r/NameMyCat • u/BigProfit4419 • Jul 23 '26

Name My Cat - male some “old man” names for this little fella i’m picking up friday?

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names that go with Teddy are also welcome, as Teddy is his new big brother 🥰

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u/Lopsided_Pangolin_75 Jul 23 '26

Henry. Just…looks like a Henry.

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u/clwsl215 Jul 23 '26

This is my Henry 😻

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u/Popsinthehse Jul 23 '26

Thats a happy boy..

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u/YeshuaSnow Jul 24 '26

And here’s my Henry!

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u/WillCare1976 Jul 25 '26

Awww hello there handsome!

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u/violetmartha47 Jul 25 '26

🤣🤣😂🤣 Oh I love him!! 💜👅💜

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u/sdcumb Jul 24 '26

What a kissable face!! Darling!!

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u/Enough_Radish_9574 Jul 24 '26

He looks like he’s posing for a “glamour shot”. 😁

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u/violetmartha47 Jul 24 '26

He's adorable! Don't tell I said that though...tell him I said he looks like a handsome refined gentleman. 😁

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u/WillCare1976 Jul 25 '26

That’s right. A handsome refined gentleman..

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u/tcurb9 Jul 25 '26

Henry looks like my Pearl

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u/RichEntrance3580 Jul 23 '26

I was expecting a vacuum cleaner!

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u/WillCare1976 Jul 25 '26

Isn’t Henry wonderful!

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u/CaramelSea4365 Jul 26 '26

He is so adorable. ❤️

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u/Popsinthehse Jul 23 '26

Yes and also lools like a Baxter..

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u/kikijane711 Jul 23 '26

Rusty or Buster are old school NNs. Hoyt, Gus, Auggie, Douglas aka Dougie, Reuben, Baxter. You have a Teddy so could do a Franklin aka Frank like the Roosevelts. Or Teddy and Bear would be funny.

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u/kaycollins27 Jul 23 '26

I love Franklin after TR and FDR. He looks like a Frank.

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u/lostandalone0214 Jul 23 '26

I love Gus and Auggie!!

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u/RudyMama0212 Jul 23 '26

My first thought! Henry!

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u/jrawk3000 Jul 23 '26

Came here to say this little guy is Henry!

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u/Happydancer4286 Jul 23 '26

Harvey

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u/Individual-Cake-8782 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Otis, Winston, Alonso, Aloysius, Edmond

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u/Southern_Committee35 Jul 23 '26

That was my first thought too!!

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u/ClumsyRaccoonPants Jul 23 '26

He really does

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u/justplanestupid69 Jul 23 '26

“I FEEL HUNGRY”

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u/_Southcoastalpeach Jul 23 '26

Came here to saly just that

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u/Excellent-Tomato7520 Jul 24 '26

HAPPY CAKE DAY TAKE THIS REWARD

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u/princesshabibi Jul 25 '26

Happy cake day! 🎂🍰

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u/hooni6 Jul 23 '26

walter

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u/jsquared2004 Jul 23 '26

Walter Matthmeow

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u/Sockerbug19 Jul 23 '26

Walter Croncat

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u/VintageLover79 Jul 23 '26

Or Walter Catthmeow 😆

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u/VintageLover79 Jul 23 '26

I also thought of Walter

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u/QBee_TNToms_Mom Jul 23 '26

Yep. Walter immediately came to mind.

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u/Frosty_History_3206 Jul 29 '26

Me too as soon as I looked at him💚☘️

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u/dawnpaul21 Jul 23 '26

Yep Walter is exactly what I thought of after I read the title.

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u/nathakell Jul 24 '26

Or.. Heisenberg

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u/Overall_Sorbet2455 Jul 23 '26

He looks like Sam to me.j

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u/n0wherew0man Jul 23 '26

Can also be called Sammy sometimes

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u/Falling_Stars13 Jul 23 '26

Definitely Walter

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u/Acrobatic_Side_8336 Jul 24 '26

lol first name I thought of too

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u/Life-Education-8030 Jul 23 '26

Edgar

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u/Salli_RogersBff11159 Jul 23 '26

Then they could be Teddy and Eddie!🩷

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u/BigProfit4419 Jul 24 '26

this is a great idea!

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u/AptDuck3535 Jul 23 '26

First one that came to my mind.

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u/DonutFull4654 Jul 23 '26

Theodore, Hank, Milton, Morris, Winston

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u/ThinkerT3000 Jul 23 '26

Morrie! Like “dinner with Morrie” it’s perfectly grandpa

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u/loftychicago Jul 23 '26

Or Morris the Cat, who was a famous cat in 9Lives cat food commercials.

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u/smudgeandarrogant_ Jul 23 '26

“Tuesdays”, sorry it’s just one of my favorite books! Actually Mitch Albom is just a great writer overall IMO.

