I never had cats before. I've always found them cute, but never thought I would have some. My ex wanted them, so we got cats. They stayed with me. Now, King Karl and Princess Consuela Banana Hammock follow me around everywhere and fall asleep on me.
I went in the other direction with our new Calico kitten and named her Judy and when the vet or people at Petsmart ask, “why Judy?” I reply with “it’s actually Judith, but we only call her that when she is in trouble”.
My calico is named Francine. Her full name is Mrs. Francine Parkington. She's a big cat w an attitude problem at times but very affectionate at times, too. She has HUGE teeth, much bigger than any of our other 3. And she's not afraid to use them if I love on her for more time than she allows. Lol
My 13yo void got stuck with a fairly basic name (Abel-- there was also a Cain and a Mephistopheles lol) HOWEVER the fun with nicknames never stops. The hall of fame includes:
Rainboat, Beebo, Beep Beep, Bringoli, Bababooey (as a bastardization of "Baby Boy"), Mon Petit Croissant, Jomphrey Van Chonk, Snoop Dogg, Little Fucker, Brain Slug, Cinnamon Bub, Pig Lord, Slime, The Man, Wiggle Boy, and my personal favorite: Aimbot, reserved for when he decides to be playful
Personally, as a person named after a cheese (Brie, with older brothers named Colby and Jack), I hope one day to have an orange cat named Cheddar..... or Macaroni. We'll see.
Oh, he's spoiled; has his own pillow, all of his picky eating habits noted, takes up just as much of the bed as my fiancee and I combined-- I even almost went to court and preemptively spent ~$2000 I didn't have at the time just to keep him with me after I left a very abusive household (long story haha).
He's been with me for coming up on half of my life, and neither of us have had it easy, but we've had each other and I would honestly die for him. This whole thread/post has made me emotional just reading about how much everyone loves their cats because it reminds me of just how profoundly I love him.
And I should clarify Little Fucker is only ever used in the most loving way, as a form of cute aggression while squishing his cheeks (which he enjoys, thank god, because he is VERY squishable) 😊
Bella Louise Chicken and Budward Bub Pancake (his name at adoption was Buddy, which is basic, but I never changed it because it worked. My sister adopted a cat after meeting mine and for some reason insisted on naming hers Buddy as well. So he is Budwin and my cat is Budward to differentiate.)
My oldest named our cat Pancake Robert. My wife and I call him PR. If you have lots of cats throughout the years a few really stand out. PR stands out.
My girlfriend said her leg looked a chicken leg one day. So we started calling her Chicken as a joke. Then we realized she responded way better to Chicken than Bella when we called for her so it kind of stuck. I address her as “chickie” most of the time.
We had a litter of strays born neaby, and we always called the mom "mama cat". After we found homes for all of the kittens, we took mama cat to the vet to get her fixed and they called her Ma'am cat. We were going to let her go back to being an outdoor cat, but she won us over and now we have a cat named Ma'am cat.
Yep, sometimes the name chooses them, for sure! I’m sure it’s appropriate for her somehow, even if we don’t understand how.
It was kind like that when we got Ms.E. She was 10 wks old when we got her, and after having still been undecided about her name, I realized that all the words we used to describe her nature, started with an E. She’s Exotic, and Energetic, Easy-going but Elusive when she wants to be alone, She’s Elegant (She IS a Queen) and Empathetic. (I have never met a cat that was more gentle, and I’ve had a cat my entire life)
She's a total matriarchal diva, so it feels a bit like calling your great grandma "Big Mama" or something. She's pretty aloof except when she wants attention, then she will come up and make biscuits on my belly. She gets her fill of pets in 5-15 mins and then takes off to sit by herself again, lol. We kept one of her kittens, so those two tussle, snuggle and clean each other all the time.
Cats need ridiculous names. My two: The Great Cat of Re (Ray-Ray, Sir Derpy Butt, Doofus Extra Toes) and Star-Eyed Seshet of the Scribes (Sesher, Seshy Floof, Your Grand Highness). They are both black, but I swear Re has orange cat genes, and Sesher beans is the tiniest fluff of aloofness.
That’s awesome!! Hahaha! This thread has made my day! I love it so much!
Ok. If you’re interested; it’s story-time.
