Name the new cats!

December 5, 2019 8:34 AM

We are adopting these two this coming weekend. We would like to consider new names for them.

I am not a huge fan of the cute cat names like Cuddles or Mr. The Reverend Mousington. I work in a garden so extra points for Latin Plant names.

posted by sciencegeek to Pets & Animals (34 answers total)

Well, you're actually presenting them to us as Yin and Yang, so...
posted by Namlit at 8:43 AM on December 5, 2019 [7 favorites]

Sebastian and Viola
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 8:58 AM on December 5, 2019

Nathaniel and Superfly.
posted by bondcliff at 8:59 AM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Nepeta and cataria (genus and species names for catnip).
posted by FencingGal at 9:01 AM on December 5, 2019 [8 favorites]

I like Dactylis (of Dactylis glomerata, aka as cat grass) for Rowdy and Cataria (from Nepeta cataria, aka catnip) for Maude.
posted by valoius at 9:04 AM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Maude is a “Calluna” field, I’d say (though she doesn’t look terribly vulgaris, what a pretty kitty!) and Rowdy could be Aster (dropping the ending of -aceus just for convenience in speaking)
posted by zinful at 9:04 AM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Quercus and Pome
posted by dywypi at 9:09 AM on December 5, 2019

Sinus and Cosinus
posted by Namlit at 9:18 AM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Castor and Pollux

Sand and Ampersand
posted by Midnight Skulker at 9:47 AM on December 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

I'm really into tree names right now

Acer (maple) and Salix (willow)
Sequoia (redwood) and Cercis (redbud)
posted by missmobtown at 10:19 AM on December 5, 2019 [4 favorites]

Gregor and Mendel
posted by sugarbomb at 10:21 AM on December 5, 2019 [3 favorites]

Linnea and Tiger!
posted by speakeasy at 10:24 AM on December 5, 2019

Anthony and Cleocatra
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 11:06 AM on December 5, 2019

Pixel MouseScratch and Emoji Terrabiter
posted by The_imp_inimpossible at 11:10 AM on December 5, 2019

Trixie and Boo.
posted by vitabellosi at 11:12 AM on December 5, 2019

Fish and Chips
posted by hepta at 11:49 AM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

'Lief' and 'Brant'.
posted by jamjam at 12:03 PM on December 5, 2019

Lenin and Krupskaya
Luxemburg and Liebknecht, if you don’t mind the tragedy.
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:05 PM on December 5, 2019

Rosalind and Franklin
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:06 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

My favorite paired cat names are:

Legs and Thursday
Huey Lewis and The News (Huey/Newsie for short?), but there's a whole world that could work here: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Benny and the Jets
posted by emkelley at 12:18 PM on December 5, 2019

If you like plants, perhaps Blossfeldt and Karl.
posted by Beardman at 12:27 PM on December 5, 2019

M+F: Nick and Nora or Bonnie and Clyde.
M+M: Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd or Lewis and Clark.
F+F: Scylla and Charybdis or Thelma and Louise.

If they are M+F littermates, Luke and Leia; if not realted, then Han and Leia.
posted by wenestvedt at 1:01 PM on December 5, 2019

They are as close as peas in a pod, so call them Sugar and Snap.
posted by lakeroon at 1:59 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: We don’t know if they’re littermates and I’m totally open to non-paired names.
posted by sciencegeek at 3:13 PM on December 5, 2019

I really like Acer and Salix!
Boycat: Fraxinus; Girlcat: Tilia, Carya.
posted by eirias at 3:50 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Sweetie and Pie.
posted by nirblegee at 4:00 PM on December 5, 2019

Constance and Merricat

Nepeta and Cataria
posted by vunder at 4:46 PM on December 5, 2019

Orion and Cassiopeia (Rye and Cassie), especially if they do a lot of stargazing over the years.
Peat Moss and Cat Mint.
Elton and Lucy (Elton John reference).
posted by TrishaU at 8:43 PM on December 5, 2019

For whatever reason, I've always wanted to name cats after soups. Maybe because cats are cozy like soup. Bisque and Gazpacho, maybe?
posted by Schismatic at 10:18 PM on December 5, 2019 [3 favorites]

Phobos and Deimos
posted by hortense at 10:47 PM on December 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Nyssa is a possible for the female.
Still looking for names for the male.
posted by sciencegeek at 8:44 AM on December 6, 2019

Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo, black gum or sour gum) came up on the web. Other trees that came up are sweet gum or American storax, sassafras, and American sycamore.
Maybe Nyssa and Sylvester, or Nyssa and Tupelo.
posted by TrishaU at 12:36 PM on December 6, 2019

I always liked the Latin name for my Russian olive tree: Elaeagnus angustifolia -- maybe Elaeagnus for the male?
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:40 PM on December 7, 2019

Response by poster: We have settled on Nyssa and Jasper. They are home with us and Nyssa is hiding in the cat carrier while Jasper is deep under the bed where it is shockingly dusty.

Thank you all.
posted by sciencegeek at 2:13 PM on December 7, 2019 [5 favorites]