Thank you for the ~ma!

Ooh, I like that one, but do you really want to be yelling "Noam" all the time?

On that criterion you should name your dog "I want ice cream". Because then, every time you call your dog, there's a non-zero possibility that someone will give you ice cream.

I knew a couple with a dog named Jessie (dog came with husband). Then they had a daughter and named her Jessie (wife had always loved the name and wanted to use it).

There was a Dear Prudie letter a little while ago with this woman who was outraged that her ex-husband and his new wife had got a new dog who had the same name as their daughter. They didn't name the dog, it already had that name. She was outraged, and even considering legal action over the dog's name. It was... quite the trip.

I suppose it's worth noting at this point that Jacqueline's cat was named Matilda and there was some hesitation to use that name with our daughter.

JZ had to give up Matilda the Cat before she moved in with us so there was no household overlap of names, but Matilda the Cat was still alive when Matilda the Human came along.

I usually just reference Indiana Jones being named after the family dog when this topic comes up.

Noam Chompsky.

As I was scrolling through the thread, I was literally going to suggest this. Great minds!

Come to think of it, I was always going to name a dog 'Hector' because my Mom always used to say "since Hector was a pup" and I figure I should make it come true, sort of.

Matilda the Cat

Aww, I don't think I knew that. That is lovely really.

DH had suggested naming a dog Dude for calling purposes. Dude! Dude, come here right now!

My nephew and family are going camping next week so they asked me to move into their place with my cats for the week. We previously distributed my used litter around the perimeter of their place as a mouse deterrent. They think it helped, but they still have sounds in the walls. Apparently a lot of people in the area have an issue with mice this year. I haven't had any except the one I saw the first day I was here. He fled and apparently told his friends I had cats. So field trip (they only live a half mile away) with all the animals. Skinner will come too. Also, my niece knows I like my solitude and that has been denied with my son & GF here, so she thought a retreat would be cool.

Sounds win-win, Laura.

Cat names I have known that might work with dogs and not with humans:

Bogart

Skipper

Cooper

Binx

Moxie

Spike

Kolla

Coco

I've also known a few cats whose names would work for dogs of certain coloring (Midnight, New Moon), but not for reddish-brown to tan.

My cats names have been: Anna ( original suggestion Ann for Ann Wilson), Dean (originally Nalu but named for SPN Dean), Maddie (came named that way), Penny (originally Bernice, then named for Big Bang Theory), and we also have Duchess in the house (originialy Dumpster Duchess bc she was found next to a dumpster) and Scrappy ("he's a scrappy little thing"). So I guess I lean more toward people names.. but nick names for the current cats are:Penny Pen, Pen Pen, Penners, Penerella, Pudgerella (although Penny isn't as pudgey as she was), Duchy duch, Viscous, Evil (Duchess is devoed to M and hates/on a good day barely tolerates anyone else so she is called Evil...also she will scratch M if he annoys her too much.. and then she'll come back and spend 15 mins bathing his hand or his face).

My grandmother had a cat named Rocious - short for Ferocious. She liked me, she liked my grandmother, and no one else.