# Punkin' Doodle - or pet names for your pets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607 "2005-04-16T05:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/1 "2005-04-16T05:36:05Z")
What do you call your furchildren in addition to their “formal” names? For example, my oldest cat is 14 year old **Gwen**. Her full name is “Her Royal Highness Her Majesty Queen Gweniever.” I also call her “Gwenabutt”, “Playcat” and “the shedding machine.” **Mr Spock** is a 28lb flamepoint (cream with red points). He is also know as “FatBoy”, “Wide Load”, “JellyBellyBoy” and “Spockums”. **Cricket** is “The Incredible Melting Cat”, "CrickerKidderKat’, and “Lap Fungus.” **Sugar Magnolia** is “Pretty Maggie MoneyEyes.” Two of the kittens I bottle raised were Punkin’ Doodle and HouseMouse. A litter of bottle raised beasties went by the collective term “The Pirates.” Then there’s **Heathen Buzzbutt the Yowler** , more commonly known as “Boo” or “that damned cat.” If you point at her and laugh, she’ll bite you. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/2 "2005-04-16T05:43:23Z")
Ugly (I didn’t name her!) is the Ugbug or Moon Pie or Chuggles. Ichabod is Pod Bod or Itchy. Irving is Wubby or Irvida Blue. Orson is the Ors or Giant Kitty. Halley is Cricket or Fluffbucket. Dickens is Doodle Bug or Dickety Do. Albert is Yowlbert or Howlbert or any possible word with a “Bert” after it. Fuzzbert. Fluffbert. Dumb-Bun-Bert. Etc. Cosmo is Kamikosmo or Mocat or Slomo. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/3 "2005-04-16T05:46:49Z")
Our oldest is a twentysomething tabby named Elvis Pussley, which is funny enough without a nickname. The other twelve (real name first, nickname second): Nermal (Nermie Murmels) PittyPat (Miss Pitt) Shadow (Daddo) Tuvix (The Toove) Felix (Touchy Feelie) Pearl (Pearlie Girlie) Brownie (Brownbaby) Zimmie (Zimbabwe) Sloopy (Sloop-de-Doo) Cyndi Yawper (Cyndi Lou Who) Ivan the Purrible (Ivanhoe) Runtie (Runtifer) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/4 "2005-04-16T06:18:16Z")
Tara is either Tarabeast or Princess Willow is Willowmonster or Wills Gizmo is Worthless Piece of Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/5 "2005-04-16T06:37:30Z")
My husband and I were just laughing about the fact that we never call any of our five animals by their rightful names. Jane (dog) - Ooodle Poodle Baby Canoodle or Poody Olive (dog) - Bug, Buggin, Bilbo Buggins or Fatling Ebony (cat) - Beebes Grimalkin (cat) - Small Boy or Zen Master Flash Tonga (cat) - Heavy T or Big T ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/6 "2005-04-16T06:42:22Z")
“Furchildren?” _shudder_ For us, “Tess” becomes “Testicle.” Mostly because it bugs my sister. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/7 "2005-04-16T06:56:41Z")
My cats are completely white. When brother cat lies with his four feet under his big-butted body, I call him ‘shoebox’. His sister I call ‘Aunt Betty’ . I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe because she looks like some busy, cheerful, but quite loony aunt. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/8 "2005-04-16T07:05:31Z")
Our oldest cat was named Mr. Bigglesworth (as in Dr. Evil’s cat) but I don’t think we’ve ever called him that. His “real” name is Poopy and we have been known to call him Mama’s boy (or at least I do), Mr. Poop, Mr. Holland’s Poopus, Laura, and Black Beauty (he’s orange.). Don’t even ask. My husband is a strange, strange man. Our second (may Og rest his soul) was named Pants. He was often calle Sir Pants-alot and Mama’s baby. Then there’s the Buggy. My husband wanted to call him Baby Buns. I began calling him Bug, which turned into Buggy. He also gets called Mr. Bug, Mama’s guy, Stinky McTwinkletoes, and Mr. Stinky (Og help me, those are all mine.). He puked in my black sandals yesterday. Our newest is Daphne. Mostly she gets called Kitten right now, or Daph. Our dog’s name is Weezer. I’m the only one who calls him that. Most of the time he gets called Puppy or Puppy Butt. ---
**Author:** ![dearissues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dearissues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dearissues)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/9 "2005-04-16T09:04:18Z")
Real names first, nicknames second: \*\*Sniffles \*\* – Sniffy, Scratch ‘n’ Sniff, Sniffaluffagus, Stank Ass \*\*Starlyte \*\* – Psycho \*\*Scarecrow \*\* – Ho Cat \*\*Sophia Petrillo \*\* – Sophie, Soph \*\*Stevie & Sophie \*\* are collectively known as the One-Eyed Wonder Kitties, or the Frankenkitties \*\*Speckle \*\* – Speck, Spector, Stupid-friggin’-pain-in-the-ass \*\*Smoky \*\* – Smoky the Bandit, FatCat \*\*Salem \*\* – SaySay \*\*Cody \*\* – Odie-dog, Thunderbutt, Batboy \*\*Pepper \*\* – Peppy, Stinkydog, Stupid-dog Upon further reflection, perhaps we should be nicer to our animals 😛 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/10 "2005-04-16T10:56:28Z")
