BS: Naming a kitten

Subject: BS: Naming a kitten
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:06 PM

We've just acquired a new kitten and are trying to think up a suitable name. She's a dark tortoiseshell, very tiny with big yellow eyes. As some of you may know we already have a cat called Loki. Any suggestions? We don't know much about her character yet as we can't pick her up til next week

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Peace
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:10 PM

Dammit. Helps when you call her: "Come get yer dindins, Dammit" or "Get off of there, Dammit" or "Dammit, leave me alone" or "Get away from the fish, Dammit."

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:11 PM

Ayesha, Kali, dinner?
G..

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:22 PM

Wait until you meet her.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: gnu
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:24 PM

Cat.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: jimmyt
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:41 PM

I am partial to Norma for a girl and Greg for a boy (or stan)

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 21 May 05 - 03:44 PM

Snack

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST, Puss
Date: 21 May 05 - 04:07 PM

How about Muddy - a good bluesy mudcatty name.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Scoville
Date: 21 May 05 - 04:29 PM

Wait till you get to know her and something will just seem to fit.

Examples:

My brother's cat is named "Tucker" because he was severely undernourished when he was little and was always "all tuckered out". He was almost named "Geronimo" because he was rescued from some kids who were throwing him up in the air and letting him fall. He seems like a "Tucker" now if you don't know the origins of the name (if you do, it's all wrong because he's more of an evil genius).

My dog's name is White Diamond because she was a skinny, dirty, disoriented dog-pound parolee and my mother said, "You're absolutely the ugliest dog I have ever seen. You need a pretty name." Mom studied crystals in graduate school and loves gemstones, so "Diamond" it was. On the one hand, it's much too dignified a name for her, but she is certainly a unique, kind, and extremely lovable dog so overall, it fits her fine.

I've had foster cats named Clementine (for her enormous Number Nine paws) and Zorro (because he was a spoiled bottle baby and grew up to be a fearless holy terror). My parents fostered some cockapoo/schnauzer puppies named Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, partly for their comic personalities and partly because Charlie in particular had furry "baggy pants" like the little tramp.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 May 05 - 05:17 PM

Sabine came up with my kit's name in the chat room. Boudicca The Wicked Warrior Queen and it fits perfectly!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 21 May 05 - 05:55 PM

Our new kitten arrives today, the previous owners found her more than a handfull. She is already named Gua Gua as she was found near a melon stall ( melon has the root gua in Chinese) I will NOT be calling her Melon, how can a cat have street cred with a name like that?

Jade has objected to the name 'Lash (the Cat)' and even objected to 'Ginger Khan'. So it will 'Oi', 'You!', 'Bloody Animal!'

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: KateG
Date: 21 May 05 - 06:08 PM

In again.
Actually, I've always thought that if I adopted a pair of kittens I'd name them Snafu and Fubar.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 05 - 06:35 PM

I used to have a tortoise called Rover.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 05 - 06:46 PM

I had a tortoise called Gonzales, as in Speedy.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Peace
Date: 21 May 05 - 06:56 PM

I thought tortoise was a colour?

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST, Puss
Date: 21 May 05 - 07:17 PM

You mran a colour named Tortoise?

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: dianavan
Date: 21 May 05 - 08:01 PM

How about "turtle"!

..or Shelly

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 05 - 08:08 PM

Ninja!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: frogprince
Date: 21 May 05 - 08:11 PM

'n' we named this one spotty, 'cause it's the spottiest, 'n' this one fuzzy, 'cause it's the fuzziest, 'n' this one jumpy, 'cause it's the jumpiest, 'n' this one Liberace, 'cause...

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST, puss
Date: 22 May 05 - 03:06 AM

My pet fish are called Spot and Patch.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Little Robyn
Date: 22 May 05 - 05:07 AM

My daughter has a new kitten and she's named him Ferdinand!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 22 May 05 - 06:42 AM

daemonic evil kitten of satan would probably cover it!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Alba
Date: 22 May 05 - 08:00 AM

LOL Bunnahabhain!!
How about Smitten the Kitten...corny I know but..

