It took us weeks, but we finally came up with a name for our kitten.

[femmedem]

Snug the Joiner, because he is snuggly and sociable, and because Mr. Femmedem had acted in A Midsummer Night's Dream, where Snug the Joiner is cast as a lion in the play-within-a-play.

Sometimes it takes us forever to name cats. We called the last one Gray Girl for months, until we finally gave in and named her Gigi.

Some of our other cats have been or are Mia Feral (not really ours, but we've been feeding her for fifteen years now), Victor (named on the night Obama won), Bluto and Elfie.

How about you? Got any fun pet names?

[yellowdogintexas]

1. our two feral tabby twins started out as Mungo Jerry and Rumpleteaser

but Rumpleteaser quickly became 'the princess' because she just has that attitude. We lost Jerry sadly but their older half brother Squeaker was so named because that is the only sound he could make - never learned to meow. Their mother was a very quiet cat.

Our older cats are Lewis, Clark and CatZilla. We named Lewis because he was first out of the bed area and was a big explorer. We then decided if we had Lewis, then somebody had to be named Clark. CatZilla was the biggest of them when they were all nursing but once they got on kibble, Lewis became the Big Boy so CatZilla was no longer appropriate but we still liked it. So 14 years later he is still CatZilla or most of the time just Z.

[femmedem]

8. Great names!

CatZilla, that's perfect. And Lewis and Clark are great names for explorer kitties. Snug was almost named Marco as in Polo.

[DUgosh]

2. Purrcee

Or Percy

[femmedem]

9. I'll bet Purrcee is a sweetie! n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

3. by the way I love your names!!!! Especially Mia Feral!!!!

cats tend to name themselves anyway.

[femmedem]

10. They do, don't they? Although some of my neighborhood strays

have not named themselves well: Fat Face and Satan.

[sagesnow]

4. Patsy Climb and

Kitty Wails were my two sister kitties past. Still miss those two fitty kisters!

[femmedem]

11. I LOVE those names.

Mr. Femmedem is a terrific punster. I'll have to share those with him.

His brother, another punster, named his shy cat Heidi and her sister with the neurological problem Eileen.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. a friend from long ago named a cat Kitty Wells until .....

she found out Kitty Wells was a mister and not a miss. SO, Kitty Wells became Orson Wells!

[applegrove]

5. "Monster" because as I left the vets with him, after adopting him from them,

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they said 'if you don't want him bring him back. Turns out Monster would get angry and his anger would build. Then he would attack me. All I had done was pat him a few times. He did not use his claws as weapons so much as he would bite. But he was missing a fang so he could not puncture my skin though he tried. He would bite once a week at first. Then once every two weeks. Then once a month. The rest of the time he was a darling and loved to cuddle. He would sleep in my armpit. I had ptsd. I figured he had ptsd. So I named him Monster (Mon-ter as a nickname)and kept him. He was a great cat. I miss him.

[femmedem]

12. Aw, great story. Sorry he's gone. n/t

[tblue37]

6. My Siamese girl was, as they always are, white as a kitten. She was also especially

feisty and dominant in her litter. Her white color and jumping around nature led me to try to name her "Palomita." In Spanish that means "little dove," but it is also their word for popcorn, because when popped it resembles little doves.

But the name Palomita never fit her. She ended up being Lucy, short for Lucia (which is pronounced loo-chee-uh). Sometimes I call her "Chia Pet."

My tortie Maine Coon (Tango) got her name from the tangerine shade of her orange markings, because Tango sounds more like a cat name than Tangerine does. Tango has one orange foot (right forepaw) and one orange toe on her back left foot. Her muzzle is striped orange on one side, black on the other, and her mouth has alternating orange and black sections, so it looks like one of those checkerboard cookies:

[femmedem]

13. She sounds beautiful and unique!

Tango fits a cat's grace, too.

Funny how a kitten's personality is so clear early on. Except I had one who fooled me: I thought he was mellow and loving when I found him in the pound, but it turned out he was sick with pleurisy. Once he got better he was a high strung hellion!

I loved him (he's gone now, after eighteen years), but I'm not exaggerating when I say he was high strung. It took him four years to work up the courage to sit on the couch, because the soft footing scared him.

[iamateacher]

7. Callie and Hobbes

Tigger, and Pixus and Kiffa, named for two stars.

