We sometimes hear about unusual names people give to their (human) babies. But it turns out that cats too can have names that are quite extraordinary. Some of those names really brighten the vets’ day. According to this viral Twitter thread, at least. It hit very close to home to many cat owners out there who took the thread as an opportunity to share the funny cat names they have come up with. Scroll down to see the best examples!
Brian better be short for “Brianrietta”.
Our cat’s name is “Maschke”, which means “cat” in a number of Balkan languages. Most of the vet’s assistants mangle the name, but one pronounced it correctly. I complimented her on it. She said she was half Polish.
My cat (found as a stray in 2018) is named Pigeon. Because he cooed like a pigeon instead of meowing.
My cat was Dorabelle because she was so adorable. We called her Dory.
We named one of our cats Slug, we have had Slartibartfast and Zaphod, Mr Bag, HG short for House Guest except he never left…
Mine’s called Christmas Dinner
I’m not a one upper, but here are a few of my cats names: Reginald James McNasty, Clawsama Bin Scratchin, Turrable Tyranofelis TY TY, Chubby Wubby Kittykins, Grumplestiltskin, The Abominable Onomatapea, MOBIE (magnificent orange bastard of incalculable excellence), and last but not least…Intergalactic Champion of the Universe Princess Little Miss Stinky Pinky Fuzzy Butt. My vet said “not even going to pretend to write that one down” so her street name became Smoochie.
My dog was to be named Baron Gustov von Gigglesworth…but he is a she so her name is Pennelope Jane Wisenheimer.
We adopted our current little girl in December so we named her Jingle (my last name is …..Bell. Our Grandsons loved it so much the named their dogs Liberty and Lucille.
My cat’s name is Mouse – he’s grey, has a long tail and squeaks.
Everyone at our vet’s office got a good laugh at our new kitty’s name — he’s a tank of a brown tabby who I started befriending in late February 2022, so we named him Zelenskitty. (He was a semi-feral stray living under our neighbor’s house & in our bushes, now an indoors-only cat. We weren’t sure what to call him until we saw on the security camera that he was friendly with other cats but fearless in chasing off raccoons that ventured onto our porch.)
This article makes me miss my “Fatty Mc Fat Head” 😭
My sister had a cat named “Reefer.” She would get strange looks when she went to the pharmacy to pick up meds for “Reefer.” They’d tell her, “You don’t look at all like we expected.” My sister is quite normal looking, not a hippie type.
My cat’s name was Almost, full name Almost Maybe Perhaps. Because he wasn’t quite.
Growing up, my Aunt and Uncle had a cat they named “fuzz-nutts”.
I had a cat that looked a lot like Hamster on here and I called her Frankenpudd!! She had looked like she was made up of several cat colors like that cat in the photo but her eyes were the same color.
Had a tuxie cat whom I named Mr. Meowgi. After the character of Pat Morita in “The Karate Kid”. He is a social butterfly known by everyone in my neighbourhood. He died in the same place I found him. The first time I cried for a dead pet.
I know a can named Magnum Tail
Mr. Meowgi has taught us all a sad lesson about death: If do right, no can defense.