Pretentious names for cats?

[Error Gorilla]

Not pretentious, but a house in Sheffield I rented a room in was frequented by a cat we named Dave. Dave had two friends that would come around and try to steal his Whiskas Chicken & Liver. We called them Chas and Chris. Chas was a bit of a knob; I don't really remember much about Chris except that he once tried to force his way behind the gas fire. Erm. That's it.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

We used to have a cat called Yuri Gagarin

That's not pretentious, that's a great name for a cat. In fact next time I have a cat (not on the cards right now, but possibly when I'm drawing my pension) I'd seriously consider that name. Or Valentina Tereshkova.

 

[trabuquera]

this thread makes me want to have a cat, just so I can call it Derrida. or Maximilian. or Clarence.

 

[colacubes]

A girl I worked with got a pair of kittens from a rescue home which were called Hip and Hop.

They renamed them Cadence and Cadenza

 

[KeyboardJockey]

I had a very lamented old cat called Fetish because he had a fascination with chewing peoples toes.

 

[beeboo]

Our cat's previous owner called our cat Isobella - now she's called Donut. Bit of a come down for her.

 

[oryx]

Some peeps whose house party I went to had a cat called Mies (as in van der Rohe, the architect). He was ever so cute and I spent ages playing with him as he sat on the kitchen unit (naughty Mies). I was going to give his little furry cheek a kiss but decided it would be too embarassing to explain a lacerated nose if he didn't like it.

A friend of mine had a cat called Astrophe.

 

[laptop]

Our new cats are called the Mandarin for "black" and "tortoiseshell" because we inherited them from some Chinese people and after weeks of discussion couldn't find a name to go with Beëlzebub.

I still can't remember what they're called

I knew some lesbians who had a cat called "Clitoris". They enjoyed yelling her name out of the back door.

In a terrace in Leeds.

In the 70s.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Heh. I once considered getting a cat and calling it "Bad Motherfucker" on much the same principle.

 

[Belushi]

My Mum and Stepdads cats are called Tosca and Otto (after Otto Klemperer).

 

[Santino]

I know a cat whose secret Sith name is Darth Claw.

 

[boohoo]

My friend's cat had one kitten which was called Han Solo.

 

[Cloo]

On the unpretentious front, some friends of my family have a pair called Mango and Chutney. (I considered Bucket and Beanie at one point for a cat-pair name).

My cat Chimneypot's brother was called Chomsky, but he buggered off to live with someone else (I assume) shortly after I got them.

 

[beeboo]

I want to get a pair of cats called Kipper and Mackarel after cats from Haruki Murakami novels.

If I wanted to be pretentious I'd call one Noburu Wataya

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I know a cat whose secret Sith name is Darth Claw.

It's not secret, then, is it?

 

[Spymaster]

Not so much pretentious as odd, a friends mother has a dog called Andrew and a cat called Simon.

(and Simon is my name )

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Not so much pretentious as odd, a friends mother has a dog called Andrew and a cat called Simon.

(and Simon is my name )

That's such a good cat name!

I wanted to call my mum's cat Bastet after the Egyption goddess with the head of a cat.

It got called Sandy.

Now if I have a cat I quite like the name Pyewacket which comes from an old film called Bell Book and Candle. If I have two they'll be called Pyewacket and Cat.

Not pretentious, but the coolest name has to be a friend who called her black cat with a white tuft Guiness. And an ex had a cat called Pushkin.

 

[Belushi]

My brother used to have a cat named Angus in tribute to the great antipodean guitarist

 

[starfish]

I named our first cat Tristan, after Tristan from All Creatures, didnt know what pretentious meant when i was 4.
Our cat Bob probably has the least pretentious name ever.

 

[foo]

my cat's name is pretty pretentious.

kaya. from the bob marley album.

edit: actually. scrap that.

it's just naff.

 

[DJ Squelch]

In the Johnny Vegas comedy "Ideal" the cat in it is called Mrs Slocombe.
might have to nick that one.

 

[DJ Squelch]

We used to have a cat called Yuri Gagarin

"oh bloody hell Yuri Gagarins crapped behind the sofa again"

 

[D]

I got a cat when I was 12/13. I called her "Crescendo" (I think that more than qualifies as a pretentious cat name) because she had a big, generic tabby cat stripe that got darker and thicker as it progressed along her back. At the time, my little broher was absolutely obsessed - not with Renaissance sculptors, but - with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So "Crescendo" was further christened "Donatello", resulting in the sensationally uninspiring nickname "CD".

 

[wtfftw]

I was going to nominate my parents calling cats after things on the periodic table (Graphite, Carbon, Copper) but I dont think that even counts having looked at half the contributions.

A friend had a pretentious cat called Olive (would only eat bacon or salmon).

 

[suzee blue cheese]

Ours was simply called Cat but it seemed to upset people so he got called Tom to keep them quiet. Behind closed doors, however, he is known by the true name of Emperor Ming.

A friend of mine's folks had a siamese called Claudius.

 

[lang rabbie]

I knew of a cat on the Brixton/Camberwell fringes that answered to Wilberforce

 

[belboid]

My friend had cats called Oedipus (groan), Hebe and Thisbe.

a friend whose cat gave birth by incestuous union called the offspring Edie.

not quite purrfect, but I suppose they couldn't tell in advance.

 

[wtfftw]

Ours was simply called Cat but it seemed to upset people so he got called Tom to keep them quiet. Behind closed doors, however, he is known by the true name of Emperor Ming.

A friend of mine's folks had a siamese called Claudius.

Our Mates cat is called Ming. Kind of after the local chinese. He was going to be called Simon but she took my blokes silly suggestion seriously.