r/NameMyCat • u/celipie • 4d ago
My ex adopted this rescue and left her behind! He gave her a racist name so she needs a rebrand. She’s mute, very serious and likes to sit on shoulders Name My Cat - female
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u/EmmelineTx 4d ago
Athena was symbolized by a white owl, so as beautiful as your cat is, I'd go with Athena.
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u/Every-Monk4977 3d ago
I was thinking Princess cause she looks so regal but that didn’t feel quite right… Athena is great!
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u/Hungry-Shoulder2874 3d ago
Athena is a perfect name!
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u/Professional_Oil_164 3d ago
I have always been a fan of Greek mythology. Athena is perfect for her. Wise and a warrior and born out of a splitting headache in her father’s head!!!
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u/Apprehensive-Lie-446 3d ago
I had an Athena just like this, though she had one blue and one green eye!
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u/quack2wingback 4d ago
Whisper
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u/FerretBizness 4d ago
I would have never thought of this and I love it. I’m saving this name in my list of favorite names.
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u/Mochaproto 4d ago
I had a cat that looked exactly like this cat and I went with Whisper purely because her sis was called twix
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u/jazberry715386428 4d ago
Cats hear Ss sounds better so names with S helps them learn their name and respond more easily :)
My mr whiskers isn’t the only one of my cats that knows his name but he is the only one who responds reliably. Usually by meowing back and bringing me a toy
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u/Timely-Structure123 3d ago
My kitties name is Whisper. I call her wisp for short :) she's all black.
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u/fuzzball517 4d ago
I also like Polly, but I just wanted to say congrats on getting rid of the racist ex and keeping the cat -you definitely won that situation!
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u/lmschmitt77 3d ago
Agreed, way to take out the trash. I wonder if this cat will be less serious and open up now that he's gone. Cats are very perceptive and he doesn't sound great.
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u/Breathinggirl0768 3d ago
Yes! I was wondering that too! I had a mute kitty. He was a barn cat and much smaller than other cats his age. When I left the farm I brought him along with my house cats. He was super shy but after 6 months he started trying to talk to me but no sound came out. He kept trying though and eventually a tiny little squeak came out! Four years later, Groucho was the boldest cat of any of them. He would greet visitors at the door and follow them around. He followed me around the house talking to me. I loooved that he was so gabby. Sometimes, I ran out of things to say back though. That’s how much he talked! Anyway, I was thinking of a flower name like Blossom, Dahlia or Zinnia. Zinnias are bright colored flowers- impossible not to notice. Dahlias are giant beautiful blooms with tons of petals. I like the name Athena too because she is strong. A flower name implies she will blossom now that AH is gone. I think your cat is beautiful and I love that she finds her safety on your shoulders
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u/BuyGroundbreaking832 3d ago
What a wonderful, thoughtful reply! I so loved the story of your cat blossoming! I liked Athena and Whisper, but like the idea of blossoming your story portrayed! My first thought was that she had such a shy face and I thought “Pansy”. Because they have faces and once they blossom fully, their faces shine in the warmth of the sun.
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u/mississippihippi9 2d ago
I thought Polly immediately too? Apolline, it’s the feminine of Apollo’s the sun god and it’s a cute French name. Polly for short
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u/DinahDeuce 4d ago
Elsa
Elsa the Goose Girl who couldn't speak for a year and had to knit shirts for her brothers who had been bewitched into birds.
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u/DinahDeuce 4d ago
At the end of the year Elsa was about to be burned as a witch because she wouldn't speak. At the last minute 12 swans came flying up to her and she threw the coats over them and they were restored into handsome young men.
Then she was able to explain everything and was made queen.
Happy ending, except that one coat was not quite finished, so one brother was left with a swan's wing. I suppose Elsa never heard the end of it.
That's how I remember the story from many years ago.
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u/K_SeeYou 4d ago
never heard this before. Thanks for sharing!❤💫
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u/DinahDeuce 3d ago
I think of this story when I have a difficult job to do under time pressure. I wonder if I'll finish on time or come up short like Elsa the Goose Girl. 🙂
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u/Different-Active1315 3d ago
She wasn’t able to complete one do the coats so one brother kept a swan wing is the way I heard it. 😊
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u/Persimmon_Punkin 4d ago
There's an excellent retelling called The Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marrillier.
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u/Critical-One-366 3d ago edited 3d ago
This is one of my favorite books! Though for the series, book two always has my heart. I love her books so much. The stories can be a bit formulaic but she writes compelling characters and I love the historical fantasy genre.
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u/razaldazalfazal 4d ago
Congrats on ditching the loser who names a cat an epithet and then abandons her.
