# There be kitten! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619 "2011-08-30T13:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/41 "2011-08-31T18:04:45Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > My first thought (after _SQUEE!_, of course) was Mouse. That morphed into Annette, as in Funicello, the most famous ‘Mouse’. > > So, Annette. Not Brittany? _flees_ ---
**Author:** ![all1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@all1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all1966)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/42 "2011-08-31T18:05:52Z")
Luna. Just popped into my mind the moment I saw her…Little Luna Patoona Baboona 🙂 Remember to tell us what you ultimately decide upon! ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/43 "2011-08-31T18:22:15Z")
I don’t know why, but the pic just says “skirts” to me for some reason. Based on appearance, I also had a chain-name. First thought was “Princess”, which led to “Belle” of the ball which led to “Ella” (cinderella), which led to “Frenchie” (also in part because of how her markings look sort of like she’s wearing a beret) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/44 "2011-08-31T18:56:23Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > You could call her ‘Felix’. It’s lucky in Latin. Felicia would be the feminine form!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/45 "2011-08-31T19:07:14Z")
gosh, what great names! thank you all for the suggestions. i love princess but i can’t call her that because that’s one of my nicknames for maggie. can’t use speck, either, because that’s what maggie \*used \*to be called before i got her. when i first got turk - very similar circumstances as the little girl - i dubbed him ‘morsel’ for a while. hard to believe today that 18-pound beast was ever small enough to fit in the palm of my hand!!! 😃 at the moment, i’m leaning toward ‘widget.’ at four weeks she’s so tiny i’m not really seeing personality yet, so nothing’s set in concrete. latest update: the divemaster is going to take her for a while so he can bottlefeed her for me, since he works from home. i’m concerned she isn’t gettting enough feedings with me working at the office three days a week. he did the same thing with turk, way back when, when i got him. hard to believe the turkinator is 9 and maggie’s pushing 4! ---
**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:** [August 31, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/46 "2011-08-31T19:14:47Z")
Bette (for those Bette Davis eyes on her). And, lest I forget, SQUEEEEEEE! That is one adorable little furball! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/47 "2011-08-31T19:16:02Z")
I like Scrap! Might sound too close to Speck though, hrm… Edit…after a second look, the first word that popped into my head was ‘ono!’. As in, ‘Ono, look out for the cute kitty! Argh!!’ So…Ono! ---
**Author:** ![all1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@all1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all1966)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/48 "2011-08-31T19:41:55Z")
Widget is great, cuz you can call her Widgie Pidgie Puddin Pie 🙂 We adopted an adult cat named Tyke, who was CLEARLY too big to be a “tyke” - when asked about the rationale on this name, his former mom said “you shoulda seen him when he was a baby - he was such a cute little Tyke!” And it stuck. And to this day, he wears it well. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/49 "2011-08-31T20:53:44Z")
Yeah, I skipped the female form because my Latin is a bit crap. 🙂 Thanks, \*\*Baker \*\*and **Infovore**. ---
**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 31, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/50 "2011-08-31T20:53:48Z")
Obviously, more pictures are required. Especially of the bottle feedings. 'cause men bottle feeding kittens is adorable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/51 "2011-08-31T21:02:20Z")
Dimi - for diminutive Lili - for Lilliputian Peewee Tiny Button Elf She’s so tiny! I can only think of tiny names! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/52 "2011-08-31T21:05:35Z")
Jaws. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/53 "2011-09-01T16:01:25Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Obviously, more pictures are required. Especially of the bottle feedings. 'cause men bottle feeding kittens is adorable. 🙂 LOL. i’ll see what i can do. he’ll have her for a couple of weeks at least so i’m sure there will be a few chances for some photo ops what with me dropping by to check up on her. i miss her already… ☹ ---
**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:** [September 2, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/54 "2011-09-02T03:16:13Z")
Spats - for the white spats she has on her front legs. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/55 "2011-09-02T16:11:42Z")
We had a black dog with one white foot that we named Spat. Great dog. One more vote for Sqee. It suits her, and I did. ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/56 "2011-09-02T16:31:09Z")
She looks very Oriental Shorthair to me, and floral names are traditional… the one that pops into my mind is Peony \>^.^\< ---
**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:** [September 2, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/57 "2011-09-02T16:51:47Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > One more vote for Sqee. It suits her, and I did. Hey, I’m a guy and I _did not_ sqee! Nobody heard me. You can’t prove it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/58 "2011-09-02T17:17:21Z")
Yeah, but I bet you _squeed_! ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/59 "2011-09-02T17:23:04Z")
If a carnivorous plant squees in the forest and there’s no one to hear it, did it really happen? (if they even live in forests. Don’t they live in bogs or something?) How about Niblet? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619/60 "2011-09-02T17:28:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Yeah, but I bet you _squeed_! This is Carnivory. We don’t _squee_ here! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619.md?page=4)