Cat Names That Are Always Great at an Animal Hospital - Part 2 

My daughter found a kitten that had been thrown from a car. We thought she was dead or dying when we stopped to check. Rushed her to the emergency vet expecting they would not be able to save her. My daughter named her Squished Penny. She is a happy very much alive cat now.

"the Dude" we called him "Dude". He was that chill. vets would pick him up, and he either purred or was limp and lazy like "you do the work" i am just here.

My aunt and uncle used to have a cat named Go Away. She was a stray they were feeding and they kept telling her to go away. She went into the house and answered to that name for the rest of her life. It was weird saying Go Away and having a cat come.

I met a couple with two cats. Tupperware and leftovers

We have a Maine Coon named Purrcy Jackson and I cant wait till my generation finishes vet school so the veterinarians get the joke

My cat is named Anonymous. When we took him to the vet, they checked to confirm that really was his name.

I was expecting a Monty Python joke with Tim the Enchanter.

I know someone with cats Chopsticks, Spoons, and Pan.

My grandfather named one of his cats "D.C." and it stood for "Damn Cat". He loved that little bugger lol

I work at an all animal hospital. We had a Guinea Pig named Bobcat 😂

Charmander, King of the Orange Floofs 😂😂 ~ my baby boy

My rabbit Audrey hopburn

My first cat’s name was Guess. It was fun when people asked what her name was. Miss my fur baby😢

We adopted our cat and he was still recovering from being electrocuted (he’s fine now) but his name is toasty. 😂. We also have a Lewis and Clark. Because my daughter thought they were explorer kitties.

My solid white cat is aptly named... Midnight. 😹 It was either that or get a house panther and name it Snowball. 😜

We've got a snake called Switchblade! Try explaining that one to the receptionist!

One of my personal favorites has always been the cat my uncle had when I was little named Underfoot, because she was always tripping everyone

I'd like to think these are jokes- but I did know someone who named a cat lunch box😅🤦‍♀️

I took care of a friend's cat for a few years. His name was Dante, I always called him Chairman Meow. My neighbor's cat leaves dead birds on my step. I call him Mr. Murder Mittens.

then there's my old cat... earless, toothless. and weighed maybe a full 5 lbs right after she finished eating. her name was Tank.

I was wondering what reason there could possibly be for naming a cat Stuffed Crust Pizza. But honestly, now that I’ve heard the story, that’s kind of legendary.

When I was but a youth, I babysat for a family who'd let their 5 year old name their kitten. The name was Happy Tree.

Friend of mine had a Heinz 57 mix dog named "Freeto", because the ad said "Free to a good home".

*slowly raises hand* I have a cat and there are some who call him... Tim. Yes, Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python's Holy Grail. I let my husband name him.

We had a cat we named Mr. Spock. He was a rescue. He had big, pointy ears and I'm a Star Trek fan. Sadly the intelligence didn't follow 😂, but he was a wonderful cat.

Actual footage of every time I take my Balinese, Double Soup Tuesday, to the vet.

A calico orangish cat showed up at our place last year. We coaxed her into the house because she looked pregnant. She stayed in a box for several days, then started looking around the house. One morning, as she was sitting in the living room with the sun shining on her I realized she looked like a pumpkin. So I said ‘Pumpkin is your name, isn’t it’, and she meowed at me and has been meowing and yelling at us ever since. She was not pregnant just plump, and she still yells at us. Lovely cat.

We have clients whose two cats are named Mister Meowgi and Daniel-san.

The Dolly one reminds me that Katy Perry named her cat Kitty Purry. I respect that, she saw the opening and went for it

My aunt once named a cat Purrly, as in Purrly Gates.

5 years ago we found three starving little kittens under our house, barely 4 weeks old. We named them after the BeeGees, Maurice, Barry, and Robin.

One of my favorite past cats name we had was Scumplethumbs.

I had a cat named Proctor Silex. When my first husband and I moved in to our first apartment she showed up at our door and demanded to be adopted. The night we agreed we would do so, we were both tired and sitting in front of a pile of boxes, each throwing out names. Each suggestion was shot down by the other as it just didn't seem to fit. Running out of inspiration the next time it was my turn, I simply read out loud what was on the box in front of me, which happened to be a Proctor Silex small appliance box. He fell over laughing as he wasn't overly fond of cats and referred to them as "furry little automatons" a la Ambrose Bierce. It stuck. The vet's office had a great laugh over it the next day. She was Proctor for short from then on, but she got the last laugh--I got rid of him after 5 years, and she lasted for 19.

I always wanted to get three cats and name them Larry, Darryl, and Darryl... a reference to the Newhart Show in the 80s.

