Need help naming my new kitty.

[gbate]

Male, tabby with white paws and a white chest.

At the shelter, he was called Padre. I hate that name. Help!!

[Lady Freedom]

1. Anything in is behavior to go with?

Like, does he charge into every room? Then name him something like Charger. Does he love up on people a lot? Call him Romano or Lover Boy.

[TZ]

2. Boots?

I have a neighborhood kitty with white paws called boots. I think its cute..

[meow2u3]

3. My late cat's name was Boots

He was a gray tabby with white chest and white paws. I nicknamed him Boots Mobile because he forever went "murp, murp", sounding like the Boost Mobile chirp phone.

[gbate]

14. He looks a lot like this kitty.

I'm starting to like Boots.

[FlyingSquirrel]

38. Oh come on, Boots is so overdone.

How bout Puss?

:P

[MediaBabe]

49. Jenny, Jenny Fur

[zanne]

4. I love the name Otis for a kitty...nt

[krispos42]

42. Otis was the pug

Milo was the kitty! :-)

[Arugula Latte]

64. I have an Otis -- a big, handsome tabby boy.

:)

[MissMillie]

5. Puss

or Meow

[Sweet Freedom]

6. Rudy Kazudy

:)

[bbernardini]

7. Lumpy.

That, or just Cat.

[edbermac]

8. Felix

:7

[stuntcat]

9. Amos is nice, Otis is nice

or Kitana, which is actually a sword but it's also a cute kitty name!

[Darth_Kitten]

10. Tuffy McFarlane

:)

[electron_blue]

11. We need a pic of this cutie pie.

[bif]

12. A name with an "S" sound in it

They say cats respond well to it.

[LiberalEsto]

13. Salem

That's the name of one of my cats as well as the cat on Sabrina the teenage Witch.

Or Sam. or Sizzle. or Shoo.

[TZ]

16. My cats are Sophie and Smokie...

As for responding well to S in the name...I dunno...They have the middle names of "No!" and "Stop it!" so I don't know about that one......;-)

[BobMorr]

15. names

How about Socks, Murphy, Munchkin, Pixey, White Paws, Jaguar, Lynx, Puma, Shadow, Max, Liberty, Patriot, Wholly Bully (for a long hair), or Smokey. These are names I have used.

[LiberalEsto]

17. Name it Sex

Then you can kick Sex out of the bedroom at night, unless you prefer to sleep with Sex.

If you let it roam outside, you can lean out the door and yell "Here, Sex! C'mon Sex! Where are you, Sex?" to entertain your neighbors.

You'll discover Sex on the couch, Sex on the table, Sex on the kitchen counter, even Sex on the toilet taking a drink. Then you can scold it: "No, Sex. Down, Sex."

And don't forget, once Sex gets its claws in you, you'll be hooked.

:evilgrin:

[Westegg]

18. My cats are Fred and Daisy...

...Fred because he's all black with a white front and white forepaws, so he looks like Fred Astaire in a tuxedo and spats. I've always wanted to put a collar on him with a little bow-tie in front, but he won't wear a collar, so he wins. Obviously. "Daisy" for the female because my wife thought she looked like a daisy. Which she doesn't but....she wins. Obviously.

My grandmother had a black cat she named "Midnight." That name was so perfect it hurts. I miss them both.

[LynneSin]

19. My last cat I adopted was named "Precious"

and if you ever met Evita, 'precious' is one word that would NEVER EVER be used to describe her

[TZ]

21. My sister has a cat named Precious

And she is the BIGGEST grouch you will ever meet....:D

[applegrove]

20. Love Bug.

[shaniqua6392]

22. Try looking up names in other languages.

That is how I named my german shepherd pup. I looked up Japanese names and found one that I liked. I named her Akira, which means bright/intelligent. It suits her perfectly. Akira Z Khaos is her official name. Just pick a language and google male names Japanese, for example. I hope that will help.

[zanne]

54. I have a cat named Minou.(me noo)

French slang for "kitty".

[shaniqua6392]

60. That is soooo cute!

I love unique names for pets.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. my cats are named Lewis, Clark, Thomas and CatZilla.

