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spinbaby

(15,210 posts)
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 08:50 PM Nov 27

I need suggestions for cat names

I just got a pair of young tomcats—apparently brothers—whom I’ll be fostering until they can be vetted and adopted. They’re both tabbies and will probably be put up for adoption together , so I’m looking for a pair of names. Laurel and Hardy? Fred and Barney?

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I need suggestions for cat names (Original Post) spinbaby Nov 27 OP
I do like Fred and Barney! viva la Nov 27 #1
Purr-seus and Cat-siopeia lastlib Nov 27 #2
Get Down deRien Nov 27 #3
Wilbur and Orville dweller Nov 27 #4
CUFF AND LINK BOSSHOG Nov 27 #5
We name all pets in Gaelic names - as in Scottish Gaelic. TomSlick Nov 27 #6
Any photos to help get in the name vibe ? magicarpet Nov 27 #7
If they have different temperaments, Oscar and Felix comes to mind surfered Nov 27 #8
Oscar and Ernie Deuxcents Nov 27 #19
Or Rocky and Bullwinkle wnylib Nov 29 #34
Bert and Ernie? Love and Bug? applegrove Nov 27 #9
Romulus and Remus LuvLoogie Nov 27 #10
Angus & Malcolm Skittles Nov 27 #11
I have a rule: all yellow tabbies wysimdnwyg Nov 27 #12
i plan on uaing chester + percy. i had a cosmo + basil. pansypoo53219 Nov 27 #13
Cheech and Chong? ShazzieB Nov 27 #14
How about MIButterfly Nov 27 #15
Damon and Pythias Jeebo Nov 27 #16
Stan and Ollie Ocelot II Nov 27 #17
Tower of Power fan here wryter2000 Nov 27 #18
Skipper and Gilligan? nt Phoenix61 Nov 27 #20
Oooh, I like that spinbaby Nov 28 #25
Medley and Hatfield blm Nov 27 #21
Radisson and des Groseilliers: the explorers. applegrove Nov 27 #22
Fish and Chips MIButterfly Nov 28 #23
Flo and Eddie! JoseBalow Nov 28 #24
I can't believe that I'm responding to this as one of my pet peeves is folks here on DU who feel that their opinion must EarnestPutz Nov 28 #26
Tom and Jerry alittlelark Nov 28 #27
That's what I was going to say underpants Nov 28 #28
Jeeves and Wooster (P. G. Wodehouse). Harry and Ron (Harry Potter) niyad Nov 28 #29
Zig & Zag MadLinguist Nov 28 #30
Godzilla and Mothra if..fish..had..wings Nov 28 #31
I had a set of btothers Figarosmom Nov 28 #32
Andy and Ollie Freddie Nov 28 #33

TomSlick

(11,973 posts)
6. We name all pets in Gaelic names - as in Scottish Gaelic.
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 09:01 PM
Nov 27

The vet's assistants don't ask my pet's name. They ask how to spell it.

For a pair of toms, I recommend, "Na Bean" and "Don Chat." Touch Not" and "The Cat." It comes from the motto of several clans in the Clan Chattan confederacy. ""Na bean don chat gun lamhainn" - touch not the ungloved cat (don't touch the cat if its claws are barred).

wysimdnwyg

(2,257 posts)
12. I have a rule: all yellow tabbies
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 09:24 PM
Nov 27

If I ever get two at once, I’ll name them Gregg and Duane after two of my favorite musicians.

ShazzieB

(18,925 posts)
14. Cheech and Chong?
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 09:30 PM
Nov 27

Chad and Jeremy? Peter and Gordon? I had 2 finches once that I named Tommy and Dicky after the Smothers Brothers.

Sorry all my suggestions are so Boomeresque. I yam what I yam!

wryter2000

(47,600 posts)
18. Tower of Power fan here
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 10:19 PM
Nov 27

I’d call them Mimi and Doc. But any pair of musicians could work.

spinbaby

(15,210 posts)
25. Oooh, I like that
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 05:39 AM
Nov 28

Skipper and Gilligan sounds perfect! One is a little chunkier than the other; he’ll be Skipper.

Thank you, it’s always hard to come up with names.

EarnestPutz

(2,683 posts)
26. I can't believe that I'm responding to this as one of my pet peeves is folks here on DU who feel that their opinion must
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 05:54 AM
Nov 28

......always be heard. But.....I'd skip the "pair of names" bit and just come up with two guy names that you like and that had some harmony between them. Our cats have always had less common but not real unusual human names, like Mona, Gwen, Ralph, Iris and so on. Just my personal preference. Please forgive me as this isn't what you asked for.

niyad

(120,662 posts)
29. Jeeves and Wooster (P. G. Wodehouse). Harry and Ron (Harry Potter)
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:23 AM
Nov 28

Or perhaps the kitties will tell you their names.

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