Names for two sister kittens
July 12, 2019 11:14 PM Subscribe
Tomorrow we welcome two young sisters into our home from their foster family. They're currently called Ruby and Shuri, but as they ignore their names anyway, we'd like to rename them something linked. So far, the family argument list is Brunhilda & Sigrdrifa, Willow & Blossom, Friday & Saturday, Starlight & Moondust, Monkey & Mouse, but nothing is quite clicking. Pop culture, feminist and historical names are great. I promise photos in updates. They are pure black with bobtails and very active.
Best answer: Bonny and Read!
Because if there was ever the perfect opportunity to name adorable sister kittens after lady pirates, this would be it.
posted by mochapickle at 12:06 AM on July 13, 2019 [7 favorites]
Because if there was ever the perfect opportunity to name adorable sister kittens after lady pirates, this would be it.
posted by mochapickle at 12:06 AM on July 13, 2019 [7 favorites]
Virginia (Ginny) and Vita, or Gertrude (Trudy) and Alice?
posted by jesourie at 12:29 AM on July 13, 2019
posted by jesourie at 12:29 AM on July 13, 2019
Is Thelma & Louise too obvious?
posted by howfar at 1:17 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by howfar at 1:17 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Venus and Serena.
posted by Dolley at 1:38 AM on July 13, 2019 [8 favorites]
posted by Dolley at 1:38 AM on July 13, 2019 [8 favorites]
Cat Ma’am and Robin
posted by unreasonable at 1:42 AM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by unreasonable at 1:42 AM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
Pango and Schwarz, which is black in Maori and German.
Patty and Selma
Thelma and Louise
Taystee and Pousey (from OITNB)
posted by Cris E at 2:01 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Patty and Selma
Thelma and Louise
Taystee and Pousey (from OITNB)
posted by Cris E at 2:01 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Megan (Rapinoe) & Sue (Bird)?
posted by howfar at 2:23 AM on July 13, 2019 [8 favorites]
posted by howfar at 2:23 AM on July 13, 2019 [8 favorites]
I have just started reading The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig, so maybe Margaret (Sanger) and Katharine (McCormick)? Or Maggie and Kate?
posted by janepanic at 3:30 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by janepanic at 3:30 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Kate and Allie
posted by ewok_academy at 4:44 AM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by ewok_academy at 4:44 AM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Halle and Eartha
posted by mmascolino at 4:51 AM on July 13, 2019
posted by mmascolino at 4:51 AM on July 13, 2019
Best answer: Ann and Nancy
Ruth, and Elena or Sonya
Artemis and Athena
posted by SuperSquirrel at 5:01 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Ruth, and Elena or Sonya
Artemis and Athena
posted by SuperSquirrel at 5:01 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Lucy and Ethel
posted by Roger Pittman at 5:30 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Roger Pittman at 5:30 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Gertrude and Alice
posted by needs more cowbell at 5:46 AM on July 13, 2019
posted by needs more cowbell at 5:46 AM on July 13, 2019
Emily and Charlotte. And if you want to call to them both you can just call them the Brontës.
posted by slkinsey at 5:46 AM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by slkinsey at 5:46 AM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Sabrina and Buffy!
No? Okay how about Constance and Emmeline? AKA Connie and Emmy?
posted by DarlingBri at 6:14 AM on July 13, 2019
No? Okay how about Constance and Emmeline? AKA Connie and Emmy?
posted by DarlingBri at 6:14 AM on July 13, 2019
This is an informative video on how to choose cat's names based on their ability to hear certain frequencies.
posted by nanook at 7:40 AM on July 13, 2019
posted by nanook at 7:40 AM on July 13, 2019
Best answer: I like Starlight and Moondust! But there's also...
Betsy and Tacy
Elinor and Marianne
Scout and Jem (Jem was a boy, but it could be short for Jemma or Jemima)
Eva and Zsa Zsa
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Rosie and Gilda for short
Rosie and Jenny, the Dolly Sisters
Ruth and Esther
Mary and Elizabeth (after the Tudor queens)
Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey
Bibbidi and Bobbidi
A friend of mine has twin girl kits named Elektra and Calypso, which I find adorable.
