Cat Names & Nicknames Thread

[Savas]

Why Not? The Dog forum is having fun with this, so why shouldn't we? :)

Perhaps if someone is looking for a new pet name, they can get it from one of us right out of this ol' thread here.
now, i'm going to list out some names and nicknames in groups, as they come to me. We try to never recycle a name here, which has led to some unusal names over the years (Like the time we took in three tabbys and called them "This, That, (the other) Thing." :)

Pouncequick

T.F. (Tiny Friend)

Princess (of course)

Goldie

Bumpers

Ted Ford (Started as Ted-e-Bear, some how became the former)

Nighteyes

Whump (Originally Stumpy due to only half a tail, became "Whump" over time)

Ariel (also Michael, Rahpael, Gabriel and Cassiel (angel of temperance), to name a few in the angel category)

Frannie (Full name is Frannie funny Face)

Groucho

Rosemary, Parsley, Thyme  (there are many, many spices... :)  )

Moonshadow

Mouse

...enough from me for now! :)

[Savas]

The secret to getting on a Dog's good side is flattery AND food! Make sure your dog never learns how to use a can opener. He may discover he no longer needs you!!!


...a female cat named "Male"? Why not? I've got a cat named "Mouse". :)   Misha is a great name for not just a cat, but a girl as well. I'd swear I knew a Misha once. I'll have to try to remember...hmmm...

[April2]

My cats have foreign names too. The cat we adopted from the Humane Society already had a name as she was 2 years old when we adopted her. Her name is Misha. I thought that was such a pretty name and then I looked it up and it's Russian and means Male!! (???) I guess that was somebody's idea of funny. A female cat named "Male" Hmmm.

Then we got a kitten last year and since my daughter was really into Japanese things she wanted to name her a Japanese name. I let her choose her name. It's Sakura, which means Cherry Blossom. Ha! She is nothing like a delicate flower, more like a stink weed. Hee, hee. She can be such a stinker.
Misha's my sweet baby. She will cuddle with me. Sakura just wants to play and knock over all my things on the counters. I'm hoping it's just because of her youth and she'll calm down as she gets older. Sigh. It's almost like having children. ;)

[petitepdx]

I like to name my pets with foreign names. My animals are pure bred so I have to name with them sometimes with specific letters...

My dog's name is Katsu Kiku... My cat Franklin Jacks...

I think foreign names can be really fun!

[Jaybay]

Jaybay, I good writer knows to plagiarize from the best. It's how I get my best work. :)
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Aaahhh.... flattery will get you anywhere when you're dealing with a dog.  WOOF!  :-)

[Savas]

That's terrible! Calling a cat "milk bags"...wait, I'd done that. :)
We also refer to them as "Cat skin rugs" as well. It's a threat and a dream...

Ah well, siblings tend to torment each other. Be thankful they don't gang up and work together. That's when things get very dangerous for you!

We moved out to jersey about two months ago. It's sort of a joke around here, true NY'rs now live in NJ, wealthy celebrities from LA live in Manhattan.

We're actually considering moving out of country seriously for the first time ever. We're both disgusted by the state of the country and are fed up. I don't really see things getting better any time soon.

i do wish they allowed you do edits after posting. It's irritating to miss something and realize you just made no sense because you said something like;

He passed away peacefully in his jeep. :)

[mrwjd]

My son is the worst nicknamer in the world, but he won't stop.  I'm pretty sure he does it largely to annoy his "baby" sister.  This generation has ended up with weather names, but the nicknames he gives them are pretty random.  

Our mama cat he used to call "Eyeballs" but when she had kittens, he took to calling her "Milkbags."  That made my 13-y-o breathe fire, which just encourages him.  Her sister he calls Orca, although I've never really gotten why.

The handsome father of the kittens took a very long time, more than two years, to get a clue about becoming a father, so my son took to calling him Fauntleroy--no insult intended to any fops out there.  Fauntleroy's litter mate he calls "Sister" which is annoying to my daughter because it deprives her of a personal identity.

The older kitten whose points contrast particularly strongly with her body color is "Socks," which amuses him because it's trite and because my daughter...well, you know.  He has her litter mate, named Leaf by his contemplative 5-y-o who explained to me seriously, "It's the only weather name I could think of."  The younger kitten, from the younger litter of the same parents, looks more like Leaf than like "Socks," and he calls her Leaflet.

The Bengal we named Cloud (for clouded leopard), but she is rarely called that.  I liked Storm, for the turbulence of her coat pattern, but it wouldn't have mattered because she is generally called "Spotty" or "Knock it off!"

I won't go into their real names now; it's another tedious laundry list.