# Need some greek cat names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768 "2007-01-27T22:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/1 "2007-01-27T22:13:36Z")
The littlest Mercotan (almost done with High School) is acquiring a cat, after a suitable mourning period for the late Fluffernutter the Mercotan. She picked him out at the shelter today, and we take delivery in about 10 days. She wants to name the creature “something greek”. My suggestions of “Spanakopita”, “Dolmades”, and “Pastitsio” were rejected. Dopers, care to offer some suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/2 "2007-01-27T22:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] My suggestions of “Spanakopita”, “Dolmades”, and “Pastitsio” were rejected. [/QUOTE] Ouzo? ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/3 "2007-01-27T22:19:22Z")
Moussaka Does it have to be a food? What about some mythological figures or names from Greek tragedies or philosophers? Tiresius, Sophocles, Ataraxia etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/4 "2007-01-27T22:22:55Z")
If she likes to claw, then Euripides. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/5 "2007-01-27T22:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=anu-la1979] Moussaka Does it have to be a food? What about some mythological figures or names from Greek tragedies or philosophers? Tiresius, Sophocles, Ataraxia etc. etc. [/QUOTE] Just “something greek”. She didn’t like Porphyria either. Nor Steatorrhea. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/6 "2007-01-27T22:32:47Z")
“Ailuros” is “cat” in Greek. “Kallailuros” would be “pretty/cute cat.” A friend who is a landlord and restaurant waiter in Athens has a cat which he named “Chico” but that was an obvious borrowing from the Spanish. (He himself is Athanasios.) ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/7 "2007-01-27T22:32:57Z")
I like Medusa, Hermes, Scylla, Andreiou, Androcles, Pericles, Aristophanes, Mephistopheles, and… Diogenes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/8 "2007-01-27T22:41:45Z")
Phoebe ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/9 "2007-01-27T22:42:34Z")
Well, there’s always Zeus. Or Pan. I had a ‘Pan’ (short for Pan Ze Doodle). Or you could read off the list of Greek mythological figures from Wiki until one sounds right. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/10 "2007-01-27T22:48:45Z")
Sort of off of Polycarp’s suggestion, “kalos” - beautiful. It is a frequent epithet on vases depicting youth. ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/11 "2007-01-27T22:52:04Z")
Agamemnon, Aggie for short? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/12 "2007-01-27T23:06:19Z")
Sisyphus (spelling?) I like it. Sissy for short…or phus. Or–never mind. Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Apollo? Styx? Persephone? let us know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/13 "2007-01-27T23:11:28Z")
[Cattus ?](http://www.cattus.ru/) Oh wait, that’s Russian. Those cyrrillic letters are all Greek to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/14 "2007-01-27T23:13:02Z")
How 'bout Opa!? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/15 "2007-01-27T23:17:36Z")
Maybe…nah. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/16 "2007-01-27T23:20:02Z")
Apollo Zeus Ares Artemis Demeter ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/17 "2007-01-27T23:24:03Z")
[greek cat names](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6913/greek.htm) Try here… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/18 "2007-01-28T00:14:12Z")
**Basilious** , means ‘king of kings’ or some such. You can call him Basil for short. It served my big orange tom well for 24 years, and he _was_ king of the block. If you’re willing to settle for an immigrant, [**Xerxes**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I#Invasion_of_the_Greek_mainland) also works well for cats. There’s _always_ **Zorba**! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/19 "2007-01-28T00:45:32Z")
How ‘bout Antigone? Oedipus’ bad-ass daughter, defies the tyrant of Thebes to secure a proper burial for her brother killed in battle _against_ the city. Sophocles was running on all eight cylinders when he wrote her play. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/20 "2007-01-28T00:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > If she likes to claw, then Euripides. Damn! Beat me to it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768.md?page=2)