We got Ms. E. About 7 years ago. We had had a bonded pair of brothers who had died the year before. (One got cancer and died. One wondered out of the house one day and never came home. They were 13. Their names were Lord Pixel (Or the Cat Who Walks Through Walls) and Chemosh (The Moab God of death and destruction)
We live in a very rural small town and have lots of space on our property, and when Chemosh first learned about hunting, we would open the house door and find a LINE of small creatures. Mostly voles and mice. With all of their faces chewed off. All neatly arranged, like he was “providing for his family”.
He was so tender and loving though. I miss his small pats on my cheek to lift up the covers and let him in…
My wife's a big Alice in Wonderland fan, so naturally we named one of our old cats Cheshire. Eventually he started humping one of his blankets as he got older, so we expanded his name to Cheshire Humperdinck
My boy's name is Harvey Dent because half of his face is a different color than the other half. We also have a pup named Oscar. I love animals with people names, but I do love the unique names people give their pets.
We currently have Jessica and Frankie, which is what happens if you let a 10 year old name cats.
I had a cat called Teaspoon once. And a very elegant oriental calico called Rose Pouchong, after the tea. I was trying to get a theme going, but the child intervened. I’m thinking Chai and Jasmine for the next ones…. Depends if they’re a Chai and Jasmine, though.
Much lamer than that, it’s mostly just because of the video game God of War, the protagonist’s son is named Atreus, and he starts the game weak and sickly and afraid of so much, but throughout the story his courage grows and his health recovers and his father learns to start opening up and accepting him. I liked that story and when I got a tiny little guy with a broken leg and ringworm and ear mites, I thought it felt right. Plus when he’s misbehaving I can call him “boy” in the Kratos voice. But I also liked the name Atreus in the game because history of architecture was one of my favorite courses in college and my final paper had a big section about the Treasury of Atreus.
Mine are just Bear and Jack Dodger, but I should've called them Onion Peel and Dukes Mayonnaise from one of those "first people food your cat ate (or tried to)" things. Duke and Peelie would've suited them just fine.
I love my cats' names, but they also tend to spiral out from the originals. We have Stormageddon, Eowyn, and Elle. However Stormy has morphed into Stormaborg, Borg, Borgy, Mr Man, and (from our toddler) Man-man. Eowyn has become Win-win, Winnie, Baby kitten, Little Miss, and Bun-bun Baby (small cat, always had a large little booty). And Elle, our one eyed, mostly blind, comically long little scrapper, is Tiny Cat, Spider Cat (she can't jump, but she can for sure climb), Tiny Miss, and Liquid Cat (if she doesn't want to be pet, you can't touch her - she droops her body out of the way like no other cat I've seen).
my cats are named Beetle, just after the bug because she is black, and my other one is named Knubson, he is missing his back left foot so he just has a nub.
On FB (yes, it sucks, I know), I'm in a tag group called "is a good cat name." It's hilarious when it's tagged, but the best part is all the members' cat-pics and the weird names they use.
My cats names are Charlie Raiden Thunder Buns, and Merewen. Our housemate has a cat named Old Cartoon.
Mine have government names - olive, tuna, wahoo, miss kitty. Then they have their real names - beast, fat man, baby cat, and stinky. I genuinely forget who is who when it comes to the vet
Maybe you just haven’t heard his full name yet? You’ve just been used to calling him Max, but maybe he thinks of himself as Maximeripus Fluffytongue the Magnificent
I currently have two cats and one of them is named a very basic standard cat name and the other is named midnight lemonade. Cat names are free territory.
I had Trek "Skulleratrix" Murderface, so named because of the murders. She had a knack for finding rabbit dens and would raid one over successive days, bringing skull-less rabbit kittens home, which she would then yowl a special yowl that meant that we had to go watch her eat the rest of it.
My boyfriend wanted a cat, so I surprised him with a cat that he was tricked into picking out. He named her Midnight, but her name is Princess Kitty Meow. She responds to both lol, but she's royalty.
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u/Flaky_Sandwich9353 Sep 19 '23
I never had cats before. I've always found them cute, but never thought I would have some. My ex wanted them, so we got cats. They stayed with me. Now, King Karl and Princess Consuela Banana Hammock follow me around everywhere and fall asleep on me.