# What is a good name for a female black cat with green eyes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309 "2005-10-01T05:34:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/1 "2005-10-01T05:34:59Z")
I have recently acquired (informally adopted, really) a small female black cat. It’s less than a year old and still vaguely kitten-like in some ways, but it is mostly an adult at this point. Anyway, what are some good names? She isn’t really named yet, but ‘Noir’ seems to be a front-runner right now. Nothing too long, please, and nothing too cliché (‘Baal’ and ‘Witch’ and such are right out). ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/2 "2005-10-01T06:09:53Z")
Esmeralda? Mera for short? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/3 "2005-10-01T06:10:01Z")
Beyonce? ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/4 "2005-10-01T06:17:47Z")
Pictures! Pictures! \>:[ Jack? ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/5 "2005-10-01T06:38:33Z")
Jade. ---
**Author:** ![zeeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zeeny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeeny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/6 "2005-10-01T06:52:33Z")
Katrina? Then you would always remember when you acquired her. I once fostered a small black cat, and my children decided on “Trixie”. I don’t remember how or why for sure, but I think it had something to do with her playing “tricks” on them somehow. Is there something about her personality that would inspire a name, rather than just coloring? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/7 "2005-10-01T07:01:50Z")
Connie. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/8 "2005-10-01T07:18:52Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Esmeralda? > > Mera for short? Yes, Esmeralda Underfoot, of the Havre Underfoots. All cats should be surnamed Underfoot (mine is) for such as they are. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/9 "2005-10-01T08:03:01Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I She isn’t really named yet, but ‘Noir’ seems to be a front-runner right now. 🙂 Or better yet… ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/10 "2005-10-01T08:04:22Z")
Jinx. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/11 "2005-10-01T08:35:09Z")
She’s somewhat talkative and likes climbing on things to look at us. She also bit my arm once when I was holding her. I might go with Bastet, not only because Bastet was the Egyptian goddess of cats but because my little feline can be a little bastet. **zeeny** : Naming pets after natural disasters that cause much pain and suffering isn’t exactly my style. Thanks anyway. **betenoir** : Given the English definition of [bête noir](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bete+noire), I don’t really think that name is very apt. The literal translation from French (“black beast”) works, however. **tomndebb** : Bah! None of my pets will be named after no-talent media whores. **csharpmajor** : Pictures might be forthcoming, if I can set up a digital camera to work with my PC. And I don’t think Jack is very feminine. (A male black cat, if I ever get one, may well end up being Black Jack (Shellac|Chirac).) **Hung Mung** : Any specific reason for that name? **Imasquare** , **Savannah** , **Anastasaeon** : No, but thanks. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/12 "2005-10-01T08:42:36Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The literal translation from French (“black beast”) works, however. Well that was the half I was going for. And what I named my black beast (and it was the cat I named myself after…I don’t have _that_ little self esteem 😃 ). Should I mention my other cat’s named Catherine Bastet? Seemed appropriately regal. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/13 "2005-10-01T08:44:28Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I might go with Bastet, not only because Bastet was the Egyptian goddess of cats but because my little feline can be a little bastet. That’s my oldest cat’s “real” name. We called her Bast for short. My ultra-religious and paranoid of strange names mother asked me what it was short for, so I told her “Sebastian” and it stuck. It comes in handy when she gets annoying though. “Come here, you little _bast_ard.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/14 "2005-10-01T09:17:35Z")
A couple of suggestions: Totoro, from the anime by Miyazaki. Kage is one of the Japanese words for shadow, and is pleasantly short. A more descriptive name might be “Hisui no kage,” which I believe translates to “Shadow of Jade.” ---
**Author:** ![cat39645](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cat39645](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cat39645)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/15 "2005-10-01T09:46:07Z")
Well i have 5 cats (hence the name) and I named one Green Eyes because I couldn’t think of anything good. The others are Mr. Bear, Shadow, Blackie, and Mickey. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/16 "2005-10-01T10:37:18Z")
I’ve had 3 cats and named them Get Off The Bed You Stupid Cat (Stupid for short-- sometimes Cat), Plunkette and Camry (the car he was found in the wheel well of). Don’t think anybody’d want me naming their cats. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2005, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/17 "2005-10-01T10:41:51Z")
I don’t remember where I saw this name first, but what about **Cleocatra**? (Cleo for short.) It seems like it would fit her nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/18 "2005-10-01T12:48:18Z")
Serina ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/19 "2005-10-01T13:03:37Z")
Snowflake ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309/20 "2005-10-01T13:11:38Z")
Probably not to your liking , but I always wanted a black cat named Boo for some reason . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-name-for-a-female-black-cat-with-green-eyes/324309.md?page=2)