# New Kitty! (Wanna suggest names?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450 "2020-08-18T23:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/61 "2020-08-19T18:45:06Z")
As long as his minion continues to post pictures often, the name matters not-he’ll let her know his name soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/62 "2020-08-19T18:58:17Z")
I vote for Tenebreux, from “El Desdichado” by Gerard de Nerval. He’s dark, but perhaps not brooding, and certainly a prince among cats. ---
**Author:** ![mheine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mheine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mheine)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/63 "2020-08-19T19:17:30Z")
I had a black Poly years ago, her name was Foot-Foot or Footie for short. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/64 "2020-08-19T20:36:24Z")
Legal claws ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/65 "2020-08-19T21:06:21Z")
“Footie”? 💡 Naylor or Nailer, for Hall of Fame footy player [Bernie Naylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Naylor). ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/66 "2020-08-20T03:41:41Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > Legal claws I had a kitten years ago who was temporarily named Attractive Nuisance. – actually it wasn’t all that temporary, he wound up with a very long name, and that remained part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/67 "2020-08-20T07:53:47Z")
I like Monkeyshines. There are lots of Monkeys. You could pick a particular one. I mean, obviously Orangutan wouldn’t work. ‘Koko’ after the sign talking gorilla. I had a cat named Cocoa. Rhesus- Reece Lemur Chimp Spider- I had a pug named Spider. My first boyfriend in 3rd grade was ‘Stanley’ nah. He was creepy. I always fancied the name ‘Sailor’ for something. A Sailor has never presented himself to me, as a pet. How about ‘Bean’ as in black bean. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/68 "2020-08-20T11:25:50Z")
Shandy As in Tristram Shandy. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/69 "2020-08-20T13:48:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I had a cat named Cocoa. Hmmmm. I think New Kitty looks rather like a Cocoa. (Except that now suddenly the word Cocoa has gone all weird and looks strange. Though come to think of it cats also go all weird from time to time – ) You could also make it Cacoa, which sounds rather like something a cat would say. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/70 "2020-08-20T14:22:35Z")
Probably more likely than “trout trout”: [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566398090627829534/](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566398090627829534/) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/71 "2020-08-20T17:16:38Z")
Yogi, for Yogi Berra. His paws look like catchers mitts. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/72 "2020-08-20T17:27:16Z")
**@purplehorseshoe** Feeling the need for more pictures first chance you get. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/73 "2020-08-20T17:39:09Z")
Something about clicking on his new collar made it seem “official” in my brain. Like he was just camping out here for a bit - he became _mine_ in that instant. I was expecting some struggles but he accepted the collar with zero fuss, and seems not to notice it’s there. (Hmm … having known someone whose Bengal loved his harness and leash, I may experiment with same.) I found a reflective collar, in the hopes of minimizing future sitting-upon or tripping-over … and on a side note, I’m realizing suddenly how much I gravitate towards dark-colored sheets! Re: pics. Gimme a few, I gotta fire up the laptop. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/74 "2020-08-20T17:43:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Hmm … having known someone whose Bengal loved his harness and leash, I may experiment with same.) I fostered a lovely orange marmalade gentleman kitty for a year or so who arrived with a harness and leash. He loved being walked outside. I made sure it went with him when he went to his new forever home. It was quite a sweet sight.🐈 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/75 "2020-08-20T18:36:58Z")
Collar does have an elastic release, right? Don’t want kitten hanging himself while you’re not looking. (If you walk him on a lead, yes, go for a harness then.) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/76 "2020-08-20T18:42:40Z")
_Slim Shady._ ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/77 "2020-08-21T01:36:15Z")
Zazzy. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssanfJs422E) ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/78 "2020-08-22T11:06:06Z")
In French the word for “thumb” is “la pouse.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/79 "2020-08-22T11:06:33Z")
Tabitha ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/80 "2020-08-23T19:40:42Z")
La pouce is “thumb.” You could call your feline “poussez”, which means “push.” And sounds like "pussy.’ Or confuse the poor dear with a name like “souris” (mouse). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450.md?page=5)