HELP! Wife and I are losing our minds over cat names

[theWocky]

We once had this dilemma when a stray adopted us about six years ago.

We called him "Steve" - it's a nice name.

[Morae]

https://youtu.be/PqN6-VfU5eg?t=81

This name was for a monkey, but I think it would fit for a cat too.


I wonder if anyone posted this already. Didnt look.

[Stelio Kontos]

Little Bastard

[Spiral Mage]

Nyx, Neo and Aeon are all really good names. I'd vote for any of those personally.

[Tommi]

Cunt.

Coz that's what cats are. No matter what you call them, they don't care.

Cats are cunts.

[Independent voter]

Fuzzy Butt.

[MrPaladinGuy]

If it runs around a lot and likes to slide, then call it Scooter.

[Deleted]

This is pretty much true, cats do not listen to their names. They recognize your voice, they can understand if you are adressing them but they will not associate a name with themselves because unlike dogs, cats domesticated themselves.

So call it something funny that you enjoy. Nyx is short and appropriate for a black cat I suppose. My cats are Puck (after the fairy) and June (after the month).

Having 6 cats, I can say they do know who's who. I can call a cat by name at the bottom of the stairs and only the one called will come to see what's up. Also, dogs domesticated themselves as well. Difference between the species is that dogs have a clear group structure and hierarchy with a leader, while cats are more loose groups based on available food and space. This makes it easier to teach dogs stuff, although it's not impossible to teach cats the same things.

Anyway, our black cat is called Wicca. Two syllable names work best for pets, they recognize it better than one syllable names.

[Dalheim]

Me and my gf named our cats Tyrael and Percy.

[d00mGuArD]

Asterix or Obelix
Or better get two cats and named them one each

[Deleted]

A friend had a black cat, named it Darth Maw

[cozzri]

I have a black cat which my wife and I named batman, it didn't stick for too long.... sooo

Now we called him "Bats" or "Batty"

Batty is actually an awesome name for a cat, I highly recommend; look up definition, it's insane! ^^

[Splenda]

Nox.

I have a black long haired cat named Sirius.

[HardlyWaken]

Image wouldn’t work on the front page, but I added a link. We won’t have him for another 2-4 days. Thanks for helping. Going through some of the names.

Seems Nyx and Nemesis have been sort of popular here at the house, as well as some of the other suggestions. Keep them coming. Luckily we have a few days to sort of go through this and re-evaluate.

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Orion

Orpheus - means, "the darkness of the night"

Bram - Gaelic name meaning "raven"

Lucifer

I loved Orion. Wife wouldn’t have it.

[jakeic]

Name it Cat after Cat.

[Hargema]

Maximus decimus meridius

John wick's cat

Ohhh..

[Igi]

Mr. Bigglesworth

[Lane]

Nyx is a goddess, so I'd automatically assume your cat was female if you told me that name.

Our two black cats are Jinx and Stanley (named after Evil King Stan in Okage: Shadow King). If you're stuck on wanting a name that invokes images of blackness when you hear it then I'd suggest looking up dark/black/night names on Google for more options. When we get another cat (probably another black male because they're awesome) we've been considering naming him after a character in WoW, probably something DK-related. :P

[Stop Pretending]

Save yourself some time, and just put them down. You're welcome.

[Kathandira]

I really need help, and I realize this is a long shot with a lot of expected rejection, but my wife and I need help with cat names... we are adopting a beautiful pure-black medium fur male kitten, but we absolutely cannot figure out a name we both enjoy.

What we are shooting for is simple but not overused. We don’t want things like shadow, shade, smokey. But we also don’t want things that are too long or awkward to pronounce. Something good to call out.

Some things we have pondered, to give an idea:
Nyx
Lucio (she wouldn’t do it... rip)
Sirius
Noir
Neo
Aeon

But one of us ends up sort of iffy. Please help us brainstorm...

Image:
https://imgur.com/gallery/L5HXm

We won’t have him for a few days so we have time to think on it. Thanks for helping us!

Name him Happy.

https://goo.gl/images/sktqam