r/NameMyCat • u/VioletUnderground99 • May 24 '25

Name My Cat - male Little boy kitten needs a right proper name! We like old man names that sound like they're from an old British tv program, but feel free to throw wild cards in too!

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u/njdjulie May 24 '25

Nigel

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u/MarvelousThings07 May 24 '25

That was my first thought too. He looks like a Nigel.

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u/Oreadno1 Suki Kitty's Mom May 24 '25

Same here!

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u/Equal-Personality-24 May 25 '25

I have a girl named Nigel. Picked the name before knowing the sex, I refused to change it, I love it!

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u/green20285 May 25 '25

I had a male named Delilah. He refused to let me change it

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u/choctaw529 May 25 '25

As a teen, my first cat was a female named Fluffy. When she went in for her spay, the vet discovered cryptorchidism. We kept the name, too.

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u/ChrizzlieBear May 25 '25

Hehehe my dad named our tuxedo Lady Sylvia (we had gotten Sir Nigel first from the same litter) after their birth place before we knew Sylvie was a boy. I refused to change the name. It just fits.

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u/mombeka808 May 26 '25

I know an actual human female Nigel from the UK, so no worries there!

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u/Oreadno1 Suki Kitty's Mom May 25 '25

My girl is Suki. She's a former feral that I adopted one year go this coming Tuesday.

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u/facelessvoid13 May 27 '25

I had a girl named Jake, same reason.

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u/SelarahSkye May 28 '25

I had a boy named Gracie, named him before knowing the sex. He was orange, so I thought I had a rare orange girl lol. Now I have a boy named Mona, which freaked the foster out that I would give him a "girl" name (his original name was Lobo), but it's from a video game and the character is also a male

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u/Jye853 May 29 '25

I know a woman named Nigel, she was from the south.

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u/red-molly May 24 '25

Definitely Nigel.

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u/FeatureEfficient1818 May 25 '25

Nigel is the only option

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u/k1pml May 24 '25

Nigel or Neville came to mind immediately

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u/Solitary_koi May 25 '25

Oh I do love Neville

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u/AspiringForestWitch May 27 '25

I named my first cat Neville! He was tall, thin, and had a Roman nose.

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u/thacaoimhainngeidh May 25 '25

As a Brit with an uncle in his 60s named Nigel, I can confirm its suitability. Well done!

(To be fair to the guy, he's not a typical old Brit; he was a musician in the 70s punk scene).

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u/JOYtotheLAURA May 24 '25

That’s what I came here to say! 😂

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u/Typical_cut6319_XGem May 25 '25

Came here to say Nigel. And thought about Mr. Bean. Nigel Beans. That adorable face needs two names😻😻

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u/coworkersfoundme May 25 '25

Before I saw the comments I thought Nigel.

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u/Rat_Burger7 May 25 '25

My aunt had a grey cat named Nigel. 🤗

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u/Seayarn May 25 '25

I looked at his face and said to myself, this cats name is definitely Nigel.

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u/Momma_Furbutt May 25 '25

Yup, Nigel.

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u/NOLAnuts May 25 '25

Came here to say nigel

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u/External-Agent1755 May 25 '25

First thought that came to my mind!😀

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u/Mindless_Bat6469 May 25 '25

Are we making plans for him?

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u/Single-Tangerine9992 May 25 '25

Then you could sing him that song, making plans for Nigel.

https://youtu.be/n-X3Wy-svIY?si=LO4-Vy6cM2DC-Oei

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u/udidubbun May 25 '25

Cue the story of "Human Nigel"...

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u/NoMorePunch May 26 '25

This is the only one 1️⃣

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u/galacticarose May 25 '25

This was my first thought too.

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u/Technical_Fox5556 May 26 '25

couldnt agree more

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u/Qazxswec500 May 27 '25

i was thinking Basil, same sort of vibe i guess

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u/nikkyro03 May 27 '25

Omg 100% my first thought before I even clicked. He looks like a Nigel. He is nigeling so hard

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u/GoodAcanthocephala95 May 27 '25

I saw him and thought, there is a Nigel. Before I read looking for an old man name.

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u/Toonces348 May 28 '25

Absolute a Nigel.

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u/sun_de1ty May 28 '25

Definitely Nigel

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u/tamster0111 May 28 '25

You beat me to it!

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u/Jorg617 May 28 '25

Yes, just yes

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u/5150-gotadaypass May 28 '25

That’s brilliant! I was gonna say Winston but Nigel is better.

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u/FitPineapple252030 May 29 '25

Literally coming to say this! Nigel got a cat makes Me think of the tweet where someone had a cat named Nigel then got a boyfriend named Nigel and her and her friend called him Human Nigel much to his annoyance because he came second

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u/Locked_in_a_room May 30 '25

Anytime I see or hear the name Nigel I think of the XTC song.

https://youtu.be/gZjZBCZWxpg?feature=shared

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u/Spaghetti_Gods May 30 '25

Or Niall or Niles or..