**Wynnobel** (my Dalmation named after a hotel in Amsterdam, why, I don’t know) is **Boo Boo**. Y’Know, like Yogi Bear’s Boo Boo? If my dog only knew, she’d be appalled, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/11 "2005-04-16T12:43:28Z")
Cats: Sabrina - beaners, brina or missy Sebastian - psycho kitty, bastian, turdball Alexandra- lexie, pretty girl, ms priss Rosco - rocious rosco, mr fluffy, snuggle bug Dog: Samera - Sam ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/12 "2005-04-16T14:13:44Z")
Muffin is Muffindy, Muffindy Puffindy or Brownie. PC is Peace, Blackie or Space Monster. Both cats are Puffins, as am I when Mr Cazzle is talking about all three of us. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/13 "2005-04-16T14:17:21Z")
Yellowval’s post just reminded me: When my brother took his cat to the vet he had to tell them “His name is Mr Bigglesworth but he answers to Sweetie or Shithead”. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/14 "2005-04-16T14:26:42Z")
How could I have left out **Valentino**? He’s a beautiful seal point Siamese who is not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. His nickname is “Tino” - so now when I say “no” to any of the cats he thinks I’m calling him. The one cat who comes when he “thinks” he’s being called…dumb as a sack of carrots. He was a Valentines’s day gift from Mr. SCL - hubby said “I want that one, the one that just ran into the wall.” The breeder had 3 pre-teen daughters, so these kittens had literally been hand raised. I’m not sure if 'Tino’s feet had ever touched the floor. Maybe he was just born spoiled. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/15 "2005-04-16T14:29:54Z")
Right now we have Shilo the Basset Hound, but she also goes by Miss Dawg. And just yesterday we brought home Miss Kitty from the Humane Society via Petsmart. Her nickname will soon appear. 😃 I used to have a cat I named Baby, but she was usually called Kittybitch. It fit. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/16 "2005-04-16T14:51:50Z")
\*\*Murfie \*\* (dog)- Puppy Man, Murf Man, Murfadoodle, and Mr Puppalupacus, when his hair gets shaggy. **Billy Bob** (cat)- Mr. Puffy, Beebo, Bill Bill ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/17 "2005-04-16T14:51:49Z")
Our ferrets tend to get called “weasels,” “fuzzbutts,” “furballs,” and “carpet sharks.” When it’s time to clean out their litterboxes, it’s typically “poo monsters” for the seemingly large volumes they can produce. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/18 "2005-04-16T15:07:33Z")
We have a white one with a siamese head and racoon tail named Cricket and another that’s all black named Kermit. Cricket’s nicknames are: Abominable Snow Cat, or Snow Cat for short Babygirl Rat (my husband’s nickname for both cats - imagine this being said like Jerry Seinfeld says “Hello, Newman”) Kit Shit Cat (she used to have a poo problem when she was a kitten) Senora Conchita Chiquita Chihuahua (sorry - can’t seem to use my tilde) Kermit’s are: Babyboy (I’m not very original) Ass Cat (my husband’s name) Le Chat Anus (again, my husband’s name) Rat (see above) Puddy Tat 'Mit Katmit Bond, Kitty Bond ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/19 "2005-04-16T15:08:32Z")
**Vegas** - white female boxer - Ends up usually being Veggie-butt or beebee (like the way a little kid says baby) or babygirl. **Charlie** - tan male boxer - Usually he’s Chuck, Chuckers, Sir Charles Barkley, or Licky Licky, which for some reason, makes him get his rope. LOL **Spike** - tan male boxer who we lost in 2003 - He was wiggle-butt or Spikers ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607/20 "2005-04-16T15:14:33Z")
Tanker (15 lb torti medium hair): Big girl, silly cat, Tankalicious, Tanqueray, Tankalocity (and so on in that vein), TankTank, No Legs (when she’s lying with all her legs underneath her. Jake (10 pound tabby short hair): Monkey, Murphy, Merble, shithead, Damn it Jake, little guy, big guy, little boy, cuddle monster, wiggleboy, Jacob Murphy Chambers (when in trouble) Hockey (50 lb mutt): Screwball, stupid dog, Puck, pooch, mutt, big girl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punkin-doodle-or-pet-names-for-your-pets/299607.md?page=2)