Best of luck with the new kitties! Twin cats are awesome.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:44 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Betsy and Tacy
Elinor and Marianne
Scout and Jem (Jem was a boy, but it could be short for Jemma or Jemima)
Eva and Zsa Zsa
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Rosie and Gilda for short
Rosie and Jenny, the Dolly Sisters
Ruth and Esther
Mary and Elizabeth (after the Tudor queens)
Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey
Bibbidi and Bobbidi
A friend of mine has twin girl kits named Elektra and Calypso, which I find adorable.
Best of luck with the new kitties! Twin cats are awesome.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:44 AM on July 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Zora (Neale Hurston) and Nella (Larsen).
Harlem Renaissance writers!
posted by spamandkimchi at 7:44 AM on July 13, 2019
Harlem Renaissance writers!
posted by spamandkimchi at 7:44 AM on July 13, 2019
Castor & Pollux
Opal & Onyx (does one have a little bit more white on her?)
Anne & Diana
Merry & Pippin
Bastet & Sekhmet (Egyptian cat/lion goddesses)
Isis & Asherah
posted by fingersandtoes at 8:26 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Opal & Onyx (does one have a little bit more white on her?)
Anne & Diana
Merry & Pippin
Bastet & Sekhmet (Egyptian cat/lion goddesses)
Isis & Asherah
posted by fingersandtoes at 8:26 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: • Sharp & Pointy
• Danger & Caution
• Scylla & Charybdis
• Dream & Desire
• Liberty & Justice
• Bouncy & Wouncy
• Hugin & Munin
posted by thedward at 9:11 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
• Danger & Caution
• Scylla & Charybdis
• Dream & Desire
• Liberty & Justice
• Bouncy & Wouncy
• Hugin & Munin
posted by thedward at 9:11 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Bessie (Smith) & Billie (Holiday)
posted by brookeb at 11:42 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by brookeb at 11:42 AM on July 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Blithe and Bonny (or Blythe and Bonnie)
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:20 PM on July 13, 2019
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:20 PM on July 13, 2019
Polly and Esther
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:54 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:54 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Sister Kittens? Night and Ranger. Right, I'll show myself out...
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 4:37 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 4:37 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Lucy and Ramona
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 8:07 PM on July 13, 2019
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 8:07 PM on July 13, 2019
Beezus and Ramona.
posted by fingersandtoes at 8:49 PM on July 13, 2019
posted by fingersandtoes at 8:49 PM on July 13, 2019
Betty and Boopsy
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:38 AM on July 14, 2019
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:38 AM on July 14, 2019
Marsha and Sylvia, of Stonewall Riot fame:
WaPo: Statue of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in NYC
Alternatively, Marsha and Izora - The Weather Girls of It's Raining Men and perennial backup singers for Sylvester (a good cat name too :) )
posted by NorthernAutumn at 12:00 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
WaPo: Statue of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in NYC
Alternatively, Marsha and Izora - The Weather Girls of It's Raining Men and perennial backup singers for Sylvester (a good cat name too :) )
posted by NorthernAutumn at 12:00 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Shuri may be a nod to a Black Panther character, so - keep Shuri and change the other to Nakia.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:10 PM on July 15, 2019
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:10 PM on July 15, 2019
Laverne & Shirley
posted by DrAstroZoom at 12:45 PM on July 15, 2019
posted by DrAstroZoom at 12:45 PM on July 15, 2019
Tegan & Sara!
posted by just_ducky at 1:17 PM on July 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by just_ducky at 1:17 PM on July 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Please meet Max and Eleven: staking out their favourite pillow on the bed and curled up together asleep on a chair.
All the names that made our family list have been favourited, but my bad parenting choice of letting my seven year old watch Stranger Things triumphed.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 12:43 AM on July 16, 2019 [3 favorites]
All the names that made our family list have been favourited, but my bad parenting choice of letting my seven year old watch Stranger Things triumphed.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 12:43 AM on July 16, 2019 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: And my other photos are just eyes glinting in darkness. Black kittens are SO GOOD at hiding.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 12:47 AM on July 16, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 12:47 AM on July 16, 2019 [1 favorite]
The beauty! The rampant, unchecked beauty!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:08 PM on July 16, 2019
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:08 PM on July 16, 2019
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Ruth (Bader Ginsburg) and Jane (Goodall)
posted by ellenaim at 11:16 PM on July 12, 2019 [2 favorites]