Nicknames You Give Your Cats

Wow, this brings back memories. When I brought home my oldest cat, who died last year, I was over the moon because I hadn't had a pet in decades. So among other things, I called him almost every kind of "pie" there was, but particularly "my banana cream pie." And I would sing "What's New Pussycat" to him all the time. I would also sing him a nonsense version of "Love is a Many Splendored Thing," substituting his name for "Love".

For my two remaining cats, I do all kinds of variations on their names and sometimes just call them whatever nonsense word pops into my head. I actually found out that one of the variations on Sebastian's name I unwittingly used turned out to be a term for someone giving himself a bj or something!

Malcolm's song when he first arrived was "Consider Yourself at Home" from "Oliver." Sebastian doesn't have a song because he was so skittish the first year and a half so I'm always on the lookout for a song for him.

Hee, I feel a little nutty.

Napolean:
Polecat, Rapolean, Poly, mowzer mowzer

Pause:
Pausey-Wausey, Pause-Kitty, Fatty, lil kitten

There are a bunch for each cat... especially since the boyfriend and roomate call them the most nonsense things... and as I am typing the roomie is making up some random song and singing it as we speak lol
but here goes...

Morgan~ morgs, mosey, posey, mo, moos, baby, scaredy cat, miss, pretty lady, momma kitty

Pooka~ pookie, pooks, pookis, pretty lady, thumbs, monkey, meanie

Thandor~ Thans, Mr. T, Mister, Thander(real country sounding), Moose, Thadius Gunter Thandor The Third (yes I am serious), Tee, Tee bo

Lili~ Lils, Lu, Lulu, Lubens, littles, pretty lady

There are so many more they kinda just happen, roll of the tongue depending if they're being good or mischevious

Cammy, I call Cam Cam...I've also referred to her as a brat (lovingly) and also a slightly meaner b-word. (also lovingly though)

Originally Posted by Momofmany

Sam: Sama-rama-ding-dong

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I'm sorry, I really don't mean to laugh but that really cracked me up! I don't even know why but I laughed so hard I scared the cat!
That's really cute though...*giggle*

I mostly just call them altered versions of their given names. Such as Church is called Churchie or sometimes Churchill and Sneakers is called Sneaky and Sneaks and sometimes Sneaker-deakers. Roxy is usually just called Roxy or sometimes Rorschach because that is part of her full name. I sometimes call her Pretty or Prettykitty.

I have more nicknames for some of my foster kittens like Mister Grey I call cuddlekitty because he is a cuddler and Spot I call Fatty and Fattycat and Chub-chub and Fatty Mc Fatkins LOL... Spot is a huge kitten, he weighed 8 pounds at 5 months and now he is about 12 pounds at 7-8 months old. He is a large cat in general but also chubby. Harlequin is usually called Harley.

Originally Posted by Momofmany

Stumpy: Stumpy-lumps, Stumpers
Scarlett: Princess
Pinky: Pinkles, Mr. Pinks
Spanky: Spankums
Muddy: Buggles, Mud-bug, Mud-E
Koko: Koko-nut, Koko-beans, Beaner Girl, Beans
Oscar: Oscar-doodle-doo, Big O
Eightball: Goofball, or pick any name and he comes running
Bob: Bob-o, Bob-o-mattic, Bobby Socks
Lucky Pierre: Pierre

And the dogs:
Sam: Sama-rama-ding-dong, Sammie-kins
Spike: Spikums
Lola: Lola-beans

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I've got a family friend who calls me Sama lama ding dong!

My kitties get SO many nicknames:

Elmo - Elmie, Bo-bo, Mo-mo, moomoo, palmsy, elmossidy J, elbow (my Nana coined that one), el-nee-nee

Sophie - Soph, Sophie-princess, Soesoe

Flutterby - Flutty, F-B-Y (Spell each letter out), FB, Flutz, Fla-nee-nee, Flea-flea, flutter, flutt-flutt, flutter nutter

Fluffy - Fwuffee, fluff, F-F-Y, fluffy-princess

I ALWAYS get Flutterby & Fluffy mixed up!

Tales - Tay-tay, TT (She's only 13 weeks and yet to find more nicknames for her! )

I always love kitty nick-name threads, it's so fun to read everything we call our cats!

Flowerbelle is pretty much the only static name. She was "the little white kitty" from day one, before we named her, and it has stuck. So she's pretty much always "Whitey," or "little whitey," or, because she LOVES lying in the bathroom, or on top of the toilet when we shower, "toilet kitty," or "little whitey toilet." She doesn't answer to any of them because she's deaf. But she can hear certain frequencies, and a "CH-CH-CH" kind of noise made by sucking air between your cheek and teeth she can hear - so that's what she thinks her name is.

Shelly these days is either Smelly or Shelly Belly. I don't know why - he's thin.

Lazlo is back to Laz the Spaz. Or "#1 son" (our first kitty adopted).

Tuxedo hasn't ever had a nick name. Tuxie. Too proud.

Spooky is a million things. Pookie, Spookster, Pookster, Spoopy, Spoop-a-lopoulous, Spook-a-loopy, Sploopy, Sploppy, Spooky-the-plopster &etc.

Billy is Billy-so-silly or just Silly. or BeSilly. or Billster. He answers to all of them.

Ming Loy is so many things. Ming-doo-doo, Ming-doody, Ming-a-ling, little tubba wubba, Moojah (like from Mujahadein), Ming Doodle, Ming Doodle Bug, and so many I can't remember!

The funniest story, though, is Ming Loy's. She's handicapped, but she could climb, so a kiddie pen didn't keep her in. We had to put her in her own room at first. She'd sleep under a chest we had in there, so when we'd open the door, we'd call "Where's Ming Loy?" ...and she's scrinch her way out from under the chest and come running. When we first let her loose, we'd call her, "Ming Loy!" - and no response. Finally we called, "Where's Ming Loy?" and she came running! It took a couple of weeks to transition her from what she THOUGHT her name was "Where's Ming Loy?" to just plain old "Ming Loy."

Laurie

flash is my angel

and sooty is my lil man

thats the only nicknames i have for my two

Originally Posted by LDG

It took a couple of weeks to transition her from what she THOUGHT her name was "Where's Ming Loy?" to just plain old "Ming Loy."

Laurie

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That's hilarious!

Let's see for my cats it is

Jack is Jack a doo doo
Frisky is Friskers
Austin is Austy kitty
Prissy is Miss Priss
Sophie is Princess Sophia MoMo Munkinbaby all one word lol. I also call her putt putt because sometimes when she purrs she sputters.

Toby is: Tobester, Tobee-bobee, Toby-Baby, Toby Pouncer, Loaf of Bread, Tober, Tabby boy, Tab-ster, Kitten Boy, Baby Face

Luke: Baby Luke, Cool Hand Luke, Handsome Boy, Whiney, Big Bro

Harvey: Harv, Don't Eat That!, Velcro (he follows me everywhere), Little Bro

OH! We do have a nick-name (sort of) for Tuxie! Tux-a-munchie!

Laurie

Originally Posted by Brokenheart

That's hilarious!

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Yeah - we think so too!

Laurie