And this is why Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is still valid. Cat's are weird, and weird cats deserve appropriate names. My best boy started out with a different name, but became 'Riddick' within a week, because he could escape any prison ("slam!"), and loved the top of the 7ft bookshelf for a nap 😊 He's no hunter, and is an indoor cat, but when we were discovering who he was, it was the perfect name! He also answers to Ridsy, because ... why not. I also had Spook/y, the love of my life. I found her on a busy street, a week before Christmas. She was jet black (my favourite,) maybe 4-6 wks old (still had blue eyes,) was a couple of days away from starvation, and had little contact with people - we thought the mother may have hidden the litter, and something bad had happened. I took her home because otherwise she would have been hit by a car. She was a tiny thing, and hid under a cabinet for the 1st 3-4 nights, and would 'spook' and ambush ankles as the passed in the middle of the night. It was a 'place holder' name, because I tried to find out if anyone was missing her, she'd gotten lost, etc. The name stuck though, as did, "The Boss" and "Her Majesty" 😊 _everyone_ knew her, and knew who we meant lol She had a rough start, and never weighed more than 3-3½ kg (6½-7¾ lbs) her whole life, and was closer to 2½ kg/5½ lbs the last 5-6 years. But she had a huge personality, and ruled over people, dogs, and other cats. We had 21 years together. I completely adore my Riddick, but will _always_ miss Spook.

My late kitty was named Oliver F. Waffles because the day he came home from the shelter he jumped up on the table and ate all of our effing waffles. ❤ miss him 😢

Dolly PURRton! 🐱🐈😻😸😹

We have a Fizzy Pop. He's a happy bubbly boy who loves tummy rubs.

As an HR professional, I felt the Human Resources department bit hit so close to home!!!!

I named 3 of my foster kittens Meowzarella, Tailggio, and Mewnster. I collectively called them the Cheeses. Their adopters renamed them though 😂 Another pair of fosters I nicknamed the Terrorists. I actually don’t remember their real names anymore. I still just remember them as the Terrorists and they’re still the wildest kittens I’ve had

Our dog was called Max when we rescued him. We soon discovered this must actually be short for Maximum Trouble and I get his food delivered to our house under this name. The delivery driver always seems to enjoy it ☺

Allow me to top everything here Infidel Catstro!

Cats either need a super human name. Like my kitty George. Or unhinged names like my family's old cat Bucket.

We had a black panther named Tezcatlipoka, named after an Aztec god.

We named one of our cats Squirrel, because his tail was almost as long as his body. One day my dad had written on the calendar at work “Get Squirrel shot” because he had to take the cat to the vet for his shots. A regluar customer/friend came in (this was a family owned automotive garage), looked at the calendar, and asked what it meant. Did he need to buy “squirrel shot” for a shotgun, was there a nuicance squirrel that he needed to get rid of? He laughed when my dad told him it was the cat’s name.😂

On my bucket list is naming a cat kitty kitty bang bang (like chitty chitty bang bang) and yes I plan on singing an altered version of that song to the cat 😂

Had a cat, a calico, that we called Aunt Patches. We'd inherited her from my great grandmother. Aunt Patches lived to be in her 20s. XD

So, we have stormy and then Garbage. Yup. Always gets a laugh

We had "Tripod" - because she had a broken leg that healed wrong and was shorter as a result. She could use it just fine when she wanted to, but she preferred to hop around on 3 legs. Nicknamed Tripy. We currently have, eh... Let's just say "Whiny". She's named after a word that describes someone who is crying and whining all of the time, because... she is. If she isn't asleep, she's wailing like a banshee. Not because she's hurt, or has some kind of problem (outside of the problems in her teeny tiny head, that is), she just does, this is just her standard way of existing, screaming her lungs out. She is actually one of Tripy's children. We also had a "Mousey" - because when she was a tiny baby, she was the size of a mouse. We made it sound cuter than just mouse, though. Mousey is the best translation I can come up with. I think the best we had was "Monsieur Hood" - a frail, sickly, underweight kitten we rescued near winter who didn't have a lot of fur on him, and was always cold. We couldn't really settle on a name. My sister wanted something fancier, and wanted to name him Maximus, but I told him that this cat is currently Minimus at best, so that idea was thrown out. In the end the name "Hood" stuck because we put him in the hood of an old fur coat to keep him warm and had to carry him in that everywhere, as he refused to get out. (Poor thing liked being warm for once.) But my sis added Monsieur to his name to make it a little bit fancier anyway.

I volunteered at a dog rescue for 12 years. We had a couple dogs named entrée. And one dog named hors d'oeuvres, spelled accurately. Tim the enchanter is an epic name, The Monty Python crew would be proud.