[femmedem]

15. Wonderful names! So clever to come up with Callie instead of Calvin.

And Pixus and Kiffa: just beautiful!

[iamateacher]

17. Callie was a star student of mine- So I was glad

To borrow her name for our female Tabby

[mithnanthy]

14. Binkenstein

He's a very large, sweet, all black rescue and quite crazy. He started out as "Binky" but his new name fits him very well. His brother Bussie the Snowman (white and orange Polydactal cat) loves him as well as his sister Miss Sally Jane. They are all rescues and the love of our lives.

[femmedem]

16. Binkenstein! Ha ha ha!

I've got a soft spot for polydactyls. Our Bluto had 26 toes. Ours are all rescues, too. We live in a low-income neighborhood where there are a lot of abandoned cats or cats who get lost because they're not neutered or spayed. We also do a lot of neighborhood trap, neuter and release if we can't figure out who owns them.

[shenmue]

18. Murphy!

He's my poodle.

[femmedem]

25. Murphy's Law? Or just a fun, lovable name for a lovable pooch? n/t

[shenmue]

28. We adopted him from someone else

He already had that name.

[femmedem]

32. It's just a fun name to call out.

Somehow it fits a poodle; they're so gregarious.

[shenmue]

33. Yes

[becca da bakkah]

19. Whatever Happened to Good Old-Fashioned Names....

....like "Butt Stench", and "Puke Breath"?? Just asking!

[femmedem]

26. Someone named another kitten from Snug's litter "Trash Cat!"

Because they were just feral kittens. Also her kitten gave her adult cat an upper respiratory infection even though the kitten never got sick. (Everyone is fine now.)

[WheelWalker]

20. "Doobie". Took a year to settle on a name.

[femmedem]

27. Worth it because Doobie is a name worth waiting for! n/t

[lapucelle]

21. Our cat had kittens when my kids were really little

and my son complained to me "--- (his sister) named all the kitttens after herself with numbers. ---#1, ---#2."

"I wanted to name this one Killer", he wistfully explained without a bit of irony, showing me the tiniest and fluffiest of the litter.

[femmedem]

29. Ha ha ha! What a great story!

And you tell it well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. Mia Feral! Brilliant!

I also like Purrl. My cats tend to get human names. If I ever get a pair of Norwegian Forest cats I'll probably name them Ole and Lena.

[femmedem]

35. I gotta hand it to Mr. Femmedem; he sure can name cats.

Mia's sister was Meryl Feral.

You need to get a pair of Norwegian Forest Cats!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. I have three cats already, but if I did get Ole and Lena,

Kattene ville være de største og ville ha de beste navnene!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Just remembered one - friend named his cat "Clawed."

As in Clawed Debussy or Clawed Monet.

[femmedem]

30. Clawed is an awesome name.

Clawed De Pussy!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Clawed liked to sit motionless on the kitchen counter.

He was fairly ample, and sitting there he was the exact size and shape of a cookie jar.

[femmedem]

44. What an image!

I can just see him--having had a few fairly ample cats myself.

Mr. Femmedem used to object to cats being on the counter, but the cats have set him straight.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

69. Clawed is a favorite of mine

In the movie "Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit", the parson is shown referring to The Big Book of Monsters, by Claude Savagely.

I love those type of 'Easter eggs' in movies.

[jmowreader]

24. I had a cat named "God Dammit" once

"God Dammit, quit climbing my leg."
"God Dammit, quit jumping in the drawer under the stove."
"God Dammit, get off the door."
"God Dammit, you have to wait until I'm done with the toilet."
"God Dammit, will you quit sleeping in the cat food bag?"

And then there was the inevitable..."God Dammit, why does this fucking computer always crash just before I try to save?" And the cat showed up. Well, that's your name.

[femmedem]

31. I think you win the thread with that one!

[LSFL]

36. Wally Clawstorm, Squeak Bellyripper and Bash Our Way to Glory.

Also we have Cassie Bugbane. The wife calls BOWTG Sadie. But she knows her REAL name.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. Those names are epic.

Especially Squeak Bellyripper.

[femmedem]

43. With names like that, your cats should have their own movie! n/t

[samnsara]

38. we had a cat named Wiener and another called Rat Cat..

and...mama quitty

[femmedem]

41. All fun names!

From their names, I'll bet all three were characters.

