Posted on 12/18/2013 2:25:25 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Just can’t figure out why none of our moggies are on that list! (And how does one write a story about top cat names with a straight face, anyway? The mind reels.)
Ours are: John Carter, Warlord of Barsoom (Johnny for everyday); Eartha Kitten, William Wallace (Willy Wally for everyday), and Princess Dinah Dynamite. :)
I like ‘em!
My question exactly!!!! Sebastion...a classic cat name. I also like Biblical names like Obadiah...New testament gentile names like Crispus....I’m funny about cat names...there are names that are just “right” for cats and some that are not. A cat should never have a dog name also.
Skeezix is also a very good cat name.
felis sphincterus
think about it
The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
Give him a trophy.
Old Possum knows.
Should I evah own a porker, its name shall indeed be Mo-HAM-med. Kind of a takeoff on my favorite BBQ restaurant’s slogan, “Eat mo’ pig!”
Incidently, in 2002 a Staten Island couple I know coaxed a foundling out from under a friend’s porch - tiny little kitling. Said friend living in Oklahoma, the couple returned cross country with kitty on their laps to NY. I don’t recall his original name, but once kitty reached a certain stage of playfulness, he was re-dubbed Osama.
Because he was a “little terrorist,” of course.
Oh cool, I’ve run into no other folks who had a “Mouse.”
A “Crybaby” as well, who showed up hungry one day & not afraid to let me know it, LOL.
Others: Luna, Merlin & Pearl. (Also a shared cat already named Slinky, like the toy.) Really miss Merlin. Quite a doglike & mellow little boy.
As the former owner of a Jack Russell Terrorist, I understand.
Mouse is a very handsome tuxedo cat. He's very timid around humans, but is an accomplished hunter despite missing a couple of teeth (from chomping on bones).
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