I have two Cats that own me and one that graces our property with his presence on occassion. The Female Kitty is called Molly Malone, this is due to the sounds she made when I found her abandoned.
Her wee cries for help made me think of the lines "alive, alive oh."..I know I'm nuts..
The Tomcat we have is called Simon...from Simon Templar fame...because he behaved so well when I brought him Home even though he too had been tossed out and had been living wild for a while... for a 12 week old Tom he was remarkably calm. He behaved like a "Saint" really..!
Our visting Feral... ...well nothing actually...seems wrong to name Him..:>)
I like to think they named themselves but they do not care what I called them..just that I love them and feed them obviously.
Told you I was nuts Pixie...:>)
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST,freda
Date: 22 May 05 - 08:07 AM

Tashi - a suitable name for a pagan cat (Ta - She = thanks to the Goddess).

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Micca
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:36 AM

Pixie, you could use the same naminging principle that Menolly seems to have used for her dog
it is called "Deefor" as in "D for dog"
and call it "Seefor"as in "C for Cat"
but if you want to continue the Northern theme
Freya
Brunnhilde
or even Ceri ( not Northern trsd, I know) short for Ceridwen
and prounounced Kerry

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST,Morticia
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:38 AM

how about Ishtar or Astarte?

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: mack/misophist
Date: 22 May 05 - 01:34 PM

All cats have the same name. It's the sound a can opener makes.

Seriously. Get to know the animal first or you'll never be quite happy about the name. The cate I live with are Fenris, for his aggressiveness and appetite; Orca, for her coloring and appetite; Hector, for his hectoring way with the other cats; and Melvin, because he's too silly for words.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 May 05 - 01:35 PM

Well, some of Mortimer's other names are "Just a Minute Mortimer"and "Move, Mortimer". I once had two male kittens who were brothers. Their first names were "Off the Couch" and "You Too" but later evolved into Foolish (Foosh) and Marmalade. The were twins -- couldn't tell them apart except that the orange one had a fatter face than the black and white one.

We also had a cat named Peppersass, which is a contraction of Pepper Sauce and also the name of the first engine on the Mount Washington Cog Railway.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST,brucie
Date: 22 May 05 - 01:42 PM

George.

I had a goldfish named George. He liked it. Try that: George.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST,brucie
Date: 22 May 05 - 01:43 PM

George didn't last too long, though. I used to walk him. Was hard to get a leash to fit.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 May 05 - 02:27 PM

Mine are Ed, Alice, Lizzie (she started as Elizabeth but it didn't suit her) and Freddy.

I have had a LuLu, Munchkin (who quickly became Munch), Mandy(Amanda), (The)Princess, Homey (as in "Homey don't do that" from Living In Color), Fred, Susie (sometimes, SusieQ), Lucifer - all strays and mostly adult cats who came without their previous names and lived out their final years spoiled as all cats deserve to be.

Learn who your kittie is before you name her.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: *Laura*
Date: 22 May 05 - 02:35 PM

My dad and brother always said they were going to get a kitten and call it Penfold.
I like it anyway!
Penfold....

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Cats
Date: 22 May 05 - 03:16 PM

For real inspiration try Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, the old testament and the celtic tales....how about Rhiannon, for if she catches birds they will be the Birds of Rhiannon... sorry!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 22 May 05 - 07:55 PM

Our new kitten is no longer Gua-Gua. She is now known as Punk.

She is a long haired white and ginger, and as the ginger colour is in a stripe starting on her head and finishing on her tail she looks a tad like one of those punk rockers from the 80's.

Just wish she would stop biting my toes at 4 a.m.!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 22 May 05 - 09:27 PM

Paint them with Tobasco!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: JennyO
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:58 PM

We used to have a magpie called George.

For the cat, getting back to goddess names, how about Isis? I might have thought of Kali, but someone with whom I had a big falling-out called her cat Kali. Put me off a bit.

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 May 05 - 11:26 PM

I agree that you should just wait and meet the kitten first.

I once was engaged to a young man who brought home a kitten for me. It was a sweet thing to do and he was being thoughtful as he knows that I absolutely LOVE cats. He had named the cat but it never quite fit. With the engagement ending shortly thereafter, I changed the cat's name and it fit perfectly....the cat and I were in complete agreeement!