Our neighbors ended up with a black queen called Feral Fawcett. I had her grandson Scamp. My parents had friends whose cat was named Kitty-poo You Don't Live Here Nomore.

To be fair, Dolly Purrton is awesome.

Many years ago I had an orange-and-white cat I named "Cedric". Ordinary name, right? Well, I was a big fan of the "All Creatures Great and Small" book series detailing the life of a Yorkshire veterinarian and his practice. "Cedric" in his stories was a boxer dog that had gas. Bad gas. All the time. So did my cat so he got the name. The vet was amused due to also being familiar with the stories, and Cedric definitely could clear a vet exam room fast. P.S. Cedric's brother, an all-orange tabby, was called "Pretzel" because his tabby markings on his sides swirled into pretzel shapes.

Younger, I named our cats "no name", "compliment" and was refused to name the last one "President's choice" (all groceries' brands name)

We had cats named: Genghis Khat, Snowball (black cat), and Betty Graybelle. Dogs: Jack Daniel's (black & tan coonhound), an 8lb. Boston Terrier named Phatso, and the latest is Henry Jones, jr. (Indiana), who is a Border Collie/Pyrenees.

My cats: Earl Grey Badassington IV, Esq. Dr. Noll, Duke of Purrsia Detective Mango, Marquis of Mayhem They also answer to: Mr. Grey, Good LORD WHY?! and Murder Goblin. If I want all three to show up, it's "Autobots, Roll Out!"

Our matron, alpha cat is named Cali. We live in California. She is a tortoise shell calico. Her full name is Cali Caledonia, Queen of Far Estonia. Amusingly enough I now have an online friend who lives in Estonia. 😊 She cracked up at the cat's name.

My newly adopted kitten is named Phoenix Potato!

Our cat is so chill we named him Spicoli.

We had a cat that we got when he was a couple years old. Therefore, he was already named. I thought the name was brilliant. His name was Puddy Tat. Name taken from the Tweety and Sylvester cartoon. Where Tweety the bird would say "I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I did. I did taw a puddy tat." in regards to Sylvester the cat.

Dude says it wasn't a café like he didn't have a whole refrigerator behind him 😂

I have a cat named Squid. My vet likes to joke she’s the only squid they’ve had as a patient lol

ITS ALWAYS THE CATS WITH UNIQUE NAMES AND BACKSTORIES TO SAID NAMES

My cats names are Simba, Thunder, and Lightning. They're all orange boys. Thunder and Lightning are twins, lightning only has one eye.

If I were to even own 2 cats, I plan on calling one of them something extremely boring such as "Bob" and then the other one I would call something insane like "Bartholmew the 1st Prince of Penocony". The looks on the vets faces would never get old.

The description cracked me up! My baby's name is Bolt, but he has a number of nicknames, including "Murder Muffin," "Speed Bump," and "Lord Tabbicus, Master of Evil." Meanwhile, I have a friend, elderly gentleman, who has a cat named "Cat."

We adopted an Oriental Shorthair and named him Radar. Everyone always asks "Oh, because of the big ears?" Nope; his full name is Radar Technician Matt because he looks like Adam Driver!

Mine are somewhat mundane: Mocha and Chase. Mocha is a torbie, so I call her a caramel mocha catte sometimes. Chase is named because he's a jerk who likes to chase Mocha. They don't answer to their names. They respond to kissy noises (when they feel like it, and aren't already harassing you, which is more common).

My partner has a cat named LuciFUR. Emphasis on the FUR. I suggested he name his next cat King Arthpurr.

Two dogs that are sister snd brother. Really sweet individually. They were abandoned during the pandemic. Brother is Terra and sister is Moto. Brother does a lot of digging and sister is always running. Together they are Terramoto. Earth and quake. Earthquake.

My cats name is Pipsqueak. We call her pip and pippy. Pipsqueak Poo Hyde is her full name. I love that cat.

Just had 2 kittens come in today from foster that were named license and registration.

My current cat (delivered by the Feline Distribution department likely from the deceased hoarder lady's house across the way), is a lovely cute calico (spayed, thankfully) named BRUH. She did earn that name by doing a wide variety of actions such as 'hanging on my bedroom window screen enough times that now I don't have a screen' and 'bringing in a live rabbit to teach me how to hunt' and 'needing to be at the top of the cat tree thus renaming it to The Spice Rack because spicy'.

Whoever mamed their cat "Human Resources Department", they certainly have a cat that's a therapy animal 😊

When at the vet’s with one of my dogs, the vet called for Rolypoly and we all laughed.

