# In possession of three nameless kittens.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137 "2001-06-17T18:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137/21 "2001-06-21T22:57:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by casdave \*  
> \*\* …when not sleeping do passable impressions or WWF and Exocet missiles…  
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_Choke_ LOL!

I can just picture it… However, they are NOT nameless. All cats have three names; what you name them, what they call each other, and a secret one known only to themselves.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137/22 "2001-06-22T05:38:27Z")

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Aaaaargh, I can’t use Loki it’s too similar to Lucy and that last really fits her well.

Watson is a good one though.

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137/23 "2001-06-22T12:46:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Vestal Blue \*  
> \*\*All cats have three names; what you name them, what they call each other, and a secret one known only to themselves. \*\*

Of course - the last of these three is the only one that they will respond to!! 🙂

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-possession-of-three-nameless-kittens/69137/24 "2001-06-22T15:04:11Z")

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I have three temporary kittens right now and have only just decided on their names after 3 weeks - I believe that the names have to “speak to me” from within the kitty, and that sometimes takes a while. The first one I named several days ago - “SueBee Honey,” because she is striped and is always purring and buzzing around like a sweet little honey bee. The boy is “Julio Van Winkle” and the other girl is “Clothilde” (with another word still trying to make itself known). I can’t explain it; the names just are inside them and waiting to make their way out. I tried out lots of other possibilities but they just weren’t right.

Eventually your kittens will reveal their true names too.

P.S. I am SO pleased to read that you have been able to neuter these ferals. I run a TNVR program and it is so worth the money to know that no more new kittens will be born.

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