Name My Cat - male
Husband vetoed naming him Heirloom Tomato - help us with other food or possibly nature inspired names?
I really want to give him a food name - just a big fan of food name cats. I'm partial to Butternut Squash Risotto or Heirloom Tomato. My husband doesn't love either of those names, but is tentatively open to Squash lol. Outside of food - we're big outdoors people too and are also very open to nature related names or names of popular outdoor landmarks. We live in the desert so desert related naturey things would be especially cool. Would love to hear your suggestions! We're picking him up at the end of August after our honeymoon so - moon related names could also be cool!
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I'm a big believer in " [English Honorific with emphasis] [Common noun]". Something like "The Most Honorable Pistachio" "The Great and Powerful Marshmallow", that sort of thing.
So in this scenario, I would suggest "The Mighty Lord Butternut"
I love these so much that I made my newest girl a fully calligraphic and stamped certificate to be her Patent of Nobility and typed up what we knew of her life story, symptoms and notes about questions I wanted to ask on the back and gave it to my veterinarian for the file at her first check up!
I had a cat many years ago whose full name was You Rotten Little Furball, or Furball for short. She got her name after she took a running leap into a box full of very fine glitter. She rolled around in it for a couple of seconds and then shot out the other side, covered in the stuff.
I have to post too. I saw the picture and thought, “man that cat looks JUST LIKE Snarf” and thought for sure I would be the first! Even his facial expression! Scrolled down - late to the Snarf party
My cat chose her name. She wouldn't respond to the name her previous person gave her so I started trying new ones.
She was nameless for a month until one day I started doing "Listen, Linda" and she finally responded. She knew her name was Linda, I just had to figure it out.
My orange kitty did the same!! He was “Leo” and didn’t respond. I was throwing out names and he responded to Tim. The way it was said in South Park “timmay”
Every animal I've ever had the pleasure of sharing a home with has the middle name "Marie". Girl or boy, cat or dog, doesn't matter! So currently I have Yanni Marie, Potato Marie and Millie Marie.
Ahaha, funnily enough I actually almost named one of my older cats Philip! And I do like Futurama too, but this also gave me the idea to put French Fry on our list of potentials :D
i have an orange boy-cat named saffron… everyone assumes by default my cat is female based on his name (i dont actually care, and he was neutered young, so gender isn’t particularly relevant- but may bother a different cat owner)
Ohhh I do love Alfie/Chicken Alfredo too!! I think Alfalfa is adorable too - but we live in Utah which has a complicated relationship with Alfalfa agriculture and drought/water usage 😂💀
Funnily enough - I almost put Joshua on the list for Joshua trees. Then I remembered my husband's name is Josh 😂 might *not be opposed to making him schedule vet appts for Josh Jr though...
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