# New kitties need names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792 "2014-05-20T03:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/21 "2014-05-20T19:03:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Daryl and the Other Brother Daryl. We actually had sibling kittehs eons ago we called Darryl and Darryl. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/22 "2014-05-20T20:46:34Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > With the smudge on his lip, he looks more like **Groucho** than Fred Astaire. I tried to google black & white movie beards and the google failed to go old-time. It did come up with\*\* Captain Jack Sparrow \*\*and **Silent Bob**. So not a complete waste. > > Iā€™m not sure if sheā€™s in a tuxedo, but\*\* Marlene Dietrich\*\*[looks good in black & white](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarleneSmokes2.jpg). Musing further, femme fatales were a black & white staple. Which reminds me of Natasha Fatale, villian from Rocky & Bullwinkle. They could be **Boris** and **Natasha**. Now that I think about it Boris and Natasha are drawn as black and white. That would be very appropriate for black and white kitties. Although if you want to go for an actual femme fatale, **Theda Bara** is an obvious choice. > > Thanks for sharing the pictures. They are all kinds of cute. She looks more like Shirley Temple than a fem-fatale. Maybe Dorothy & Scarecrow. he thinks heā€™s scary. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/23 "2014-05-20T20:57:11Z")
Happy Toosday! Itā€™s been a beautiful day weather wise. House hunting sucked snot through a straw. I used to watch two black and whites brother kitties. Well, they werenā€™t really kitties. They were big, fat cats. Tom and Jerry. Tom weighed about 8 pounds, Jerry was the light weight at 16 pounds. Jerry was shy and used to try to hide from me by sticking his head behind the stove and flattening himself out on the floor. He looked like a big black and white football. Once I got Jerry cornered in the bathroom trying to give him his medicine. He went from shy and timid 16 pound kittie to a howling, growling, clawing and biting Tasmanian Devil that chased me out of the bathroom, down the hall and into the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/24 "2014-05-20T21:13:21Z")
Tom and Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/25 "2014-05-20T21:48:52Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Hubby doesnā€™t like Apollo, though. Call him Ono, then. Then you can call the girl Yoko. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/26 "2014-05-20T22:07:16Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > Oreo and Hydrox I love it! I tend to like people names for pets, so Iā€™ll go with famous siblings Lionel and Ethel (Barrymore). Or slightly modifying a real pairā€™s names, Emile and Zooey (Deschanel). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/27 "2014-05-20T22:09:23Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Call him Ono, then. And sing this song to him: [I Love You Ono](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV-H_sw7aQQ&feature=kp) ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/28 "2014-05-20T22:41:48Z")
I named my cat Cat, it really fits him and sums up his personality well. My daughter did eventually name him Rondell (no idea where she got that), then decided his name would be whatever the weather was that day (rain, sunny, storm, cloudy, snow) then decided to simplify it to two names depending on the time of day, Midnight and Sunny. Now sheā€™s named him Mittens after a character on Stampylongnoseā€™s Minecraft YouTube channel. All those name changes are too complicated for me, I still call him Cat for short. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/29 "2014-05-20T22:45:40Z")
Oh squeeeee! They sure are cute little furballs! Cuddle them often. Apollo and Artemis Mister-E and Miss-Chief Sticker and Cling Lionel and Ethyl (as already mentioned above) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/30 "2014-05-20T23:48:37Z")
You cannot use Boris and Natasha since my babies would be upset. I was going to suggest Bonnie and Clyde. or Bogart and Bacall or Harley and Quinn (since theyā€™re black and white) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/31 "2014-05-21T00:08:35Z")
Every cat Iā€™ve ever had received their names in the proper way at the proper time. I tend to high brow names, Pythagoras, Euclid, Bartlett (Bartlettā€™s Familar Quotations), Forbes, Cassiopeia. Then after a while, they end up with rude, but justified, nicknames. Pythagoras (Siamese) was Stinkybutt because he had a GI problem when he was a teenager. Euclid (Flamepoint Himalayan) was little boy lost, because heā€™s get lost during the night and cry until I came to rescue him. Bartlett (1/2 siamese, lilac point) was Black Bart, bot for his color, but his 'tude. Forbes was a pillow with legs, because heā€™d lie down to eat. Of course, there were a couple Spots. Both siamese. One, had to be fostered while I found an apartment because Downtown Spot Brown. Now, we have Lilā€™. Sheā€™s 13 years old and has never had a name. She was born to Cassiopeia after she got out a week before her life-altering appt. So Lilā€™ was supposed to be someone elseā€™s cat, so she was just the little kitten. Iā€™m sure, no matter what we name these two, they will find their true names soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/32 "2014-05-21T06:28:56Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Iā€™m sure, no matter what we name these two, they will find their true names soon enough. Isnā€™t that the truth. I had a lovely white long hair, officially named Bailey. We quickly discovered his true name was Squidgie. I have no idea what a Squidgie is, but he sure was one. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/33 "2014-05-21T12:37:39Z")
Yeah, Iā€™ve got nothing for you. I just wanted to look at furry kitty pictures. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/34 "2014-05-21T17:00:36Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > Isnā€™t that the truth. I had a lovely white long hair, officially named Bailey. We quickly discovered his true name was Squidgie. I have no idea what a Squidgie is, but he sure was one. Oh, Iā€™ve met a Squidgie. It wasnā€™t the given name of the cat I met, but it SHOULD have been. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/35 "2014-05-24T05:13:32Z")
Still no names. Iā€™m so ashamed. Iā€™ve been calling the girl Miss Kitty, that may stick. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/36 "2014-05-25T22:02:43Z")
I have a pair of black and white brothers. One long hair and the other short, so one looks fat and the other skinny. Formally known as Stan and Ollie. Pronounced Lump and Silly. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/37 "2014-05-25T22:14:34Z")
how about zeus and apollo? ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/38 "2014-05-26T05:52:25Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Still no names. Iā€™m so ashamed. Iā€™ve been calling the girl Miss Kitty, that may stick. I had a cat named Little Kitty. I had another cat that was an adult. I referred to the kitten as ā€œthe little kittyā€. Was waiting to name him when he learned that one so we just kept calling him that. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/39 "2014-05-26T06:09:28Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > I had a cat named Little Kitty. I had another cat that was an adult. I referred to the kitten as ā€œthe little kittyā€. Was waiting to name him when he learned that one so we just kept calling him that. We had 2 sister cats, both stripped tabbys; one of them had 4 white paws (it was the only way you could tell them apart!). They were named Kit and Kat, after one of our favorite candy bars. Or you could just do like Ree Drummond (Pioneer Woman); her cats are named Kitten Kitten and Kitty Kitty. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792/40 "2014-05-26T10:38:47Z")
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