# New Kitty (with pic!) Help us name him, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908 "2008-01-25T02:27:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/1 "2008-01-25T02:27:56Z")
So…on New Year’s Eve, we came home to find a kitty outside in the 2 degree below weather. Initially, we thought his “people” were maybe just out for the night, and we set him up to sleep in our garage. Next day, poor little fuzzy guy was still out there cold and hungry, so we took him in again. Come to find out, the people had moved and abandoned him. So now we have [cat number three](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/Cherry2000A/kitty1.jpg). This cute fuzzy fellow who showed up on New Year’s Eve in his black and white tux ready to party needs a name. We thought of: Bond…James Bond (he was out there surviving on his own, and came dressed to kill) Romeo…because he’s very much a lover boy. We aren’t sure about either of those, and want some creative input as to other possibilities. The Mr. and I have decided to put it to the Dope to help us name him. After all…it takes a village to name a cat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/2 "2008-01-25T02:31:58Z")
The first name that came to me when I saw him was “Willis.” Or perhaps Otis. Or Wilfred. Or Mortimer. He looks a bit like a Cat Who Looks Like Hitler. But don’t name him that. He’s a cutie! What a lucky boy to have found you. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/3 "2008-01-25T02:35:56Z")
Domino Not that he has spots, but it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the black and white. He is a cutie… and so photogenic! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/4 "2008-01-25T02:41:05Z")
Something about that cat just screams ‘Mario’ or ‘Marco’ . . . y’know, a latin lover without being the Romeo cliche. ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/5 "2008-01-25T02:42:59Z")
He looks just like our Spooky. Ot a little like our departed Scaramouche. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/6 "2008-01-25T02:48:00Z")
Oooh, ooh! Pick me, pick me! I vote for “Ahab,” because his one white rear leg looks like Captain Ahab’s whalebone peg leg. Arrr! (I used to have a kitty named Starbuck – also from Moby Dick, not the coffeehouse chain or Battlestar Galactica.) Good luck with him. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/7 "2008-01-25T02:50:05Z")
He’s going to be about a $600 stray cat. Already over $200 to get him checked for FIV/FELV (so we don’t expose our other two), and to get him de-wormed (yes, poor little guy came with cooties in his patootie from being left outside). Also got a broken fang that’s in danger of abcessing, so the antibiotics and the dental work are about another $400. Ow… He’s a real sweetie though, so we think he’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/8 "2008-01-25T02:54:02Z")
In that case, you may want to name him Spendy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/9 "2008-01-25T03:01:26Z")
What a sweetie! The first name that came to my mind while looking at him is Smudge. He looks like somebody to me, but the name just isn’t coming to mind. He also kind of looks like he’s playing the piano there. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/10 "2008-01-25T03:02:33Z")
Here’s another idea: How about “Strut”? As in, “Stray Cat Strut.” ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/11 "2008-01-25T03:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=SylverOne] In that case, you may want to name him Spendy. 😃 [/QUOTE] LOL! No kidding! Ah, we’re gettin’ off cheap though. We were just recently in New Orleans and met a cat named Bob who was a rescue from hurricane Katrina…and ironically, another black and white cat. The guy who picked him up said he had spent about 3k to get Bob well. Bob was currently working off his debt as the greeter in his rescuer’s bookstore. And had eben made “Employee of the Month” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/12 "2008-01-25T03:07:24Z")
Okay, thought of a couple more (with help from my husband) - Charlie, Oscar, or Felix. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/13 "2008-01-25T03:12:06Z")
Penguin! ---
**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 25, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/14 "2008-01-25T03:16:51Z")
Spot, of course! Look at that nose! What a gorgeous fellow. Spot, [Horatio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower), Beau (as in [Beau Brummel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell)) or Maxx I think. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/15 "2008-01-25T03:19:36Z")
There’s some great suggestions here…thanks guys! Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/16 "2008-01-25T11:27:50Z")
Well since he is sort of a baby New Year I did some digging but it appears there is no “official” name for the baby new year other than the name Happy in the Christmas special Rudolphs Shiny New Year. I did find that the pictures of the baby New Year that were on the cover of The Saturday Evening post for many years were created by [J.C. Leyendecker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Babynew.jpg) who was a sort of a mentor of Norman Rockwell. So I vote for J.C., Decker or Norman. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/17 "2008-01-25T12:16:00Z")
Uncle Pennybags! You know, the guy from Monopoly! (He’s got the fancy duds, and he cost you enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/18 "2008-01-25T12:22:58Z")
> [@about.com](#): > > The tuxedo was invented by Pierre Lorillard IV of New York City according to one school of thought. However, some historians believe that the tuxedo was invented by King Edward VII. Both Pierre and Edward (Eddie) could make good names. And thanks for taking that georgous boy in, always makes me happy when another cat finds a home. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/19 "2008-01-25T12:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=Cherry2000] So now we have [cat number three](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/Cherry2000A/kitty1.jpg). [/QUOTE] Wow. He looks exactly like my Enormous Kitty, Domino (a.k.a. The Good Boy with the Nice Face). He was just diagnosed with AIDS (FIV) last week. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1381/573724037_15852a82f9_b.jpg "P6050008") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/573724037/) I should call him the Sta-Puf Marshmallow Boy. He’s as sweet as can be. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-with-pic-help-us-name-him-please/434908/20 "2008-01-25T14:11:32Z")
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