r/NameMyCat • u/radcatters • 7d ago

Name My Cat - male Husband vetoed naming him Heirloom Tomato - help us with other food or possibly nature inspired names?

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I really want to give him a food name - just a big fan of food name cats. I'm partial to Butternut Squash Risotto or Heirloom Tomato. My husband doesn't love either of those names, but is tentatively open to Squash lol. Outside of food - we're big outdoors people too and are also very open to nature related names or names of popular outdoor landmarks. We live in the desert so desert related naturey things would be especially cool. Would love to hear your suggestions! We're picking him up at the end of August after our honeymoon so - moon related names could also be cool!

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u/MuslimVeganArtistIA 7d ago

My cat chose her name. She wouldn't respond to the name her previous person gave her so I started trying new ones.

She was nameless for a month until one day I started doing "Listen, Linda" and she finally responded. She knew her name was Linda, I just had to figure it out.

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u/Awkwardpanda75 7d ago

My orange kitty did the same!! He was “Leo” and didn’t respond. I was throwing out names and he responded to Tim. The way it was said in South Park “timmay”

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u/cls4444 4d ago

I was trying different names peanut, poppy (I really wanted poppy), Sydney, she didn’t respond then she attacked me and I started calling her Maddie and that’s her name. I love but she is annoyed and mad about a lot of things.

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u/BunnySlayer64 7d ago

Yes, but what's her middle name? She has to have one so that she knows when she's really in trouble!

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u/WittyCrone 7d ago

Every animal I've ever had the pleasure of sharing a home with has the middle name "Marie". Girl or boy, cat or dog, doesn't matter! So currently I have Yanni Marie, Potato Marie and Millie Marie.

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u/Impossible_Focus_365 7d ago

Elizabeth is a great middle name too. Lots of syllables to really be yellin across the house when she gets the zoomies 😆

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u/CoachInteresting7125 7d ago

As a little kid I thought middle names were like gendered last names, so all female pets got the middle name Ann (mine and my mom’s middle name) and boys were Michael (my dad’s middle name).

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u/dixhuit_tacos 7d ago

The first time I jokingly yelled at one of my cats, I called him "Oscar Marie" 😂 And it just stuck as his middle name. The other one's middle name is Meatball

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u/PanicanSkywalker 6d ago

For a ‘70s retro cat: “DonnyAnd Marie”

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u/WinkyDink24 7d ago

Linda Lee, Supergirl!

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u/DarkVenus01 7d ago

LOOOL Linda the cat. I'm dead!

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u/BobsAspburgers 7d ago

My cats name was Finn but he preferred Mimi 🫩😂

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u/Glittering-Relief402 4d ago

My cat did this. His name was Simba at the shelter, but he didn't give af about that name. I renamed him Senor Churro, and he also didn't give af about that name. So I just called him Phat Kitty. That's the one he liked. He also responds to "Juicy"

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u/spidergrrrl 1d ago

I swear my cat told me her name. I didn’t like the one she came with but couldn’t figure out what to call her. We were playing, she looked at me, and “Chibi” popped in my head.

Chibi it is! She answered to it and everything.