cat names yay

January 7, 2019 12:02 AM

Black cat that weights 6lbs. Gentle but playful! Very sweet and demonstrative.

pet tax!
current contenders: pomelo, soju

posted by typify to Pets & Animals (37 answers total)

Response by poster: Uh, I realize I was not clear in the little question field. The question is: what should I name this cat? :D
posted by typify at 12:03 AM on January 7, 2019

anise (reminds me of licorice) or pepper
posted by girasoli at 12:18 AM on January 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

Dave.

All cats should be named Dave.
posted by gomichild at 12:44 AM on January 7, 2019 [5 favorites]

With his serious demeanour he should clearly be named Mr Business.
posted by nerdfish at 1:53 AM on January 7, 2019 [2 favorites]

Sambuca!
posted by mdonley at 2:16 AM on January 7, 2019 [2 favorites]

Boycat or girlcat? In case people want to suggest gendered names.

My suggestion in either case is Wasabi. Gorgeous green eyes.
posted by Too-Ticky at 2:16 AM on January 7, 2019

Clarence!
posted by diffuse at 2:17 AM on January 7, 2019

The first recorded cat name is out of Egypt, Nedjem. It means "pleasant one", though I've seen suggestions that "sweetie" is a closer emotional translation. Shortens nicely to Neddy or Jem.
posted by Jilder at 2:25 AM on January 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

Roquette
posted by unreasonable at 3:07 AM on January 7, 2019

Helmi.

It means "pearl" in Finnish and was the name of the sassiest black cat I've ever known.
posted by Vesihiisi at 4:36 AM on January 7, 2019

The name is Jacques. Frere Jacques.
posted by argonauta at 4:52 AM on January 7, 2019

Georgie because he/she is gorgeous!
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 5:00 AM on January 7, 2019

Cats name themselves. You’ll be calling her/him Tinybutt or Mewmew (etc.) in days.

My otherwise elegantly named tuxie girl has been known as “Bunbuns” or “Catty O” (after Jackie O, whose reclusive beauty she evoked) since about her third week in our house.
posted by spitbull at 5:09 AM on January 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I'm not good at naming animals, but the syllable "Snoof" leapt into my head when I saw that snoofy face.

That's a Snoof.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 6:34 AM on January 7, 2019

Bernard.

Congratulations!
posted by easy, lucky, free at 6:35 AM on January 7, 2019

Reggie. Reginald / Regina. Sir Reginald, of the Meritorious Order of Whiskerkin. Madame Regina, vice Captain, Midnight Coat Regiment.
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:44 AM on January 7, 2019

Boycat names that would fit this kitty: Steve. Biff. Frankie/Frank. Nino. Jack/Jackson. Riley.

Other names: Squeak. Smurf. Button.
posted by trillian at 7:37 AM on January 7, 2019

Merlin
posted by carmicha at 8:37 AM on January 7, 2019

Response by poster: Oops. She's a girlcat. Thanks for the suggestions so far!!
posted by typify at 8:59 AM on January 7, 2019

Milk
posted by NathalieBou at 9:00 AM on January 7, 2019

Esmerelda
posted by carmicha at 9:01 AM on January 7, 2019

Minerva
posted by carmicha at 9:02 AM on January 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

Thyra
posted by carmicha at 9:02 AM on January 7, 2019

Ronnie
Mira
posted by 4rtemis at 11:12 AM on January 7, 2019

Pippin, or just Pip
Clementine (Tiny for short)
Melly
posted by esoterrica at 12:45 PM on January 7, 2019

Best answer: I actually really like "pomelo".

Then again, I'd mutate it to "purrmelo" in a hot second.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 12:52 PM on January 7, 2019 [2 favorites]

I like 'Soju,' especially when saying it out loud like I might if I was speaking to a cat. 'Pomelo' is also fun and has a nice ring to it, especially when adapted to 'Purrmelo.'
posted by Little Dawn at 1:29 PM on January 7, 2019 [2 favorites]

Maya
posted by DrAstroZoom at 1:57 PM on January 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

Snow.

Because he's black.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 2:54 PM on January 7, 2019

Inky.
posted by Gilgamesh's Chauffeur at 4:53 PM on January 7, 2019

Sometimes I regret not naming my all-black cat Vanta. (And then you can have a Vantacat!)
posted by Lycaste at 5:07 PM on January 7, 2019 [5 favorites]

Oops. She's a girlcat. Thanks for the suggestions so far!!

Wayne.
posted by spinifex23 at 9:33 PM on January 7, 2019

I inevitably devolve to calling all cats "squisher" or "moweller" irrespective of anything other than if they look squishy or they mowell a lot.

But that's me, and those are really just nicknames.

Princess Glitterfarts if she's fancy.
Lady Linterbottom if she picks up a lot of house debris.
Observe her behavior, and give her a title worthy of her station as House Cat.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 9:44 PM on January 7, 2019

Olivia d'Winter
posted by TrishaU at 9:44 PM on January 7, 2019

She's so serious! She looks . . . judgmental? Which means I would name her something ridiculous.

Ravioli
Grandpa (She's so Grampy!)
The Professor (The Professor is attacking my shoelaces again!) [
posted by meemzi at 10:07 PM on January 7, 2019

Sometimes I regret not naming my all-black cat Vanta. (And then you can have a Vantacat!)

This is the correct and best name you should 1,000% name this l'il ravioli Vanta.
posted by nerdfish at 2:47 AM on January 8, 2019

Best answer: An excerpt from W. B. Yeats' poem The Cat And the Moon:

"Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood."

"Minnaloushe" in that poem is a tom, but that name has always sounded like a girl cat name to me.

Your cat's name is Minnaloushe. Minna for short.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:38 AM on January 8, 2019 [1 favorite]