# 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:** 3
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/41 "2004-05-06T18:34:17Z")
Mamacat showed up at thier house preggers. Of course they didn’t know she was expecting when they took her in. They joked about her having a “hollow leg” because she at so much food. Inhaled everything put infront of her. I Know, those baby kitties are all so damn cute. They are so lovey too. I like to pick a bunch of the up at one and give they all hugs and kisses. In that litter there were 2 all black, 1 tortie, 1 white with smokey gray mask and such, 1 white with orange tail and ears, and 1 stripey one 😃 Mama sure must’ve gotten around 😃 hehehe ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/42 "2004-05-06T18:48:12Z")
Oh my, I want the one with orange points. In photo #5 it appears to be wearing a tin-foil hat. It could just be my monitor, though. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/43 "2004-05-06T18:50:12Z")
Well, I have to agree with Gollum. But, with those eyes, you could also call her Sinatra. Of course, both those names start with letters on your no list. You could always use our fall back, name her after a Greek or Roman goddess. I like Eris. But in most of the pictures, she looks more sad than crazy. It is very true that cats have their own names. We had our kitty for 3 days before we came up with her name. One day, I pulled her off the sofa (nails and all). That’s how she got her name - Velcro. 12 years later, it still fits her. I was once told my a vet that pet names should be 2 syllabyls and end in a vowel. ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/44 "2004-05-06T19:04:07Z")
> [@peri](#): > > it appears to be wearing a tin-foil hat. yes, he is wearing a tin foil hat :eek: :o 😛😃 :::calling husband to find out why kitty has a tin foil hat::: ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/45 "2004-05-06T19:07:48Z")
I liked the tin foil hat pic as well. This isn’t a clever name like the others, but I like Missey for a pet name. That’s my sweety-pie dog’s name. It works very well for making up cute nicnames. Congrats on the new kitty. She’s adorable. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/46 "2004-05-06T19:38:13Z")
We call our crazy cat Grendal and his brother that is always pouncing on him Wolfie, which is short for Beowulf. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/47 "2004-05-06T19:48:55Z")
My god, she is SO cute! I still have to stand by the name Turtle! She looks so timid… like at any time she could suck her head in to hide! Plus, if she truly does end up being really wild and rambunktious (sp?) it would be funny to call her turtle. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/48 "2004-05-06T20:05:16Z")
What about Mystic? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/49 "2004-05-06T20:30:26Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > But, with those eyes, you could also call her Sinatra. What about Franki(e)? I think she should definitely have a unisex sort of name - she looks like she is going to grow up to be a pretty little badass tomboy. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/50 "2004-05-06T20:46:45Z")
As a geologist, you must name her: Gabbro (aka Gabby the Tabby) She definitely looks igneous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/51 "2004-05-06T21:03:18Z")
Just came in to drool over the pictures. 😃 [sap mode] Ohhhh wookit da kitties, They is the kyoootest widdle things I just wants to shnuggle their widdle faces to bitses yes I does. Floofy baaaybees. [/sap mode] Okay, I’m done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/52 "2004-05-06T21:10:36Z")
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, baby kitties! I want the flamepoint (white w/ orange tips). My Seagram looked just like that when she was a kitten. It’s weird in that she has a sis with the grey points, just like this one does. Your kit looks like a Layla or Tana to me. BTW, is it an accepted fact that torties are insane? Everyone I’ve ever met has been a bit off, but I didn’t think there was an actual scientific reason behind this, is there? ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/53 "2004-05-06T21:38:01Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > 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? Since “points” are a recessive trait, this means that the mother was part (let’s just call it siamese for simplicity) siamese and that the father also, was at least part siamese! It’s rare to see a pointed kitten come out of a non-pointed mother. In any case, if bred to another pointed cat that kitten will breed true, since both chromosomes have the ‘points’ factor. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/54 "2004-05-06T21:47:47Z")
After studying her pictures, I feel she may have “Francis” inside her, waiting to be revealed. I know that’s not a “T” name and I think Francis with an “i” is the masculine spelling, but that’ what I’m getting. If she’s a Francis, she’s Francis, not Frances. Like I have a kitty named Kahtia. Not Katia, not Katya. It’s Kahtia. It’s very obvious. Kittens! I love them! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/55 "2004-05-06T21:47:57Z")
I always thought Paxil was a good name for a kitten or small cat. Its a brand name anti-depressant but for some reason it makes me think of cats (which are also good at curing depression.) ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/56 "2004-05-06T23:19:09Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > After studying her pictures, I feel she may have “Francis” inside her, waiting to be revealed. I know that’s not a “T” name and I think Francis with an “i” is the masculine spelling, but that’ what I’m getting. If she’s a Francis, she’s Francis, not Frances. Like I said … “Frankie” … after Francis Albert Sinatra. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/57 "2004-05-07T16:36:27Z")
Ok the Mr. and I sat down and went through the list and narrowed the list of names down This is what we have left: Echo ( **Kalhoun** ) Eris ( **Monica** ) Falstaff ( **Master Wang-Ka** ) Gabbro ( **Lilyofthe Valley** ) Jinkies ( **monstro** ) Lapjes ( **gum** ) Layla ( **BottledBlondJeanie** ) Mook ( **Capt B. Phart** ) Noodle ( **cromulent** ) Oingo Boingo ( **peri** ) Serkis ( **FilmGeek** ) Slinky ( **cromulent** ) Smudge ( **missbunny** ) Tabitha ( **CrazyCatLady** ) Tortuga ( **RainGrowsBrite** ) Towanda ( **FilmGeek** ) We have our favorites out of the above list, but I won’t say… yet 😃 We also had come up with some names too: Barley Beryl Biscut Caliente Catena ( a series of craters o Mars) Curie Monty Neutron Particle Pipet Pocket Topolino (little mouse in _Itallian_) Maybe there should be a vote?? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/58 "2004-05-07T16:46:26Z")
There are some great suggestions in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=48276) thread. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/59 "2004-05-07T17:46:02Z")
Alas, I cannot claim credit for **Smudge** - someone before me suggested it. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/60 "2004-05-07T17:52:48Z")
> [@LVgeogeek](#): > > Smudge (missbunny) > [@missbunny](#): > > Alas, I cannot claim credit for Smudge - someone before me suggested it. Oooops that should have been **Eats\_Crayons** that suggested _Smudge_ :o some days I swear I never learned to read [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715.md?page=4)