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

[elwen-tindomiel.livejournal.com]

also
Муся, Пуся - for she-cat

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

Васька is quite common.

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

[anafignikvapshe.livejournal.com]

Пушок

[sergeysk.livejournal.com]

НЮра

[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

[krl-pgh.livejournal.com]

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

[krl-pgh.livejournal.com]

+1

[izubr.livejournal.com]

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

[sergeysk.livejournal.com]

:)
I've never heard names Муся, Пуся used for cat names.

[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)

[---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...

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

Is it common to give cats "people names"?

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

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

[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!

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

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

[ponedelnik.livejournal.com]

*its

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

No! Not at all! Except for a few "special" names, but they're always diminutive: Васька, Машка, Бобик (dog), Кеша (parrot).

[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

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

1. Exactly!
2. Just a quick search for "имя для кошки" (http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8F%20%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8)

[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 :)