Names for a cat

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

What are typical Russian cat's names?

Thanks. :)

Comments

[daskalidi.livejournal.com]

Мурзик, Барсик -- for he-cat
Мурка -- for she-cat

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

With it's origin in the cat's мур-мур-мур I suppose?

[elwen-tindomiel.livejournal.com]

also
Муся, Пуся - for she-cat

[isca-lox.livejournal.com]

My friend has a cat called Пуся and it's a he :=))

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

Васька is quite common.

It's also very convenient name, if accident happens, can be changed to Василиса.

[krl-pgh.livejournal.com]

+1

[anafignikvapshe.livejournal.com]

Пушок

[sergeysk.livejournal.com]

НЮра

[krl-pgh.livejournal.com]

Never heard about a cat named Нюра, neither real, nor make-believe. Nothing personal.

[hellga.livejournal.com]

Tishka for a male cat is quite common. Masha, Mashka not uncommon for a female cat.

[ipdipd.livejournal.com]

Кыс-кыс-кыс

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

I guess that is what they are mostly called anyway. %)

[izubr.livejournal.com]

Мурка, Муся (Murka, Musya)- for she-cat
Мурзик, Барсик (Murzik, Barsik) - for tommy-cat.
Рыжик (Ryzhik) - for red one =)

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

M: Бегемот, Барсик, Васька, Мурзик ... (http://www.murlyki.ru/advice/catnames2.html)
F: Багира, Маркиза, Мурка, Плюшка ... (http://www.murlyki.ru/advice/catnames1.html)

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

Бегемот, like the cat in Мастер и Маргарита? That would be a really cool name, but perhaps better for a big, fat black cat with connotations to the devil. ;)

Thanks for the links!

[---tais.livejournal.com]

Маркиз, Том
Маркиза, Багира
My cat has a name Поль (its not typical)

[palti.livejournal.com]

Барсик, Васька, Мурзик, Бегемот.

[pomidorova-gnus.livejournal.com]

Штатив, шпрота, форсунка, бандит.

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

Could have had the potential to be funny...

[korica.livejournal.com]

Прочитал на форуме в теме "Смешные клички домашних животных":
"У знакомых кота зовут Кастрюлька. На мое удивленное "почему?" они ответили: "Так кастрированный же..."
(c)bash.org.ru

[dekarmi.livejournal.com]

:)))))))

[g-kar.livejournal.com]

We've named our cat Пушок (Fluffy). The name was changed to Пушка when we discovered that the kitten is female :)

[albreht.livejournal.com]

Fun ))) Fluffy - gun

[dekarmi.livejournal.com]

Our female cat's name is Дина.

[petroff-aka-arq.livejournal.com]

My female cat's name is Алиса

[racoonbear.livejournal.com]

Муська - she-cat
Мишка - he-cat
Цыган (gipsy) - black he-cat

Basically, all names containing shhhhh and sssssss.
'Cause cats perpepts these sounds better than others )

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about that. It just could be that cats react to such sounds more actively because those sounds are associated with danger in the wild world (e.g. snakes). If you have a cat, try crunching some branches nearby (better when initially unseen) and notice the reaction. It's said that many creatures naturally react to the crunching sounds as that may be an indication of a big predator approaching.

[isca-lox.livejournal.com]

My cat was called Дымка because of whitish grey fur.When I was a child we also had a cat called Марсик.

I think names that have to do with the cat's colour are quite common: Рыжик, Ночка, Беляночка (Белянка, Белочка, Белка), Снежинка, Чернушка, although I think Белочка, Чернушка are more common for village cats, not for those whose owners live in the city.

[racoonbear.livejournal.com]

Чубайс )) - red he-cat

[taurvat.livejournal.com]

We've had a cat called "Белка". The word actually means "squirrel", but we called her so because she was totally white (белый).

[albreht.livejournal.com]

My first cat - Тимофей (Тима) - he-cat
& second - Пират (Pirat) - he-cat.

If cat has an orange wool and usually in the villages?

[stupidlamo.livejournal.com]

Чубайс? :-)

Re: If cat has an orange wool and usually in the villages?

[stupidlamo.livejournal.com]

not <>, maybe slash (/)?