My mom's kitten is named Dumpling. He is a wild child who loves to zoom everywhere, play with anything and everything, has bug eyes (they are always wide), and tends to smile whilst showing his fangs. Looks like a tiny black and white gremlin hyped on caffeine.

I used to have a giant orange cat named Gossamer after the big red hairy monster in the old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

My US history teacher had two cats born in a tank in a museum: Rommel and Patton.

Those punny names are the best. My favorite? Fuzz Aldrin.

I picked up a mostly black male 3 year old at a shelter. He was a street cat. Still had claws, but no nads. I took him home and put on an old Grateful Dead album "Workingman's Dead". About a half hour later the song Black Peter comes on. So that's how Pete was named. His full name is Black Peter, but he was known as Pete. Pete would come when called, come when I whistled for him, played silly games, insisted on being brushed at least daily, would accept a harness ,walk on a leash and bring me decapitated mice. Pete was a good cat for me for over a decade. He traveled well, was well liked by all that met him. My grandmother had a barn cat named Spike. Biggest domestic cat we had ever seen. Sleek, tall, solid grey hunting cat with 25 toes and claws. But could be picked up by the little kids. When Spike had litters he'd parade them out for us to see. Because Spike knew us many of his litter went home with extended family. I never got one of Spikes kittens. A friend had a calico with a big "M" on his forehead. Cathy named him Magic.

Omg the amount of cat names that are so out there at the clinic 😂 I come across so many daily

When I was very little our cat Ginny had babies. I named them: Sticker, Flag, Flower, Stamp, and the dead one was rose. We kept Flower and gave the rest away.

Milk and cookies! My sobriety is tingling

family friend has a cat, Mr. Miyagi. I misheard the first time and asked if she said his name was Mr. Meow-gi. "no, but it is now!"

We had a young tuxedo cat that we staff members took turns fostering at the vet clinic where I worked and my husband at the time hated cats but it was my turn to foster and I was sure that wouldn’t go well with my husband. Since no one wanted to get attached to the cat, no one named it. As such we started calling the cat, “little mister,” as in “Little mister, you’d better get off the table” or “little mister, you need to eat your food,” etc. Some way and somehow my cat-hating husband ended up liking the cat and kept asking when it was our turn to foster again. Needless to say, we kept fostering the cat until it never got returned to the clinic and stayed with us forever. He became known as “little mister” for life.

We took in my Mom's cat about a year and a half ago, because Mom's getting on in years (90 years old this July!) and couldn't take care of her. The cat's name is Patience. My sister said, "They named her 'Patience' so she'd have some." She's a tortie, so that should tell you all you need to know. 😆

I cat sit for a couple that has three cats - Graham, Ritz, and Triscuit. I love when people stick with a theme.

Samoas absolutely are the best, I salute you with a cookie, good sir!🍪🥛 I totally thought Tim the Echanter was named a Monty Python reference😂. What did Reception Guy do to get 2 strikes?

I wonder which atrocities has HR done to earn that name.

I knew a cat that has thumbs so she was named Bigfoot, another had a heart shape on its fur so it was named cupid

A friend of mine has a cat named 'Happy Meal'. He's ALWAYS a few French fries short of one! My cats are named after Neil Gaiman characters....Balder, Zorya, Mazikeen, and Agnes.

Kyle Reese. He does have some issues with the vacuum robot, but that's just a coincidence. Of course I then had to name the vacuum robot T-008. Just felt appropriate, considering its level of threat.

I named my rescue calico Yo Yo Meow. The vet liked and laughed at that one. ❤️

I had a cat we called Pockets as when we get her she was small enough to fit in my pocket in fatigues. When the Doc saw her for the first time, he thought she was a ferret.

So you're saying this (fictional version) vet would be freaking out thinking we stashed a human in a carrier with our cats Bob and Alex lol General Kenobi might get a chuckle? (He pops up with the most hello there expression/energy, so of course we gotta throw out a General Kenobi when we see him lol)

My local animal rescue features the adoptables in our small,town paper. Featured this week: an older kitty, who came in when her owner entered a nursing home. Spoiled and Very well fed. MEET : THICCY MINAJ.

My cat is named Duck. She started as Gizmo, that transitioned to Gizmoduck, and then to just Duck. It's always a hoot to explain that one to vet techs, especially seeing as most are too young to be familiar with Ducktails now.

My cat years ago birthed 4 kittens on my exs shoes I named them Jorden, Doc Martin, Rebok, and Nike. My brothers cat is Velcro. Best name ever

I had a cat I named “ The Tyrant” because he was a bottle baby that I raised from three days old that would go absolutely crazy for his bottle.

I once saw a cat pair named Stoffer and Blik. Which is Dutch for sweeper and dustpan...