Kitten names

[Charlotte]

Our number's just come up on the Battersea kitten waiting list and there are a pair of little black four month old boy kittens awaiting a thorough spoffling.  I'm so excited that I think I might have to go outside and actually jump up and down.



To save my colleagues from having to watch me cast all dignity to the wind, I've been mailing my friends and we've all been making a list of possible names.  So far, we have:

Asafoetida and Ambrosia
Astrophe and Atonic
Aye-Aye and Potto
Baal and Asmodeus
Ben and Jerry
Ben and Nevis
Bill and Ben
Burke and Hare
Byron and Shelley
Castor and Pollux
Cat 5 and Script Kitty
Chewie and Yoda
Chooch and Chong
Chuffy and Gussie
Cod and Piece
Crick and Watson
Dave and Nick
Debian and Tarball
Déjà-vu and Déjà-vu
Dromio and Dromio
Eth and Thorn (Then you could just use ð and þ)
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gluten and Spelt
Gobbolino and Sooticus
Grant and Phil
Green and Black
Grimbold and Greebo
Holmes & Wadd
Hotblack and Desiato
Howard and Widdecombe
How-ni-mah and Wah-hi-nee
Hypnos and Thanatos
Jake and Elwood
Jay and Silent Bob
Kensington and Chelsea
Larry and Sergey
Lewis and Clark
Lucifer and Stanley
Mason and Dixon
Moon Unit and Dweezil
Norbert and Dentressangle
Pick and Mix
Pinky and Perky
Pinky and The Brain
Plato and Socrates
Podo and Kodo
Quark and Lepton
Ren and Stimpy
River Deep and Mountain High
Romulus and Remus
Schrodinger and Lobachevsky
Shaft and Leadbelly
Shimano and Campag
Sizewell and Bradwell
Sooty and Sweep
Spike and Angel
Thunder and Lightning
Time and Space
Tom and Jerry
Tony and Gordon
Whizzer and Chips
Withnail and I

(Yes, I have a spreadsheet.  Yes, I am spectacularly sad.)

Plz to add your suggestions.  Extra points for the geeky, the obscure and for SCIENCE.

[clarion]

ITYM

Cheech & Chong

But hey man, I don't want to bogart your joint...

[Chris S]

Geeky, eh?

How about Lexx and YACC?

Not geeky, but disturbing:

Hummers and Pumpe.

[Chris S]

Marks & Spencer
Thing1 & Thing2

[Biggsy]

Jeff and Minter.

But I like the idea of calling a cat "The Brain" - especially if he turns out to be stupid!

[clarion]

Radcliffe & Maconie?

Actually, I have to confess that my skills at kitten naming are a bit limited.  My cats were Rebel Songs and his sister Winnie Mandela.*  Later, I had Rosa Luxemburg.

* Actually, now I come to think of it, I didn't name that pair - it was Jane.

[Feline]

Busch and Muller
Sprocket and Crank
Atom and Electron
Linux and Ubuntu
Laser and Radar

[Pingu]

Parsley & Dill

[Pingu]

Fry & Bender

[Riggers]

We had a stray grey cat arrive at work for a while, so we called it Cool Grey 9, which was roughly it's Pantone swatch equivalent. Does that help?

[border-rider]

Very hard, and important, choice

We've found that ours have kind of named themselves - a name comes to you that suits their personality, behaviour or appearance.  One of ours is named because he was a small ginger piglet (Tam) and the other because she sometimes has the aspect of flowers, sometimes an owl (Blodeuwydd; Daisy for short)

The previous ones were named Oliver (Heaviside - because he was tubby & thoughtful as a kitten) and Amelia (Earheart, an inveterate explorer and getter-into-trouble)

The one before that was Rosie, because she had a rosy nose and a gentle personality, but could leave holes in you...

But in all cases they result in names that are not an embarrassment when you call them or take them to the vet

[Chris S]

Ant & Dec.

* hides *

[Riggers]

Actually, unless you're kittens become conditioned to hailing your 'whistle', like wot ours do, you're gonna have to stand outside calling their names sister.

So … if you're comfortable standing outside shouting "Pollux!", which may well be misheard by people … I'd practice whistling.

[Tim]

With Seaphur and Enphur you could save Wyephur for when the inevitable happens.

[Ham]

Turing and Welchman ?

[Charlotte]

Gosh.  "Seaphur Enphur" would appear to be a Googlewhack.

Not had one of those for a while  

[JT]

Mulligan and O'Hare
POJO and OOP
Brian and Stewie
Reynolds and Columbus

[Phil]

Jedward?

[Tim]

Gosh.  "Seaphur Enphur" would appear to be a Googlewhack.

Not had one of those for a while 

Given those names are picked for phonetics there may be some spelling variants out there already working the same gag.

[Jacomus]

Safety and Ordinary appeals to my bicycle geek

[Wowbagger]

Mrs. Wow suggests Bert & Ernie.

For sheer silliness, you could consider My Cat Jeffery and My Friend Julian's Cat Geoffrey.

Oedipus is a good name for a cat, especially if you call it with a West Indian accent. Can't think of a male partner for Oedipus though.

[Ham]

Mrs. Wow suggests Bert & Ernie.

For sheer silliness, you could consider My Cat Jeffery and My Friend Julian's Cat Geoffrey.

Oedipus is a good name for a cat, especially if you call it with a West Indian accent. Can't think of a male partner for Oedipus though.

Rex

[spesh]

Phobos & Deimos
Raoul & Duke

[Phil]

Eteocles and Polynices, on a similar note?

[Regulator]

My brother-in-law called his two Puddy and Tatt, just for the giggle when calling for them....