Help me name my cat?
October 27, 2012 5:00 AM Subscribe
Help me name my cat? Three year old female burmilla.
Sweet, smoochy, playful personality.
Came in here to say Snowball. So seconding that.
posted by ClarissaWAM at 5:06 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by ClarissaWAM at 5:06 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Bear (as in polar bear)
posted by unreasonable at 5:09 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by unreasonable at 5:09 AM on October 27, 2012
Cloud!
posted by Erasmouse at 5:15 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Erasmouse at 5:15 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Looks like a Zsa Zsa to me.
posted by nicwolff at 5:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [8 favorites]
posted by nicwolff at 5:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [8 favorites]
Photon!
posted by Gentlemanhog at 5:24 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by Gentlemanhog at 5:24 AM on October 27, 2012
Cripes she's a beautiful puss. How about Vashti, or Opal?
posted by freya_lamb at 5:41 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by freya_lamb at 5:41 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
Spook.
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 5:43 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 5:43 AM on October 27, 2012
As soon as I saw her, I thought "Sugar Plum Fairy!" She rules the Land of Sweets and gives a celebratory dance for Clara and the Nutcracker. You could call her Sugar or Plum or Sweety...
posted by fraula at 5:44 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by fraula at 5:44 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Smilla. She has a sense of snow about her.
posted by bessel functions seem unnecessarily complicated at 5:49 AM on October 27, 2012 [12 favorites]
posted by bessel functions seem unnecessarily complicated at 5:49 AM on October 27, 2012 [12 favorites]
I've always had a plan to have a white cat someday and name her Ozma, after Ozma of Oz who if I remember correctly from reading the books when I was a child, wears a white dress.
posted by Rinoia at 5:57 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Rinoia at 5:57 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
I vote for a reference to snow.
Estonian: lumi
Spanish: neiva / neva
Iclandic: fönn (lot of snow) / mjöll (beautiful fluffy snow)
posted by travelwithcats at 6:06 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
Estonian: lumi
Spanish: neiva / neva
Iclandic: fönn (lot of snow) / mjöll (beautiful fluffy snow)
posted by travelwithcats at 6:06 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
Something made me look up 'cloud' in the Inupiaq dictionary:
nuviya -- cloud
qisuk -- dark cloud over open water
nuvuyaffuqsaieeabaa -- is changing to cloudy weather
niptaqtuq -- is clearing, clouds are dispersing
But then there's:
mixik very soft snow
Mixik for a playful snowy kitty!
posted by Erasmouse at 6:14 AM on October 27, 2012 [5 favorites]
nuviya -- cloud
qisuk -- dark cloud over open water
nuvuyaffuqsaieeabaa -- is changing to cloudy weather
niptaqtuq -- is clearing, clouds are dispersing
But then there's:
mixik very soft snow
Mixik for a playful snowy kitty!
posted by Erasmouse at 6:14 AM on October 27, 2012 [5 favorites]
I see more silver than white. How about Luna?
posted by shiny blue object at 6:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by shiny blue object at 6:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Indu, a female name of Chandra, the Hindu lunar deity. It means "shining drop (of moon nectar)".
posted by Specklet at 6:31 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Specklet at 6:31 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Maud
Arwyn
Gwynne
She reminds me of a snowy owl.
The Norwegian word for snowy owl, according to wikipedia, is kind of awesome: Snøugle. Not sure on the pronunciation of that, but if it is something like 'snew-gul', I think that is a great excuse to name your cat Snøugle the fabric softening cat.
posted by sciencegeek at 6:32 AM on October 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
Arwyn
Gwynne
She reminds me of a snowy owl.
The Norwegian word for snowy owl, according to wikipedia, is kind of awesome: Snøugle. Not sure on the pronunciation of that, but if it is something like 'snew-gul', I think that is a great excuse to name your cat Snøugle the fabric softening cat.
posted by sciencegeek at 6:32 AM on October 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
kiki
posted by greta simone at 6:46 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by greta simone at 6:46 AM on October 27, 2012
I thought of frosting and cake and pastry, so maybe Cake or Babka or Scone.
posted by The Whelk at 6:47 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 6:47 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Dave.
posted by runningdogofcapitalism at 6:48 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by runningdogofcapitalism at 6:48 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
From the SO " Angora!"
posted by The Whelk at 6:48 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 6:48 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Her name is Cleopatra.
posted by Sal and Richard at 6:50 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by Sal and Richard at 6:50 AM on October 27, 2012
Bella, because she's beautiful.
posted by essexjan at 6:50 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by essexjan at 6:50 AM on October 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
I like The Whelks idea of baked goods - you could call her Glaze
posted by sciencegeek at 7:16 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by sciencegeek at 7:16 AM on October 27, 2012
Storm Shadow!
posted by starscream at 7:17 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by starscream at 7:17 AM on October 27, 2012
Camilla.
posted by humph at 7:29 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by humph at 7:29 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Pirta = blizzard or snowstorm in Inuit.
posted by Sassyfras at 7:39 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sassyfras at 7:39 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Spoox, says Mrs Bluejayway.
posted by bluejayway at 7:39 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by bluejayway at 7:39 AM on October 27, 2012
Crystal.