[Doreen]

39. When I got my German Shepherd service dog

I could not figure a name for him then one day my ex and I started to talk about old TV programs and all of a sudden we looked at each other and in unison called out "Shultz!" I usually do not tend to use human names or at least I would use fictional character names. I tend to like weird and unusual names.

[femmedem]

42. What a perfect name for a German Shepherd! n/t

[Doreen]

49. For him it was. He was friendly and silly.

Just like the one on Hogan's heroes. He was one hell of a service dog.

[mythology]

45. We already had three cats, two indoor and one in the barn and a 4th cat (really a 3 month old)

showed up, looked around and said "I'll live here" and got named E.C. for Extra Cat.

My aunt and uncle have a cat named Cosmo based on the drink spilled on my aunt when the cat appeared and claimed my aunt as staff.

[femmedem]

50. By that logic, we'd have to name some E.C. as well!

Our newest is definitely an E.C., but we bonded when I had to nurse him through a nasty virus so he gets to stay.

Cosmo's lucky your aunt was drinking such a prettily-named beverage!

[Solly Mack]

46. Tui the Badger Slayer (Tui) Pipish Pa-pri-ka (Pip) McPuddles Cuddle Waddles (Mac)

Those are their full names on the registry. Well, minus their last name.

[femmedem]

51. What great names! You can't say them without smiling. n/t

[Solly Mack]

52. They're great dogs. Loving, stubborn, smart, and my babies.

[hay rick]

47. We took over our irresponsible neighbor's cat with his blessing.

He didn't want to pay vet bills. He had named the cat Petie because he was black and white with a kind of bullseye pattern on his face, like the dog in Our Gang. Petie was a very large, long-haired fixed male. He was very laid back and sweet so I started calling him Petie Sweetie. Eventually that turned into Petie Pie.

[femmedem]

53. Petie Pie is perfect for an endearing, big sweet cat!

I found out that one of my cats, Victor, had been abandoned by my neighbors when they decided they'd rather have a dog. A year later their adolescent son saw him in our window and yelled out, "Papi!" (But they still didn't want him.)

[catbyte]

54. My Otis earned his name because I got him as a 4-week old rescue & he would climb up & down

me all the time, whether he was hungry or not, hence Otis after the elevator company. We named another one of our favorite rescues Howie, which was short for Hell on Wheels. He was the most awesome cat; one in a billion. I lost him to cancer 10 years ago at age 18 & I still miss that Tuxedo character. I think it ran in the family because his littermate was named Taz.

[femmedem]

58. Awesome names! So fitting for your fur babies! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

55. Roy Underhill's favorite Shakespearean character. nt :)

[femmedem]

59. Yes! Mr. Femmedem builds musical instruments for a living

so that was another reason we were drawn to the name.

[Sophiegirl]

56. Scavenger

For the kitty who adopted me. Showed up in my backyard 3 years ago. A beautiful grey tuxedo cat. He kept coming back day after day for two weeks.

I managed to get him to my vet. He had a chip and it turned out the woman who he was registered to essentially dumped him 3 months earlier and had since moved. The vet contacted her and she said she didn't want him. That infuriated me. On the other hand, I was already in love with him and knew I would never let him be homeless again.

I was in a bad place emotionally when he showed up, so we kind of saved each other.

I renamed him Scavenger because he had to survive scavenging out on his own.

He's quite the content kitty now and happy with my two other adopted kitties, Jessie and Sophie.

[femmedem]

57. What a lucky kitty to have found you!

I can't understand people who abandon animals, especially if they've gone to the trouble of microchipping them. I'm glad that in this case the story turned out well! (And Scavenger is a terrific name.)

[womanofthehills]

68. My kitty was also so lucky to find me that I named him Mr. Lucky

He is a beautiful black and white tuxedo cat. I live way out in the country so someone must have dropped him off out here. First time I saw him, he was glued to my dogs face as my dog was running across the yard. It took a while, but they became best friends. I fed Mr. Lucky for a yr outside before he would come in. Now I spoil him so much and of course, he sleeps with me. He is so photogenic - I've taken hundreds of photos of him.

[femmedem]

70. It sounds like he was completely feral when he showed up.

He was very lucky to find someone who would not only feed him but take the time to tame him!

