These are just a few of the nicknames I call them on a daily basis:
Elly, Elby, bubbas, El-bow, bubbie, Elvira, Elly-belly, Stinky, doody-butt, boo boo-kins, Elbis and Elvis. 
Bert, Bertie, Bertie Bear, Bertie Ball, boo boo-bear, Ber-toks, ber-tok-a-moose, Buddy, furball, butt head(he's my problem child), Stop that, quit it, get down, don't do that, ALBERT and Albert...(you see the difference, right? lol)How many names does your cat have?
Update(2/17/10): I love love love all of feedback. It's so funny how many nicknames we have in common(buddy, pookie, butt-head, stop that, etc...) and how many we don't. You guys are seriously creative. I especially love Sasquatch, Hooker, Boobs and Jiggles which totally had me LOL-ing into my coffee and Nermal-nator...*sigh* i heart nermal.
Then there's the ALL CAPS category..Reading through these I might have muttered an Amen and a Halleljah or two, cause boy, don't I understand...
there's the classic "NO"
WI-CKET-G*#DAMNIT( change WI-CKET for AL-BERT and I think we have a winner)*
BAD DOG
Stop Terrorizing Your Sister
G*#DAMMIT WOULD YOU LEAVE THAT ALONE!*
WOULD YOU PLEASE QUIT EATING MY HAIR!
and some personal favorites, FOR FREAK'S SAKE ALBERT and MOTHER TRUCKER, QUIT KNOCKING OVER THE WATER BOWL.
Ugh...Must. Stop. Smiling. My cheeks are starting to hurt. :) Thanks guys, I really needed the laugh today. Keep it up!
*Hope our collective potty mouth doesn't offend too much. :D
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Our 1st Maine Coon was Dudley or
Duddy wuddems, Noodle Roni, Fuzzy wuiddums, Dud, Noodle. Finnegan was Finn, Finnegan Minnegan the Bad Monkey, Finn Man or Monkey.
Our current Coons are Reilly Pookie Head Wilson, Rye, Rye man, Pookie or Knucle Head. Sprite is Miss Sprite, Sprite-a-lious or Spritey. All cats are call "BAD DOG", good cat, Beast and brat.You are not alone with the multiple names. And don't forget the off colored names that can not be shared.
Ha - lets see my Nermal has nermie, Nerm, Nermalnator, nermalie; chloe is chlo chlo, chloe pie, chloe monster, stop that chloe, get down, don't pee there; Sydney is Syd, Sydney Pickle, Sydney Pickle Pie; Susie is Growler, Growler P. Cat, Growley, Little Grumpy Pie,
ha it goes on.
I am fairly certain my cat thinks his name is "No!"
Linus' aliases are Beastus, Mr. Man, Son, Crazy Boy, Dude, Get Down, What Are You Doing, and Stop Terrorizing Your Sister. My calico Penny is also known as Sweetie, Baby Girl, Little Girl, Little One, Sasquatch (to be fair my sister gave her that moniker because she's polydactyl).
Haha I think Wicket must have figured out by now that his true name is "WI-CKET-GODDAMNIT!!"
HA! I'm not the only one with a Boo-Boo-Bear! Hehehehe. My Ziggy Stardust gets called the most demeaning names: Boo-Boo-Bear which is shortened into the mortifying Boobs, Jiggles, Roony-Toony, The Offender (when he's being particularly naughty), Bubba or Bubby, The Saddest Cat in the World when he cries for tuna, and Poor Misunderstood Potty-Foot following a very bad catnip trip.
Zorro is Pumpkin, Pumpkin-Butt, or Lumpy.
Flapjack mostly just gets Flappy Doodle, Poodle, Poods, or GODDAMMIT WOULD YOU LEAVE THAT ALONE!
Long time stalker, but this one just made me have to post. Let's see, my one and only cat, Pixie, also gets called:
Pix, Pixie Dust, Little Bit, pretty girl, Butt-head, Porker, hooker (she's fixed, I promise), you little s*&*-head, and WOULD YOU PLEASE QUIT EATING MY HAIR!
Cori, had I known profanity wasn't frowned upon here, my previous post would have been more colorful...
LOL, G..hopefully we don't offend anyone too much.. :D
Yeah, I didn't know you can work blue here. Also, my profanity-laced invective at my cat is generally based on distance: When I walk into the house laden with bags and bags of groceries THAT is the moment my cat thinks wandering at my feet is appropriate. "G-damnit! STOP! Every f'ing time with the groceries! Mother f'ing son of a b! NO! NO!!! J.C. would you stop that!" is about 40 feet, give or take.
Moses is mostly called Momo, Buddy, Fuzzy, fuzz butt, yellow man, big 'un, big ol yellow kitty, sweet man, kitty boy.
Luther is called Lulu, little man, and dammit.
Bella is Bellie Bel Bel, Bellie, Bel, Bel Bel, Baby Girl, Da Baby, Pumpkin, Pretty Pumpkin, Macaroni, Sweetie Pie Pie, Betty, Sweetest-Girl-Alive-on-the-Earth-Today (because I don't want to hurt her dearly departed sister's feelings) and in the morning -- Holy Terror.
