# I'm getting a cat! Wanna name him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702 "2007-04-26T06:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/21 "2007-04-26T16:52:21Z")
How about His Honourable Majesty, By the Grace of God, Sir Frederick Googol? Just something that popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/22 "2007-04-26T17:11:37Z")
Since he’s to be your feline overlord, how about naming him… ::drumroll:: Castrato Mezzosoprano? You can call him Caz. Gotta remind the fuzzbutt that he’s Cat but humans are not without power if he wants to, say, hork up a hairball in your shoes or gouge out one of your eyeballs in a fit of pique. It won’t work of course, because such is beneath the Cat’s notice, but you’d still get a giggle out of it. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/23 "2007-04-26T17:23:23Z")
A ginger male? I suggest Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries. ---
**Author:** ![WorkInProgress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/24 "2007-04-26T17:37:11Z")
I have two Stinky Pete - any Cuban Pete remixes can be applied Chewbaca (Chewy for short) ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/25 "2007-04-26T17:42:22Z")
bruiser. them orange boys get _huge_. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/26 "2007-04-26T17:45:25Z")
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/27 "2007-04-26T17:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger [/QUOTE] I also have a cat named Schrödinger. It’s a female but I wasn’t planning on having more cats and always wanted to use the name. Based on her personality her name morphed into Dinger. Schrödinger is also hard to yell in a fit of anger when you find a hairball in your shoe. It usually results in a lot of spitting. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/28 "2007-04-26T18:09:22Z")
_Zingiber officinale_, from the [scientific name of the ginger plant.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger) He could be “Zinger” for short. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/29 "2007-04-26T18:10:58Z")
I vote for seeing whether he answers to Tigger (and leaving it) and then letting him tell you his name if he is not fond of Tigger. Deb named our most recent acquisition Marie, for some reason, but she soon let us know that her actual name was Scuttlebug Fuzzbutt, (plump, furry Manx cats have an appearance like no other), with the Marie being shortened to Meems. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/30 "2007-04-26T19:05:25Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Mr. Barky von Schnauzer. [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t that be _Ms_. Barky von Schnauzer? How about Shere Khan? I also like **Sternvogel** ’s suggestion. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/31 "2007-04-26T20:33:04Z")
We once had a marmalade ex-tom named Pete (for Petronius The Arbiter, from a Heinlein novel). Many sickening nicknames ensued, including Petie-pie, Pete-nik, and Pete-loaf. I’ve always liked that name. I think his spirit would be honored to see the name recycled. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/32 "2007-04-26T20:35:14Z")
1. [Pyewacket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyewacket) 2. Rimshot 3. Trigger ---
**Author:** ![recessiveMeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@recessiveMeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recessiveMeme)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/33 "2007-04-26T21:00:36Z")
“Monsieur petite whisker-beefhead” (Add a “the third” for enhanced pretension if necessary) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/34 "2007-04-26T21:41:51Z")
Sorry, I’m not naming cats today. I’ve got the frogs to let out, and the shampoodle is due tomorrow morning, first thing. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/35 "2007-04-26T21:41:54Z")
I’ve always thought that if I ever got a large, male dog, I’d name him Anaxamander after Anaxamander of Miletus, just because it’s a good, big, solid name. Of course, I’ve never really thought of getting a large dog, so I’m not sure why I have a name picked out for one. Feel free to use it, if it suits you. He could be Axe for short. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/36 "2007-04-26T21:44:25Z")
Lord Kittenham von Fattenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/37 "2007-04-26T22:49:34Z")
Kitteh (with a long drawn out _eh_). An invention of [Cute Overload](http://cuteoverload.com). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/38 "2007-04-26T22:52:51Z")
I went to see the cat today and it’s not exactly how he was described in the classifieds. He’s not had his vaccinations and seems to be a bit unwell in various ways. Hard to describe but I can’t afford massive vet bills at the moment (can’t afford much really) but long story short, I couldn’t take him knowing that I wouldn’t be able to care for a sick cat. I directed the owner to a friend who loves cats and has the funds to take care of him and in apologies for not having ginger boy pictures, I give you pictures of my neighbours’ [Russian Blue](http://shipway.net/wild/photos/photo12.jpg) (or at least, his internet doppleganger). If the Internet demands I shall take pictures of my other neighbour’s cat; a long haired gingery thing. _cries for lack of cat_ ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/39 "2007-04-26T23:01:18Z")
You must name your new cat “Omegatron”. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702/40 "2007-04-26T23:11:58Z")
I think we need to circle our lawn chairs, here, and hoist a few to commisserate with Freudian Push Up Bra for her (his?) tragic loss of cat. There will be another cat for you some day, Fpub. In the meantime, we’re here for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-cat-wanna-name-him/401702.md?page=3)