My cat's name is Elliot because he's got a mustache like the Mr. Robot mask, but I call him Admiral Derpits, Mingus, Ferbles, or Murface the Furface on a Surface
3 of our girl cats growing were named Shasta, Kahlua, and Sprite and one of the boys was named Orange Crush; all were named after drinks (and that time Dad sat on Crush).
We never thought about it, but of our three cats, the girls are named after a goddess and an empress, while the boy cat is named after a Starbucks menu item.
My cat is named Figaro after the cat from the animated Pinocchio film that he looks just like. My dog is named Ampix after a character who gets made fun of for his stupid name in a novel that my wife and I read.
My kitty Athena agrees. My kitty Nova does not (both girls). But the mentality is the same: respectable names that convey greatness. Because they fucking rock.
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 2y
Me an my boi Crunch Wrap are good with that.
Have a treat, Crunchy.
Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
You leave Gordito out of this!
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
Ours:
Rocket (F) - Age 10
Keanu (M) - 8
Lorelei (F) - 2
Willow (F) - 4 months
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
They're all adorable!
franklin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Are the last two named after characters from "The Devil Came Through Here" trilogy?
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Lorelei:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lorelei-German-legend
Willow was my wife's choice, not sure where she got it.
Draegur@lemm.ee · 34 pts · 2y
chalupa do go hard though
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 2y
Soup... Tomato Soup
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 27 pts · 2y
My boy cat is called Rails because Ruby on Rails, my girl cat is called Sushi just because .
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 2y
Whatever,
Crunchwrap Supreme is a great name. It's much easier to say than my fishes name:
Three doritos locos tacos supremes with a large Baja blast.
MagicShel@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
My daughter named her fish Sushi.
ReCursing@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y
My partner's parents had a pair of cows called Mince and Steak
B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Old man I used to know had a pig named BLT
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
My friend had cows named Sirloin and Rib-Eye. It's low-hanging fruit, you have to go for it.
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 2y
my cat's true name is whatever I come up with in the moment
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Yup and the most important names, the ones that he responds to, are psp-psp-psp and ti-ti-ti.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
My cat's name is Elliot because he's got a mustache like the Mr. Robot mask, but I call him Admiral Derpits, Mingus, Ferbles, or Murface the Furface on a Surface
wittyshizard@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Yeah my male cat was named Optimus Prime by the previous owner, and the female cat I got I named Nika, after the ancient Greek goddess Nike.
orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts · 16 pts · 2y
I have a female cat named Toph. She’s a Tortie. Very fitting character and cat breed.
GluWu@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
Regretting calling my cat Persephone because I always have to spell it out to the vet reception over the phone.
Wait, is this just a trap to get our bank account security questions?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Mothers' maiden names are so crazy and random too, don't you think?
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Especially when that side is fresh from slavistan.
Glytch@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
3 of our girl cats growing were named Shasta, Kahlua, and Sprite and one of the boys was named Orange Crush; all were named after drinks (and that time Dad sat on Crush).
TriflingToad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
tell crush I say meow
Glytch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I appreciate it, but Crush crossed the rainbow bridge a number of years ago (not because my dad sat on him) after a long and happy life
TriflingToad@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
:( May crush be crushed in peace
Glytch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
He has a place of honor in the family pet cemetery and we remember him fondly.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
My girl cat was named GirlCat.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 2y
Hey! Boy cats also get names after video game characters. Just ask Mr Bubbles.
redisdead@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Momcat is named Alyx after the Half-Life character.
One of her daughters is named Junko, after the alpinist Junko Tabei because she climbs everywhere and is always the first one to jump onto new things
The other is named Spots because she has spots.
Aceticon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Either way the cat thinks of him or herself as a divinity.
CheesyGordita@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I tried, the wife said no. So I wear this name in my cats honor
Copythis@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Dog is named cat. Cat is named dog!
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y
My girl cat’s shortened name is bean, and I often call her black bean burrito (the other one’s food name is banana, because it rhymes with Rayla)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
I'm not sure you understand how rhyming works
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 2y
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I thought jokes were supposed to be funny
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 2y
Good ones maybe, but I never said it was one of those :)
Sabata11792@ani.social · 8 pts · 2y
My cat Neth'Sin the Ethereal Tormentor laughs at your modern goddesses.
mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2y
I love you, Beefy Crunch ❤️
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 6 pts · 2y
Enchirito does sound like a good name for a cat... 🤔
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I just named a cat that got dumped at my work Johnny. It's a girl cat. Oops.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Jonni now?
Joanie?
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
g0zer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
And here I am giving my pets human names like a weirdo: Brody (dog), Chad (dog), Sasha (cat) & Erin (cat)
Shampiss@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Wait till you see Augustus Magnus the cat And his brother Brutus Maximus the other cat
Trabic@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
How is this so accurate?
We never thought about it, but of our three cats, the girls are named after a goddess and an empress, while the boy cat is named after a Starbucks menu item.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 2y
It is as much of an honor to be named after Taco Bell items!
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Some of us name our boy cats after Arby's menu items. That's how Double Roast Beef Sandwich got his name.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
My cat is named Figaro after the cat from the animated Pinocchio film that he looks just like. My dog is named Ampix after a character who gets made fun of for his stupid name in a novel that my wife and I read.
fushuan@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Our girl cat is named Maki because she's small. Girls get food names too.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I know a boy cat named Apollo
toynbee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
My cats are named after a tattoo, an encoding system and a movie character.
cheet@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 2y
Tramp, ASCII and Neo?
toynbee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Heh, good guesses.
Maze (because I have a maze, actually a labyrinth, tattooed on my back and she's stripey).
Hex (short for hexadecimal, but the pagans I used to date preferred to think otherwise).
Ripley (you can probably extrapolate for this one).
edit: line breaks.
Iapar@feddit.org · 2 pts · 2y
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Fair guess again.
In this case, she's named after the Alien movies.
cheet@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
Love it. I'm gonna name my next cat ASCII now tho...
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Better than EBCDIC!
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Ah, the Elon Musk children naming system.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
My kitty Athena agrees. My kitty Nova does not (both girls). But the mentality is the same: respectable names that convey greatness. Because they fucking rock.
don@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Whatever naming convention works for you Danny, so long as you heed your masters’ call.
callouscomic@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Mmmmm, I do miss the Enchirito
Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
MantisTobogganMD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
one of my girl cats is named after a song about cigarettes, the other named after a video game tribe
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I think Dweezil suits her just fine.
MantisTobogganMD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
my girl cat is named after a song about cigarettes