How about Schatzi, it means sweetheart
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u/Alternative-Day5418 4d ago
Bruh I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I saw that and thought "shatZi the ex-Nazi"
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u/mommasaidmommasaid 4d ago
Maybe not the best rebrand for an ex-racist cat, given that it rhymes with a certain WWII German fascist party
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u/Sirena85 3d ago
Hey not all Germans are bad thank you very much 😮💨
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u/mommasaidmommasaid 3d ago edited 3d ago
No implication here, the Germans I've met have been lovely people, some of them true schatzis. If I'm using that correctly -- it feels wrong to even type it. :)
The English language doesn't have a bunch of words that sound like that. It's hard to break the unfortunate connotation with the more familiar word.
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u/JaeAdele 3d ago
The name is actually highly used in Germany for a term of endearment it is a German word after all.
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u/Alternative-Day5418 4d ago
Also, I realize le kitten wasn't the racist, my brain just made a twisted "funny"
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u/chickennuggetsnsubs 4d ago
Cassandra- Trojan priestess who had the gift of prediction (she- the cat was telling you the whole time the guy was not good, but she was unable to truly get her message across as she could not speak).
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u/Far_Fig8911 4d ago
I'm mute too kitty! Aww.
Sasha, Fairy or Ghost.
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u/Emergency_Monitor_51 4d ago
My three favorite pokemon types
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u/Luckypenny4683 4d ago
I vote Fig then! Fig is an adorable name and she has a human twin 🥰
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u/Mardilove 1d ago
Fig is an awesome name for an animal. I adopted a Uromastyx today and named it Lentil 😂
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u/Headology_Inc 4d ago
Polly
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u/LongWinterComing 4d ago
That's so ironic, I was thinking she looked like a Holly! Pretty close lol.
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u/Shamanology 4d ago
Sosipatra 😻 - Greek philosopher and mystic
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u/ManyNamedOne 4d ago
This made me think of Hypatia.
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u/Prestigious_Fox213 4d ago
Me too. Sosipatra or Hypatia - both lovely names, both great philosophers.
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u/Ok-Requirement2828 4d ago
I love Polly. SWEET POLLY PIE..and your last name. I have a new kitten but can't figure out how to get her picture up here. She's gone a month with no name!!!
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u/PatchesCatMommy2004 4d ago
Marcel Marceau Famous mime who saved children from Nazis during World War Two.
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u/Far_Carrot_8661 3d ago
I knew of Marcel Marceau but I didn't know of his heroic actions! Thank you. 🤔🥹🥰
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u/BagelwithQueefcheese 4d ago
Sit on shoulders? Parrot is the obvious choice for a name. Sweet kitty.
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u/Material-Emu-8732 3d ago
I thought this initially too, but then when I saw Polly I thought “like Polly the parrot”
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u/schoolpsych2005 4d ago
Ruth.
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u/yourstrulyjulie 4d ago
So sosorro is the Spanish word for whisper. So how about Sorro for short like Zorro 😁
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u/Few_Scallion_2571 3d ago
she looks like a "pigeon" to me... like one of those fancy fluffy white pigeons.. what a cutie pie
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u/-Rapier 4d ago
Claire (you said shoulders and I automatically thought of Clear shampoos)
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u/itsauntiechristen 3d ago
Also Claire means "light." Goes well with her coloring. Claire de Lune 🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘 "Moonlight"
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u/sugaryver 4d ago
Birdie would be cute since she sits on shoulders, and if she makes any weird sounds with her nose or sm that could be tweeting.
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u/LovesDeanWinchester 4d ago
I have a favorite book where the female protagonist is named "Silence!"
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u/Belle1926 4d ago
She has the markings of a Turkish Van! I had a 24 pound one named Stuart Little! Lol! This breed goes back hundreds of years and resided in palaces! They were known to scare off the dogs for protection! They originated in Turkey and are very intelligent with huge personalities! You should google them!
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u/SnarkExpress 4d ago
We had a sweet white cat who had a gray streak on her head like this. My kids named her Copy Cat, like she was a copy with a smudge. It was such a cute name, she was a great cat. So I offer you…..Copy.
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u/ghandimauler 4d ago
Giving her a racist name ... probably better he was gone...
As to the cat: Clara or Claire (same meaning/root), 'bright, clear'.
And thanks for taking up the mantle (or the cat as it were). +1 Good Human
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u/NutelliBelli 3d ago
I think I’m a bad person for being the only one who wants to know what the racist name was 😂😂
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u/kcpirana 3d ago
Maybe Lotus, as in white lotus?
You certainly came out ahead in that breakup. You lost a racist POS and gained a gorgeous, quiet, shoulder companion! Congrats!
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u/Agitated_Internal564 3d ago
Who in their right mind would leave that precious girl behind? She looks a lot like my dearly departed Mistletoes.
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u/RaindropsAndCrickets 1d ago
Phoenix
She’s so resilient having gone from however her life was before being in the shelter to being in the shelter to being adopted by your ex to being your feline companion. A name synonymous with resilience seems right for her
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