Lewis because he was the first kitten out of the box
CatZilla because he was such a huge kitten (but he is not the largest of the adult cats)
Clark because since we had Lewis, somebody had to be Clark

Thomas was named when he came to us. I probably would have named him Sinatra after Old Blue Eyes which is one of his nicknames.
Your cat will give you broad hints, and one day you will find yourself calling him the perfect name.

various other names my cats go by:

the belly 'ho (that is CatZilla, he is also known as the Lickenator)
Lewis Lardbutt
Clark is sometimes called the blonde because he isn't so bright...he is also jet black which makes it funnier.

Thomas is also called boss cat, Tommy, Mr sixtoes

collectively they are the doofi
Lewis and Clark are sometimes called the Goofersons

Their sister started out with a different name which I have forgotten but one day our daughter started calling her "Miss Moo" and that is the name that stuck. She eventually adopted herself out to another family ..she wanted to be an only cat.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. Give him a couple of days and he'll name himself

You just have to give yourself time to get to know him and his little quirks. I took a Siamese mix that had been living under the deck at my house. My mother loved her, but didn't know what to name her. The next day, she found her hiding behind her hottub, so she named her "Heidi".

In the meantime, check out the cuties here and maybe a name will catch you:

http://www.dailykitten.com/

PS - Thanks for saving a life!

[havocmom]

32. Agree. Pets generally show you their names, if you give them time

and pay attention.

We puzzled for about two weeks with a new kitten, who was pretty damned wild and assertive. One evening we sat there with her and decided TONIGHT we name the cat. The 90 Pound Hound put his giant paws on Havocdad's leg, gave the tiny feline two licks on the head, forcing her hair into a pair of devil horn spikes....

Ok, Spike it is. See, I was dense, but the dog got it. :D

[femmedem]

25. I agree with the poster upthread from me: give it a couple of days or even a week.

You'll just start calling him something.

I had a Houdini who could escape from anything. An Elfie who was petite. Now I have Trillby who makes little trilling noises instead of meows, and Basho named after a Zen poet--a mistake. I thought he was calm and meditative but he was just sick. As soon as he got better it became clear that I should have named him Grouchy McCrabs. But it was too late.

Edit to add: I forgot my best names: two stray sisters we trapped and spayed. Mia Feral and her sister Meryl.

[1]

26. i would always keep a kitty name to one syllable...

bob, sam, etc.

because then when you have to scream that kitty name when the kitty is doing something kittylike (read: bad),

(and you will have to, a... lot...)

it will be easier on you.

[Inchworm]

27. Penelope

From the cartoon.. hmm, that cat always got a white paint stripe down her back. :D

:hi:

[Inchworm]

46. BTW: Penelope Pussycat is the Pepe Le Pew target

jest sayin...

:)

[Eurobabe]

28. We needz ur photos to help U

[minnesota_liberal]

29. I used a Hawaiian dictionary, but almost any non-English language will do

Look up the translations for words such as "paws," "white," "lion," "tiger," "fluffy" and see what sounds good.

Your pet will get a more interesting name and you'll learn at least a couple of words in another language!

[Thurston Howell III]

30. Mr. Wiskers?

[DarkTirade]

31. Being a geek, I usually suggest either Scratch Fury, Destroyer of Worlds (from the online comic PVP)

or Pixel, from sci-fi author Robert Heinlein.

Of course, last time I did that she decided to mix the names together and throw in a bit of the cat's personality, so she named him Pixel, Destroyer of Living Room Furniture.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. Fishbelly :^D nt

[Ellipsis]

34. Spatz.

[Blue-Jay]

35. Fuzzylumpkins Cutie-pants, Esquire.

[Lorien]

36. Well, the most popular names for boy cats are Oliver, Elliot and Simon

funny, I know a guy named Simon Elliot...but anyway...

Some unusual ones I've heard: Whackadoodle, Zedzee, Bandersnitch, and Makawao.

I like Ronan, Zephyr, Khephra, Osiris, Katana, Quinn, Jinx, and Drake.

Just a few off the top of my head.