Nermal looks like Garfield's Nermal - I think I am going to start a kitty blog -- you have insprired me.
Oh dear. 6 cats. Many, many names – and many with nods to music/musicians.
#1: Sputnik (she came into a two-old-cranky-cat household, and essentially orbited for a while). AKA Putt, Putt-Putt, Putter, Putter-Butter, Putter Bunny (because of her favorite sleep position), Honey Bunny and Cinna-Bunn (both because of her coloring)
#2: Burlington Q. Hives (yeah, homage to Burl Ives, and nod to said cat’s fabulous sinewy, strong physique). AKA Burl, Burly-dude, Dude (as in a Great Lebowski-esque, “he abides”)
#3: Miep (named for her vocalizations and the woman who help hide Anne Frank). AKA Miep-meister, Mieper, Mieper-Peeper (her green eyes are just stunning), Peeps, Peep Mouse (after a German nursery rhyme), Peepers, Jeepers Peepers
#4: Trudegaard von Grumpigen (came to the shelter named Troodie; she deserved a far more dignified – and accurate – name than that. Hence the reference to musician, Hildegaard von Bingen). AKA Trudie, Trood, Root-Toot-Tootie
#5: Dot, Warrior Princess (tiny and incredibly feisty sole survivor of a litter of 3 kittens of what we believe was a feral mama. Named after the Steven Spielberg character from the Animaniacs comic series -- for both the white cartoon-character gloves and the energy level. E.g., “If you call me ‘Dottie,’ I’ll have to hurt you!”). AKA Dot Warrior Puppy (she often acts like a dog), Puppy Cat, Mooch (after the “Mutts” comic strip character), Moochie, Kissimmee Kitty (she loves to give kisses and ‘breathalize’ you), Spun Sugar (given her energy level), Moochie-Smoochie, Smooch, Smoochini, Santa Smoochia, Smoochia, Aung San Smoo Chi (after Aung San Suu Kyi, even though Dot is nowhere near as peace loving)
#6: Gonzo. This was his name when we found him at the shelter, and it couldn’t have been more appropriate, given his personality. AKA: Garbanzo Bean, Gonzo Bean, Bean, Beaner, Beanie, Beanzo Me Boy, Gonz (think “Happy Days” Fonz), Jumping Bean (he loves to jump and ping off walls) the Great Gonzini (refer to previously mentioned gymnastic skills), Zini, Zini Bean, Koshare (because he looks – and acts – like a striped Hopi Indian clown figure)
Believe it or not, there are even more names, but I’ll spare you from all of them.
But here’s a question: How many of you have “theme songs” for your cats? Each of our cats have one or more songs associated with each of them… Yeah, we're weird. Very, very weird.
-- Annette
Haaa! I've had guilt about this same issue as well. I'm certain Trudy and Lyle have NO idea that those are their actual names, because they just never get called by them. Trudy is almost exclusively called 'Pretty Bitty', with a few variations (Pretty Bit, Pretty Miss Bit, etc.).
I started calling Lyle 'Handsome Lyle' not long after his arrival, which evolved into something sounding more like 'Hantom', then 'Hantom Buddy', and now mostly just Bud, Buddy, Bubsie, or Bubs. They also have certain nicknames depending on their location in the house. Like, if I pass them when they're hanging out on the stairs, I'll lean down to give them a scratch and say, "How you doing, chicken wing?" ('ham bone' is also often substituted for chicken wing).
It's awkward when I have company over, because they'll call to them with their given names and get no response. Well, actually the awkward part is when I say, "Call him handsome." That'll earn ya some strange looks. :)
Regardless of the animals I have had they all have had several names. My current pet is a dilute calico. she was christened w/Kalei (hawaiian for flower (lei)or it means 'the child')
Of late I call her 'Baba' which is baby ( my own idea) or 'R u out of your mind?', 'U tryin' to kill me?' even 'fat girl'.... I would hate to know what she calls me...lol
Our patch-ed cat is Lucy, Lucia, Lucy Poosy, Lu, Lulu, Loliza, Tallulah Mae, Stinkbutt, Damnit, get DOWN from there, The Evil Miss L, Whitepaw, Fancypants, A Ham and Two Drumsticks (she's...um...getting chunky)and The Meatloaf of Looove.
(I have a five year old to thank for the last one.)
We have eight. . .
Ariel (12yo dilute tortie) has been with us the longest. She's also Schweet Pea, Booger, Booger Butt, Booga Booga Booga Boo, Oogity-Boogity Boo,Ooga Booga Booga Boo, and just plain old Boo.
Cumin (10yo tabby), aka Ytti, Ytti Bitty, Ytti Bitty Doll, Ytt, Doll.
Gumbo (my eyeless 16yo orange tabby) is also known as Dufus, Handsome, Handsome Boy, Most Handsome Boy.
Miss Raven (14yo black) is my Cutie Cutie Cutie.
MoMo (3yo black and white) is Quirky Boy, Goofy, Get Off the Counter.
Vidalia (1yo tabby and white stray rescued pregnant) is Momma, YaYa.
Godiva (5mo tortoiseshell and white) is Snort, Little Snort, Diva.
Zamboni (5mo black and white) is my Big Little Man, Tank, Solid Boy, What Did You Get into Now.
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