’. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/19 "2006-05-11T15:13:59Z")
Annabelle Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237/20 "2006-05-11T15:34:11Z")
You can’t have The Magnificent Fangmeyer, because that will be our next cat’s name. It’s going to be one heck of cat, let me assure you! I can’t think of any good ones now - I’ll have to get back to you. (How about looking up African fertility goddesses? 😃 ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-kitty-names-pics-included/356237.md?page=2)