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:54 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:54 AM on October 27, 2012
Call her what she is... Smoochy.
posted by notyou at 8:09 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by notyou at 8:09 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Opal.
posted by kindall at 8:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by kindall at 8:21 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Helen
posted by wocka wocka wocka at 9:05 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by wocka wocka wocka at 9:05 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Beyoncé.
posted by wreckingball at 9:12 AM on October 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by wreckingball at 9:12 AM on October 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
Fleur de Sel (but you could just call her Fleur).
posted by Boogiechild at 9:17 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Boogiechild at 9:17 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Jadis, the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia.
posted by semaphore at 9:18 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by semaphore at 9:18 AM on October 27, 2012
I see a couple votes for spook, but the second I looked at the pic, I thought spooky, in a christopher walken voice. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/meet-the-family/1119105
posted by amycup at 9:36 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by amycup at 9:36 AM on October 27, 2012
My other half immediately and independently came to the same conclusion as sciencegeek; in addition to a snowy owl, she also looks a bit like a single tire track over fresh powder snow. Since numerous variations on "snow" and "snowy" have been suggested, I'll add the Japanese version: "Yuiki."
posted by infinitywaltz at 9:47 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by infinitywaltz at 9:47 AM on October 27, 2012
Just checking in to say that that is One Beautiful Cat!! She is gorgeous. Of the above suggestions, Sugar Plum Fairy was the first that made me think "Oh, yeah!" (it seems longish now, but eventually "Sugar Plum, get down off that counter!" will roll right off your tongue) with Smilla in second place.
posted by Oriole Adams at 10:07 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Oriole Adams at 10:07 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Doris. I have no idea why, but that name just popped out the second I saw her.
posted by easily confused at 10:12 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by easily confused at 10:12 AM on October 27, 2012
She is a fantastic cat. You could call her Camilla or Rocket.
posted by mermily at 10:34 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by mermily at 10:34 AM on October 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Lovely cat. Shaybah, which is Arabic for gray-haired
posted by ambient2 at 10:43 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by ambient2 at 10:43 AM on October 27, 2012
She is beautiful! I like Whisper or Wisp for short, or Yuiki as suggested above.
posted by valoius at 11:07 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by valoius at 11:07 AM on October 27, 2012
Tag, after the Burmilla protagonist of The Wild Road. (Yes, he's a tomcat, but Tag strikes me as a gender-neutral name.)
posted by bettafish at 11:08 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by bettafish at 11:08 AM on October 27, 2012
Vesper or Vespa (no particular reason). I also liked the Cake suggestion above.
posted by sweetkid at 11:59 AM on October 27, 2012
posted by sweetkid at 11:59 AM on October 27, 2012
I second "Whisper" from bettafish above.
posted by jjonajason at 2:31 PM on October 27, 2012
posted by jjonajason at 2:31 PM on October 27, 2012
Data, if you're a Star Trek fan, because of her white skin and yellow eyes.
posted by cranberrymonger at 3:35 PM on October 27, 2012
posted by cranberrymonger at 3:35 PM on October 27, 2012
Another vote for Smilla, Opal or Luna.
posted by clerestory at 4:38 PM on October 27, 2012
posted by clerestory at 4:38 PM on October 27, 2012
Gorgeous kitty. Such a lovely expression too.
Sweetie
Ash
Dusk
Yuki (means snow in Japanese)
Starlight
Schnee (snow in German)
Snow pea
Berfu (snow queen in Turkish)
Nevada (snow clad in Spanish)
Moongirl
posted by bearwife at 11:35 PM on October 27, 2012
Sweetie
Ash
Dusk
Yuki (means snow in Japanese)
Starlight
Schnee (snow in German)
Snow pea
Berfu (snow queen in Turkish)
Nevada (snow clad in Spanish)
Moongirl
posted by bearwife at 11:35 PM on October 27, 2012
Come back and let us know what her name is!
posted by travelwithcats at 4:47 PM on October 31, 2012
posted by travelwithcats at 4:47 PM on October 31, 2012
Yeah we need to know!
posted by cranberrymonger at 8:12 PM on November 4, 2012
posted by cranberrymonger at 8:12 PM on November 4, 2012
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posted by AugustWest at 5:01 AM on October 27, 2012 [2 favorites]