[lkinwi]

60. He was the last kitten left in a litter of ferals That made a home in my backyard.

I got lucky one day and finally was able catch him. I named him Marble, because of his pretty swirls and stripes.

[femmedem]

63. Marble! What a lovely, yet fun-to-pronounce name!

Snug's feral momma is a swirly mix of gray and orange. She's colored like a geological formation. We haven't named her yet--she's in our bathroom waiting to be spayed next Friday--but maybe she'll be a Marble, too.

Welcome to DU!

[Bayard]

61. So many cats, so many names

We currently have about 20, at last count. Three indoor, the rest are supposed to be barn cats, but spend most of their time on the front porch. All are neutered/spayed, shots, wormed, and adored. One of the indoor guys is Cisco, the Siamese mix. He showed up at my barn in CA, soaking wet and starving. I started throwing him dog treats, and was calling him Sis, till I could get close enough to determine he was a boy. Renamed Cisco, and gravitated indoors when he started climbing the rose trellis up to the roof. That was 12 years ago, and he sleeps with me every night. Then there is Simone, the calico, and Chubby--the husband had already named him. Two of the outdoor kitties are Millie and Mocha. They showed up here in KY, at 2-3 months old, and were both pregnant before 6 mo. Millie's kittens were named for trees (get it? Millie, sawmill, trees.) Olive, Ranger, Rowen, Juniper. Mocha's are coffee names: Kona, Hazelnut, Java, Irish, Kahlua. Miracle started out as Latte, but got renamed after crawling up under the truck one rainy day, and rode 30 miles to the grocery and back with the husband. I heard this tiny little meow coming from under the truck when he came back home. It's a Miracle! Hannah, Jessie, Stripe, and Rio were all barn strays from my farm in CA that moved with me back to KY. Calla showed up here starving AND pregnant and had a litter under the hay. Her kittens are Charlie, Casey, and Cheyenne. The husband's other cat, Melissa, had two litters before arriving here and getting spayed: Sebastian, Simone, Sammy, and Siva. (the last two now deceased). And then, Zena, Tux, Zip, and Zoom. There may be somebody I forgot.

A few that are gone, but much loved over the years were Murphy (I was working for a vet's office on Murphy Lane), Nigel (two ladies approached me in a Pet Smart parking lot and said, if you can't take this kitten, he's going to the pound--best cat EVER), Gus, Koty, Paco, Quinn, Tasha, Teal, Rogue, Klaus, Seth, Guenter, Buster, and Guy. (the United Nations of cats). Guy flew across country in a crate between my feet after my sister died. Buster was my mom's cat, and was flown across country after she died. I still feel pangs thinking about them all.

We have a little farm in the country, so people feel free to dump cats here. And even though I keep saying, NO MORE CATS, I'm a sucker for a starving stray. We go thru a 40 lb bag of cat food a week, and I give my own shots, worming, and flea dip.

[femmedem]

64. Sounds like you have prevented a lot of kitty suffering!

I had a Koty, too, decades ago. He was one of the best, and I still miss him. I lived out in the country then, and Koty's mom somehow made her way to our back door, very very pregnant. She had her kittens in our bed about three nights later while we slept.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

62. I remembered another one! Way back, shortly after the Watergate mess,

I recall a suggestion that a new kitten be named G. Gordon Kitty. I don't know if the name stuck, though.

[femmedem]

65. Ha ha! Good one! n/t

[Leith]

66. Cats I Have Known

Mine:
Critter
Snickers

Sister's:
Gypsy
Sinbad (solid black)

If I ever get cats again, I want one all white and one all black. Their names will be Othello and Desdemona (Tello and Desi for short).

My dad had a toy Schnauzer named Schatze (German for "treasure&quot

My neighbors have a white toy poodle named Yuki (Japanese for "snow&quot . One of the funniest things I ever saw was their teen son take the dog to the nearby dog park. He was wearing shoes with the wheels on the bottom. Yuki was running as fast as she could while pulling him behind her. She sure musta liked the dog park!


Friends used to have a Westie terrier named Spartacus. Mr friend said that he had wanted a bigger and tougher type of dog so that the name would fit. They felt better when I told them that terriers might be small, but they were bred to be tough as nails.

[femmedem]

67. All good names!

Critter and Snickers makes me wish I had met your cats: fun names for fun animals.

And I love that you have already decided on nicknames for your next cats!