# Kitten X needs a name!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 26, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708 "2007-02-26T11:12:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/1 "2007-02-26T11:12:47Z")
Today we officially became a 2.8 cat household. A few weeks ago, our 10 month old kitten Milo had a run in with a car, which has left him with only a 1 inch tail. Feeling very guilty, we now think that he’s going to become a ‘outdoors is a sometimes treat’ cat - but worried that he will get bored and destructive if left by himself all day. The other cat is female and quite a bit older - she finds him annoying, and we were hoping that by getting another young male, we would improve the dynamics, but hadn’t found one we thought would suit.
Saturday night I had a dream that Milo’s little brother was trying to get in through the back door, so the next morning we made plans to visit our local animal shelter. We looked around the kits on show, but didn’t find anyone that we were drawn to, and then heard that there were some more out the back (ooh, spooky!). The assistant told us she had a pair of fluffy white kittens, and went to get them. The boy immediately began purring, smooching and rolling on his back - he was pretty much perfect, and we were sold. Then the assistant told us that he was on death row - and would have been put down today if we hadn’t chosen him! :eek: Luckily for him, he’s now safe at home with us, in isolation for a few days before he meets the others.
And now, all he needs is a name, which is where you all come in. We’ve been toying with Odin, Isaac, Loki, Nanuq or Niko, but as he has an unexplained crop circle on his back, Roswell could be good too. We’re open to suggestions thought!
Oh yes, obligatory kitty photos [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/nisatkinson/). Just had to make sure you read to the very end!
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### Author:  [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/2 "2007-02-26T12:10:44Z")
Beautiful kitty! Or maybe that should be handsome, since he’s a boy? 😉
My daughter says Monaco, for some reason. Prince Monaco, she just added.
Good luck to you, and good on you for saving him!! He looks like a very good-natured kitty too. Hope the kitties will all get along and he’ll be a good companion for Milo. Poor thing, how will he be able to keep his balance now?! AWww!
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### Author:  [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/3 "2007-02-26T12:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=Girl From Mars]
Then the assistant told us that he was on death row - and would have been put down today if we hadn’t chosen him! :eek: Luckily for him, he’s now safe at home with us, in isolation for a few days before he meets the others.
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:eek: I can think of at least 10 people I’d rather see dead then that kitty. Good for you.
I rather like Niko. But the first thing I thought of was something icecream related. He looks like ice cream. With hot fudge.
Of course I have a cat named X (the unknown kitty, the cat who walks by herself) so I think Kitty X is a perfectly good name.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/4 "2007-02-26T13:39:24Z")
Marvin The Martian (Cat)
Or
Blofeld.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/5 "2007-02-26T15:16:04Z")
Tom
Nougat
Patches
Comet
Lazarus
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### Author:  [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/6 "2007-02-26T15:19:18Z")
He’s adorable. I think you should call him Sundae.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/7 "2007-02-26T15:29:51Z")
X is a perfectly-good name for a cat. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/8 "2007-02-26T15:33:15Z")
Mulder,like in X-files with all the spooky stuff going on there.
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### Author:  [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/9 "2007-02-26T16:11:39Z")
AWWWW!!! He is adorable!!! Good on you for rescuing him! Roswell or Loki is my vote. Give him skritches from me and “Snickers”. 😃
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### Author:  [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/10 "2007-02-26T16:43:53Z")
Spot. I mean, really. He has a big ol’ spot on his back!
(And he’s really cute!)
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/11 "2007-02-26T17:00:53Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
Mulder,like in X-files with all the spooky stuff going on there.
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Interesting. Before I got to this post, I was thinking the same thing.
I was also thinking “Ray,” as in Ray Milland, the Man with the X-Ray Eyes.
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### Author:  [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/12 "2007-02-26T17:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie]
He’s adorable. I think you should call him Sundae.
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See, this is where I was going. Although I obviously agree with Sunspace as well.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/13 "2007-02-26T17:03:47Z")
Those two spots are so wierd. It looks like he has four eye’s. Alas I can not recomend four eyes as a name.
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/14 "2007-02-26T17:10:26Z")
Eccles
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/15 "2007-02-26T17:18:54Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
I can not recomend four eyes as a name.
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On the other hand, as a historical reference to the guy who came up with the idea of bifocals, it occurs to me that “Benjamin” is an extremely fun name for a kitty.
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/16 "2007-02-26T17:46:14Z")
**Machine Gun Monkey**!
Otherwise I think **Kitten/Cat X** has an appropriately mysterious air.
- Tamerlane
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/17 "2007-02-26T18:01:32Z")
He is beautiful - and you get extra karma points for saving a condemned kitty!
I do like Roswell, and Sundae is cute.
Hang around him for a few days and he may tell you his name.
What?
Cricket told me her name when I went to heat up her bottle one night. I told my husband “I’m going to get Cricket’s bottle…Cricket? Cricket? Where did that come from?”
Cricket sends purrs to Milo - she has less of a tail than he does due to a run-in with a lawn mower as a 2-week-old feral kitten. She doesn’t seem to miss it, although she does think the tails of all the others make great toys.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/18 "2007-02-26T18:47:36Z")
I think ‘‘Kitten X’’ is a perfect name. It has a mysterious and powerful air.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/19 "2007-02-26T22:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
Those two spots are so wierd. It looks like he has four eye’s. Alas I can not recomend four eyes as a name.
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Then name him Trigon. _Teen Titans! GO!_ 😃
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### Author:  [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-x-needs-a-name/393708/20 "2007-02-26T22:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th]
I think ‘‘Kitten X’’ is a perfect name. It has a mysterious and powerful air.
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Beat me to the punch. Emphatic **“Ditto.”**
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