Is it okay to call a cat 'grey cat'?

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  • jhmomofmany
    jhmomofmany Posts: 571 Member
    At one time we had two cats that we called "brown kitty" and "the black and white cat". Eventually nobody even remembered what their original names were.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Lol at naming your cat when you're just going to end up calling it kitty
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    We have just got a new kitten and she is grey. My son and wife want to call it Smokey, but I think 'Grey Cat' is more appropriate.

    My wife says that Grey Cat is a stupid name, and that she would be too embarrassed to take it to the vet.

    Should I give in, or put my foot down on this one!

    A friend of mine has a brown dog and it's name is Brown Dog. True story.
  • MrsLannister
    MrsLannister Posts: 347 Member
    I used to have a cat name Yellow Cat. We named him that so we wouldn't get attached, but it didn't work.
  • Timothyh27
    Timothyh27 Posts: 251 Member
    If you name your cat Grey Cat, when you take it to the Vets the Vet will probably think that you never got round to naming the god darn *Kitten*. ie "What's the grey cats name?"

    You could call it Greydar, or Greyskull, or Smokey and get a dog called Bandit.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    ditch the cat and get a dog

    ;)
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    I like Grey Cat. She's gonna end up with so many nicknames, it's not going to matter, though.
  • jagodfrey08
    jagodfrey08 Posts: 425 Member
    We had a gray cat when I was a kid. I was quite unoriginal and called her "Kitty Gray."
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    I think if you are expecting to have success winning an argument with your wife by appealing to an online community of any sort you should prolly go ahead and name the cat "Mr. Divorce You-can-have-the-house-dear McFluffypaws III"
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    Call it whatever you want when the wife's not there.
    My clients cat is named Kitty.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    <<< His name is F#@$stick.


    Not really - that's just a nickname we have for him.
  • salsera_barbie
    salsera_barbie Posts: 270 Member
    Well grey cats are really called Blue, so you should name it blue cat.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
    How about Bacon? (You know.. smokey bacon ;))
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    ditch the cat and get a dog

    ;)

    QFT
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    I think if you are expecting to have success winning an argument with your wife by appealing to an online community of any sort you should prolly go ahead and name the cat "Mr. Divorce You-can-have-the-house-dear McFluffypaws III"

    QFT.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 427 Member
    We had a gray cat we called Little Gray.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Why not!? I like it. My cat is called batcat because the markings on his face remind me of batmans mask.
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    No cape?
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    Yeah, my cat's given name is Alfie, but he spends most of his life being called Black Cat or Little Black (or monkey lol)
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    Why not!? I like it. My cat is called batcat because the markings on his face remind me of batmans mask.
    m76ux6k6xal5.jpg


    he's beautiful :)
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    edited August 2016
    At the end of the day whose cat is she going to be; yours, your wife's or your sons? whomever the cat was bought for should be able to name her. if she's a family cat, call her whatever and then train her to come when you should 'here puss, puss, puss@ lol
  • knelson095
    knelson095 Posts: 254 Member
    Smokey is too cliché, IMO. Grey cat is ok... I had a dog named Dog. And a cat named Meow Meow.

    Names are not my forte. I'm dreading having to name a child someday.

    Current cat is is a 20 lb. orange stripey cat named Doey. Dogs are Moose (german shorthair/lab) and Muffin (heeler/border collie/mutt). Muffin is a misnomer. I thought it was funny at the time, but now when you tell people her name, with her looking all cute and sweet, they think she is a nice puppy. She is not a nice puppy. She herds the cat like a sheep though, so that's always amusing.
  • jessicapk
    jessicapk Posts: 574 Member
    ouryve wrote: »
    Go to the back door, shake box of kibble, shout "Grey Cat! Dindins!"

    If you feel stupid, then it's not a good name.

    LMAO! My old shih-tzu's nickname was "Mu" (pronounced Moo). The crazy little 13 lb dog went chasing after a 50+ lb 3 legged dog one night and I ended up running down the road screaming "MOOOOOO!" Yeah, think about your neighbors.
  • AlysseTL
    AlysseTL Posts: 2 Member
    You could try Ashe, or Ashley, or some variant thereof, which is a bit more original than Smokey IMHO. My son named his Bengal kitten Sun Tzu, after the famous and brilliant Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ( 544–496 BC) best known for his book "The Art of War" which is still required reading for British army officers today. (For those who want to know, Bengal cats are a crossbreed of domestic cat and Asian leopard cat, so my son felt it was appropriate)
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    Why not!? I like it. My cat is called batcat because the markings on his face remind me of batmans mask.
    m76ux6k6xal5.jpg


    No cape?

    Nope.. but you just gave me a great idea for Halloween.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    Greysmoke
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Greysmoke

    I said that one
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
    Cats never answer to their names, nor get referred to by their real names, so it doesn't really matter.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Earl Grey
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    i'd call it granny. because "gray *kitten*"
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