# Name my baby kitty, win a prize... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715 "2004-05-05T21:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/21 "2004-05-05T23:03:17Z")
**CrazyCatLady** , I see babykitty almost everyday, as she is at my SIL house which is 6 doors down from me (Which is cool). > [@Jenaroph](#): > > Heh…don’t take this the wrong way, but in that picture, she looks like a Gollum! Creeping up, peering over the cliff at Frodo, “Preciouss, yesss, we shall have it!” hahahahahahaha- that is funny. Yep, she sure does have that look to her 😃 **BurnMeUp** : Stinky Cowpoke sounds like the name of some guy on a dude ranch. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/22 "2004-05-05T23:22:01Z")
Now that I can see her picture, she’s a Tabitha. Yes, definitely a Tabitha. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/23 "2004-05-05T23:34:50Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Now that I can see her picture, she’s a Tabitha. Yes, definitely a Tabitha. Oh man… I do love that. Ok, if its not Turtle then it has to be Tabitha. Not Tabby for short or anything- but Tabitha. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/24 "2004-05-05T23:59:59Z")
Leeluminaiecketaribaiekbatesibat. Leelu for short. (I know the spelling isn’t correct, but you get the gist). Towanda. Amy. Zoidberg. 🙂 Monkey. Gollum. Serkis. We named our runt torti “tanker”. She’s lived up to her name in more ways than one. Though, she’s not crazy. She’s a torti, I guess… but she looks like someone drew tortishell on an etch-a-sketch and then shook it up really hard. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/25 "2004-05-06T00:12:25Z")
From the photo - the first thing that came into my mind was **“Preciousss”** as well maybe **Mook** , or **Piffle** ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/26 "2004-05-06T00:25:37Z")
**Puzz** short for Puzzle, sounds like Puss, reflects the wacky tortie brain and what tortie’s look like. ---
**Author:** ![cromulent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/27 "2004-05-06T00:40:28Z")
Noodle! Or you can name her after my cat, Slinky. (though my dad calls this cat Stinky… maybe that name wasn’t such a hot idea.) ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/28 "2004-05-06T02:01:58Z")
If the torties are really supposed to be so crazy, what about Eris, the Greek goddess of discord? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/29 "2004-05-06T03:26:08Z")
You can use the name of our youngest cat, because she doesn’t answer to it much, but it is perfect for her…Tweak. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/30 "2004-05-06T05:42:02Z")
Name it “peeve” This way it can be your new pet peeve. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/31 "2004-05-06T06:36:27Z")
You could name her after my beloved Calico cat I had growing up: Clementine Feline the Great ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/32 "2004-05-06T08:01:08Z")
Lapjes? [as in, Tortoise=lapjeskat in Dutch] or Aqua, because of her eyes? [water in English & Dutch, ‘Wasser’ in German :)] She’s lovely. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/33 "2004-05-06T12:37:15Z")
I .had a tortie named Chelsea, or how about Misty? ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/34 "2004-05-06T14:23:27Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > Stinky Cowpoke > > And I will give $10 to anyone who knows where that comes from. Santy Claus Truly is Real One Christmas Eve, Uncle Joe stopped in, when the snow was about hip deep. I was ready fer bed, when he volunteered a story to put me t’sleep. M’Maw said, “Well, if it ain’t too long an’ ya don’t git Bud too excited.” So Uncle Joe come in an’ set down by my bed an’ I was plumb delighted. He smiled and said, "I remember a time when I thought ol’ Santy’s a joke. That no old saint’s gonna care what happens to a scruffy ol’ **stinky cowpoke**. "Then, one Christmas Eve, a whole lot like this, I was out on the trail alone. It was snowin’ steady, an’ a cold north wind had started t’howl an’ t’moan. "That’s when a tree fell across the trail, an’ m’horse decided she’d go. Which is what she did, an’ pitched me off in a pile of drifted snow. "I was still a good couple of miles from home, an’ I tell ya, I’m gittin’ worried. I couldn’t walk that far before I froze, no matter how much I hurried. "I was gittin’ tired, an’ sleepy, too an’ my feet had started tinglin’. An’ I swear t’goodness, it was right about then that I heard some sleighbells jinglin’. "I hollered, Hey, Santy Claus, are you real? An’ if you are, kin you hear? I need some help if I’m gonna git home t’see my Mother, dear. “Then, whatta ya know, from across the snow you’ll never guess who I saw. Yep, Santy Claus ridin’ right up in ‘is sleigh, an’ he brung me home to my Maw.” As Uncle Joe told of that ride in the sky it seemed I was there that night. We flew in and out, all around the stars, an’ I laughed an’ hung on tight. I couldn’t tell ya how long we flew, as we circled the Milky Way. But next thing I knew, when I opened my eyes it was early on Christmas Day. M’head still held them jinglebells’ sound, as I yawned an’ climbed outta bed. An’ I knew that Santy Claus truly is real, jist like Uncle Joe had said. © 2002, Hal Swift ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/35 "2004-05-06T14:25:04Z")
Cleo ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/36 "2004-05-06T15:17:34Z")
Oingo-boingo, or Tigger, because that psycho kitty _will_ be bouncing all over your house. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/37 "2004-05-06T16:09:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyway, I’m lovin’ the name Turtle, but I’ve always wanted to name a girl kitty Ruby. I have a kitty named Ruby! And strangely enough, considering the topic of this thread, one of her other names is “Turtle.” Nope, she’s not a tortie, she just frequently contorts her little body into a turtle-like shape - you know, head drawn in, arms and legs underneath. Then she sticks her neck out and really looks like a turtle with its head poking out of its shell. I believe kitties are already named when you get them and the name just has to reveal itself. Sometimes it reveals itself immediately; sometimes it takes a few weeks and several “tries.” But eventually, the true name comes out. Of the names suggested already, I feel that she may have “Turtle,” “Smudge,” or “Tabitha” inside her, waiting to be revealed. Also, perhaps, “Thumbelina” or “Terabithia.” I’m seeing a “T” trend here for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/38 "2004-05-06T18:01:16Z")
[Here](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neolith76/detail?.dir=/4677&.dnm=b8b7.jpg&.src=ph) is a better picture of her from last weekend 🙂 There are 8 pics of her in this album. Some really great names I would never have thought of… whoo hoo… it’s like winning the baby kitty name jackpot!!! 😃 > [@missbunny](#): > > I believe kitties are already named when you get them and the name just has to reveal itself. Sometimes it reveals itself immediately; sometimes it takes a few weeks and several “tries.” But eventually, the true name comes out. This is so true 🙂 We cant name her [Tweak](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neolith76/detail?.dir=/Pets&.dnm=Tweeker+1999.JPG) (that is my mom’s cats’ name) and we cant name her Cleo, that was my SIL’s polydactyl cats’ name (poor Cleo vanished last September ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/39 "2004-05-06T18:23:36Z")
Oh my GOD there’s an overload of cuteness in those links! I love kitties. I love them! Your little tortie looks good enough to eat! You know, if there’s a nuclear war, you can always bake her into a pie. (That’s what I tell my kitties will happen if they aren’t “good.”) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/40 "2004-05-06T18:24:56Z")
Hey, do I detect evidence of a romantic liaison with a Siamese in there? Or some other kind of cat with points? Burmese, maybe, or Ragdoll? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715.md?page=3)