Our current cats are named: Festre, Daphne, Normie, Goose, Ellie and Millie

We've also had: Munch, Tasha, Einstein, Luther, Flash and Muffin

=^..^= Yep, I love those kitties!

Good luck with yours and let us know what you name her!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: open mike
Date: 23 May 05 - 01:28 AM

in case someone out there is not familiar with those initials,
anagrams or whatever they are: Snafu and Fubar stand for:
Situation normal, all f*cked up and
F*cked up beyond all reason or recognition???

i heard these were terms used in the U.S, army during ww2
any one have any ohter meaning or history for these terms?

my cats names have been this most recenhlty:
Lucy, Moki (short for smokey) Cinder (short for lucinda--black as coal --with stripes) Elsa and Leo (looked like lions)

good luck nameing yours and let us know what you come up with.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST, puss
Date: 23 May 05 - 03:10 AM

LilyFestre

I hate all those smileys - but I LOVE yours

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 23 May 05 - 04:23 AM

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm going to see her agin tomorrow so I'll see what she reckons to them. We'd also considered calling her Pixel cos she's just a little blob of colour

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Crystal
Date: 23 May 05 - 05:14 AM

Bili (pronounced Billy) which it "cat" in Hindi. My flatmates cat is called luna, which gets changed to lunitic as she oftern runs around the flat like a mad thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: freda underhill
Date: 23 May 05 - 05:46 AM

my cat Baxter (Bakky for short) gets called bacchus when he's playful (not so often now as he's old and cranky) and once or twice has been called bacteria when being a pain.

I look forward to hearing who your cat is!

best wishes

freda

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 23 May 05 - 09:21 AM

Wonderful news Pixie and Phot!!....I just hope that Loki doesn't think you have got her a snack!!!

We will look forward to meeting her!!...please post some pictures soon!!

PS.....when do you want Jack back...he's been terrorising my mogs!!

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 23 May 05 - 09:42 AM

I think Jack would be a very bad influence on an impressionable young kitten. Not of course that Loki won't be. I think Phot's planning on getting the kitten into the studio once she's settled in so pics won't be long in coming

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: AggieD
Date: 23 May 05 - 11:19 AM

My two are Misty & Treacle Tart. Very apt names, Misty is a total air-head & often walks round the house miaowing at only she knows what, & treacle tart sticks like glue to my legs, especially in the kitchen when I'm cooking, hoping something tasty might just drop into her mouth. Athough as she's now got older & wiser, & been trodden on & kicked so many times when I didn't see her, She now tends to just pop in & out to see if anythings fallen. My old cat was Bonnie & was just that, a bonny little girl.
Live with your new pudding & find out her purrrr-sonality.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: open mike
Date: 23 May 05 - 11:30 AM

pixel! a great name for pixie's cat
i have a friend who refers to a
certain disabled child we know
(possibly autistic, not sure
what syndrome or condition the
kid is diagnosed with) any way
i have heard her referred to as a
"pixellated" child...as if a puzzle
with some missing pieces?? or pieces
re-arranged in a new way...

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: brid widder
Date: 23 May 05 - 12:56 PM

We have two kittens at the moment...we are not sure of their sex... Osama.... is very good at hiding... Bonnington... an excellent climber... if they stay they could be Sammy & Bonny... I really like Pixel

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: GUEST
Date: 23 May 05 - 01:42 PM

I had a fish called Bob, it suited him very well. If your wee moggie turns out to be a terror what about 'Sam the Skull'.

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:24 PM

Pixie - are there any little brother or sister kittens that we could acquire one of please? Since the demise of Amber, Limpit has been promised a kitten and we've not been able to track one down yet.

Having spent some of this weekend with a canine called Deefer (as in D for dog), I'm toying with the idea of Sifa or Kick as potential names.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Naming a kitten
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:28 PM

Actually possibly Liz, I spoke to someone a few weeks ago who told me that all her kittens had been rehomed but I got a message from her saying that she had someone change there mine and there was one left. I know its a boy, I'm just waiting to hear back from her on whether he still needs a home and on whether he's wormed, injected etc. I can keep you informed if you like, we don't really need two kittens! Not sure what colour he is or anything though