# 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:** 3
**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 28, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/41 "2007-01-28T14:01:41Z")
Good, good! I’m forwarding this on to my daughter! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/42 "2007-01-28T16:36:01Z")
Mariana. That name works perfectly well for my friend, who is Greek. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/43 "2007-01-28T17:48:13Z")
I’m surprised no one has suggested “Cavafy,” as in Constantine Cavafy, author of the extraordinary poem “Ithaca,” among others. Okay, so Cavafy lived in Alexandria – but he was Greek in heritage, outlook, and choice of language for his poems. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/44 "2007-01-28T19:00:18Z")
[Bullfinch’s](http://www.bartleby.com/bulfinch/) [Arete](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete) (Goddess of Virtue, or Excellence) Harmonia Sapientia (Or Sophia) Cybele Rhea [Iris](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_goddess_of_the_rainbow) Echo Narcissus Corona Aria Helen Euphrosyne (One of the Three Graces) Aglaea (A Grace) Thalia (A Grace) Daphne Alexander Ajax Hector Odysseus Orpheus Linus Orion Evander Pallus Pythagoras ---
**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 28, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/45 "2007-01-28T19:05:11Z")
Right now she’s leaning towards **Bellerophon**. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/46 "2007-01-28T19:06:18Z")
Er, Sapientia and Sophia to mean Wisdom, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/47 "2007-01-28T19:42:19Z")
I can’t believe nobody else has referred to the definitive source on the subject: > [@](#): > > There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, > Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: > Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter– > But all of them sensible everyday names. And **Tuckerfan** , forget about Athena and Hermes… You don’t want to know how Bast would react to a lack of pictures. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/48 "2007-01-28T19:42:52Z")
My mother’s cat (named by my sister and me) is _Thrasymachus_. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/49 "2007-01-28T19:55:43Z")
Cassandra. Parkyakarkus. Keftede (=meatball). ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/50 "2007-01-28T20:37:39Z")
**Bellerophon**? The other Toms are going to make fun of him! Call him **Babaganoush**! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/51 "2007-01-28T21:46:09Z")
One of our cats is named Polyphony. My other suggestion, which is a little schmaltzy, is “Kallisti”, with its double meaning of “to the most beautiful one” and “that which brings chaos and discord to a harmonious household.” Daniel ---
**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 28, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/52 "2007-01-28T22:29:02Z")
_Now_ she says she’ll name him **Apollo**. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/53 "2007-01-28T22:30:37Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] _Now_ she says she’ll name him **Apollo**. Stay tuned. [/QUOTE] ..after the Master of Disaster? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/54 "2007-01-28T22:38:43Z")
[QUOTE=simster] oh, cmon people… call it… **Oedipus** [/QUOTE] That only works for a Rex cat. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/55 "2007-01-28T23:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] That only works for a Rex cat. [/QUOTE] ?? what is “Rex cat” ?? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/56 "2007-01-28T23:53:34Z")
[QUOTE=simster] ?? what is “Rex cat” ?? [/QUOTE] An [alien being](http://www.users.bigpond.com/barsenal1/rexclub.html) that’s managed to insert itself into our homes by posing as a housepet… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/57 "2007-01-29T00:48:13Z")
Apollo is really very apt. One of his epithets is Smintheus, one interpretation being “mouse-killer”. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2395523](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2395523) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/58 "2007-01-29T01:28:30Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] _Now_ she says she’ll name him **Apollo**. Stay tuned. [/QUOTE] She really needs to get another fluffy friend and name him/her **Starbuck** , you know. ---
**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 29, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/59 "2007-01-29T02:11:31Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] She really needs to get another fluffy friend and name him/her **Starbuck** , you know. [/QUOTE] She says the 2nd one would be Artemis. I’m holding out for Lorne Greene. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768/60 "2007-01-29T02:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Ozymandius seems like a good cat name. You can call him Oz or Ozzie for short. [/QUOTE] Look upon my works, and DESPAIR! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-greek-cat-names/389768.md?page=2)