# It's kitten season and we need names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475 "2019-04-13T01:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/41 "2019-04-14T20:32:11Z")
If you’re a scifi or fantasy fan, you’ve got entire universes of names to use. My Maggie’s full name is Magrathea Ananke. Magrathea being the legendary lost world of planet builders from _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ and Ananke being the Greek goddess of Fate and Destiny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/42 "2019-04-14T20:50:04Z")
When I was a child, my older sisters had a mother cat they named Nemo, short for Mnemosyne, and named her kittens (two short litters) after the nine Muses: Clio, Callie, Poly, Terp, etc. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/43 "2019-04-14T21:22:45Z")
How about Asteroids? > **[List of exceptional asteroids](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exceptional_asteroids)** > > The following is a collection of lists of asteroids of the Solar System that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit. For the purposes of this article, "asteroid" refers to minor planets out to the orbit of Neptune, and includes the dwarf planet 1 Ceres, the Jupiter trojans and the centaurs, but not trans-Neptunian objects (objects in the Kuiper belt, scattered disc or inner Oort cloud). For a complete list of minor planets in numerical order, see List of minor planets. > Astero... > **[List of minor planets: 1–1000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_1%E2%80%931000)** > > The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 1 through 1000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" and "Data Available from the Minor Planet Center". A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page including a complete list of every page in this series, and a statistical break-up on the dynamical classification of minor planets. > Also see the... Brian ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/44 "2019-04-15T17:00:35Z")
ALPHABETIC RHYMERS: Mom is Alpha. Kittens are Bebe, Cici, Deedee, Fifi, Gigi, Kiki, Mimi. PHONETIC ALPHABET: Mama is Betsy. Kittens are Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. KATZ: Mama is ZsaZsa. Kittens are Azul, Buzzy, Cozmo, Dizzy, EZ, Fez, Gizmo, Hezekiah, Izrael, Jazz, Lazlo, Mazey, Nozey, Ozzy, Pizzle, Quazar, RazzleDazzle, Suzi, Towzer, Weezer, Zazzle. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/45 "2019-04-15T17:38:49Z")
I really wanted to name my dogs Gomez and Fester, but got voted down. So I say go Addams Family: Gomez Fester Morticia Thing Lurch Cousin Itt Wednesday Pugsley Grandmamma? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/46 "2019-04-15T20:42:29Z")
Old school Doctor Who companions: Tegan, Sarah, Turlough, Nyssa, Jo, Peri, Liz, Harry, Romana, Adric, Leela. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/47 "2019-04-15T21:05:02Z")
Spices. Mom = Raquel (Rack) Babies: Anise, Basil, Cinnamon, Dill, Fennel, Ginger,… ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/48 "2019-04-15T21:36:22Z")
Or Allspice, if anice brings out too much snickering. Then Honey, and Jerk\* and MSG\*\* to go on if needed. How many kittens in this litter anyway? - you already know which kitten gets that name \*\* shush, you can use Accent, but only as a nickname ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/49 "2019-04-16T01:15:03Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Well, why not Buffy the Slayer- Buffy, Willow, Xander, Angel, Spike… Miss Kitty Fantastico ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/50 "2019-04-16T02:49:37Z")
Beatrix Potter: Flopsy, Mopsy … Beverly Cleary: Ramona, Beezus, Ribsy … ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/51 "2019-04-16T02:53:14Z")
Hey, O.P. has the hugely pregnant tabby had her 48 kittens yet? Pictures would help inspire us. Also: mining The Simpsons should hold you through several kitten seasons. Please name the dumbest one Ralph. Mom can be Mrs. Krabapple. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/52 "2019-04-16T14:23:16Z")
Umm, [Kitten season?!?](http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/baby-oil-is-made-of-what.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475/53 "2019-04-16T14:57:38Z")
I’d use the 1992 US Olympic “Dream Team.” Magic Johnson Charles Barkley Chris Mullin John Stockton Karl Malone Clyde Drexler Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen Larry Bird Patrick Ewing David Robinson That other guy who clearly did not belong with these others but the rules required they have one “amateur” player and they picked him over Shaq, because Coach K. Probably don’t want to use that last one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season-and-we-need-names/832475.md?page=2)