[FlyingSquirrel]

37. Does he look anything like this?

Her name is Lola, but she's not a show girl.

Don't name your cat Lola (not that you would since it's a he)... you'll always have either a Barry Manilow song or a Kinks song in your head.

(I blame the kids)

[Jamastiene]

39. This thread is not complete without pictures.

:P

[chknltl]

40. Fargo eom

[Jamastiene]

41. Buddy.

[amitten]

43. TOONCES. n/t

[DainBramaged]

44. Boink the cat

Blitzo (one of my favorites)

Fungus

Sonya

Ditto

Bosworth

Oscar

[krispos42]

45. "Jesus Christ"

oe "Dammit'" That'll confuse the neigbors..

[qnr]

47. Tuesday - it'll make him tough as all the other male cats tell him it's a girls name n/t

[Lady Freedom]

50. I thought it was "Friday" that was a girls name?

:shrug:

[qnr]

58. Remember Tuesday Weld? Also, Robinson Crusoe's Friday was a

male, so Friday is for both genders :hi:

edit: corrected spelling of Crusoe

[KT2000]

48. Bustopher

They rise to such a name!

[SoCalDem]

51. Fraidy

My friend had two cats.. Fraidy & Scaredy

I cracked up when she introduced them to me :)

Our cats have weird names

Mommie
Amber
Chinny
Bubby
Marvin
Uncle Willy
SweetiePie
Sara

[Trailrider1951]

52. Well, I named my little guy Oscar

and I named his sister Rosie




What a pair!

[calico1]

53. Some suggestions:

Quincy
Oscar
Otto
Stanley

Here is a site that may help.

PS--The orange boy in the picture was named "Quincy." From the first time I called him that he responded, like he knew it was his name.

[Arugula Latte]

65. Quincy is on my list of future cat names.

I love that name for a kitty.

We had a Stanley, too, and he was adorable.

[Lady Freedom]

55. I think this song from "CATS" gives good advice!

"The Naming Of Cats" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4YGxHqGvTc&feature=related


They are proud, however, and they explain to their human visitors
who they are and reveal that cats have three different names:
the one the family uses daily, the more dignified name and a secret
name. It is the cat's contemplation of the latter that keeps felines
in deep thought.

ALL (Whispering):
The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter

When I tell you a cat must have three different names

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
All of them are sensible, everyday names

But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
A name that's peculiar and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat

But above and beyond there's still one name left over
And that is the name that you will never guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows and will never confess

When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name

His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name
Name, name, name, name, name, name

[mockmonkey]

56. I've only been allowed to name 1 of our 10 cats

I named her StinkerButt. I'm not allowed to name the pets anymore. My SO refuses to deal with the vet when it comes to appointments for StinkerButt because he hates that name so much. Oddly enough our Vet tells us that his nickname for one of his children when the child was young was "Stinkerbutt."

A friend of ours named his cat "move" because he was always underfoot.

[jmowreader]

57. Just use the standard names for evil little kittens like this one

We had one litter of kittens we named Satan, Lucifer, Beezelbub and Mephistopheles.

Unfortunately, they all came to "you little fucker." This is because they all learned to climb my wife's leg and hang off her ass at the same time. She wears sweatpants at home, and four kittens hanging off your ass WILL cause your sweats to fall down. So she'd be standing there with her pants around her ankles and four kittens tangled up in them yelling "you little fuckers, STOP THAT!!!"

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

59. Sneakers.

With the white paws, it would work!

[noonwitch]

61. I name my pets after Shakespeare's characters

My cat is Miranda
My dog is Katie (but short for Katterina)

Give him a name like Orlando or Shylock or something interesting like that.

[texanwitch]

62. No matter what you name it the cat will be called that damn cat for awhile.

My rescue cat was call "damn cat get off the table" for a long time.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

63. Enoch

[Arugula Latte]

66. There are some good suggestions upthread, but here are a few more:

Chester
Fletcher
Baxter
Seymour
Garbanzo
Skeeter
Bugsy
Sherman
Bubba
Beanie
Stewart
Spiffy
Sweatpea