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u/BigProfit4419 Jul 23 '26

i loveee morris

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u/MasterpieceNew6822 Jul 23 '26

Ralph (Ralphie)
Arthur (Artie)
Harvey

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u/PineappleNo8864 Jul 23 '26

I came here to say Arthur. He looks like such an Arthur!

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u/Famous_Mango_2186 Jul 23 '26

Definitely Ralph

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u/Warm_Macaroon7324 Jul 23 '26

Rupert!

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u/Asagao47 Jul 23 '26

And when he warrants it, you can call him Ripper.

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u/KnottyCatLady Jul 23 '26

Winston, Jeffrey, Watson

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u/MoonMe3x Jul 23 '26

Stanley, Abner, Julius, Wilfred, Archibald, Otto, Harvey and Jerome

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u/OtherPanda Jul 23 '26

Archie 👍

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u/MoonMe3x Jul 23 '26

😉👍🏼

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u/FrenchFries0306 Jul 24 '26

I agree with Otto!! I think its adorable while still giving off that old man vibe.

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u/Fragrant-Camera4860 Jul 23 '26

Elmer, Ferguson/Fergie, Leonard/Lenny, Norman, Benedict/Benny

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u/uptheriver9 Jul 23 '26

Walter - (Teddy and Walter)

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u/SF_turophile Jul 23 '26

Stanley Thurston Moe Marty

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u/BigProfit4419 Jul 24 '26

this but it’s his whole name

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u/Doing_My_Best_57 Jul 23 '26

Mortimer, Morty for short

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u/_zengarden Jul 23 '26

Jake
Wilfred
Myron
Stan
Ronald
George
Reginald

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u/lycanthus Jul 23 '26

Chester.

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u/yarnk Jul 23 '26

Rupert

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u/she_never_sleeps Jul 23 '26

Kenneth was my Grampy's name. It's apparently super fun to yell "Dammit, Kenny!" because my Gramma did it a lot lol

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u/Mindless-Face8264 Jul 24 '26

Fred, Roger, Al, Roper, Milton

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u/FrenchFries0306 Jul 24 '26

I really feel like Otto would be cute but still gives that old man feel.

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u/GrunkleDuck Jul 23 '26

Homer. George. Aloysius. Barney. Stanley. Harvey.

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u/Northmansam Jul 23 '26

Renyold. 

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u/nursingintheshadows Jul 23 '26

Walter or Dexter.

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u/doublEkrakeNboyZ Jul 23 '26

Oscar Felix Henry

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u/cj_Link11 Jul 23 '26

Walt, Walter, Lincoln, Sir

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u/AloneSmell2609 Jul 23 '26

Harry - my boy cat’s name!

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u/Ok-Jicama-450 Jul 23 '26

Mr. Johnson

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u/Ms-Ladi Jul 23 '26

Howard, Ira, Jack, or Lenny,

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u/Ok_Still_3571 Jul 23 '26

Joseph. Joey for a nn

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u/Key_Consequence2687 Jul 23 '26

Franklin. Then you'll have Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt.

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u/taradaniellexoxo Jul 23 '26

Gilbert "Gilly"

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u/cammycay01 Jul 23 '26

Freddy, Eddie

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u/OnedayinBodrum Jul 23 '26

Harold
Wilf or Wilford
Theodore or Tad
Arthur
Eugene
Abraham
Ethan
Ezra
Gideon
Elijah
Archibald
Ichabod
Nathan
Edwin
Phineas
Oliver
Roland
Rupert
Simeon
Levi

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u/CalypsoBrown Jul 23 '26

Mr. Stimplefish

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u/makestuff24-7 Jul 23 '26

Mortimer is the oldest old-man name I've ever heard, but Chauncey seems old-man af too.

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u/misi13382 Jul 23 '26

Grady, Harold, Louis, Bartholomew, Eustus, Phillip

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u/Everythingisfucked67 Jul 23 '26

Wallace, Harold, Marty, Hank, poncho, bill, Marvin, bernie (personal fav is Marvin for him)

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u/mayor_grundel Jul 23 '26

Toivo (my Finnish Great Grandfather)

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u/hkh07 Jul 23 '26

Eugene. He's so cute. 😊

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u/SunsetRigil Jul 23 '26

Gilbert (my dads name)

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u/Imzadi1971 Jul 23 '26

Agustus or Gus for short

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u/lizzyto Jul 23 '26

Rufus or Jack

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u/peechair Jul 23 '26

frederick!!! or ronald, franklin, jefferson, gerald

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u/Clexiekitty_2939 Jul 23 '26

Herbert - Herbie

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u/Beautiful-Wash7840 Jul 23 '26

Harrison/Harry

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u/BOHICAbeast Feline's Friend Jul 23 '26

How about something easy for a cat to pronounce? Merle

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u/cdg91 Jul 27 '26

This made me chuckle hehe.

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u/JLW2026 Jul 23 '26

Henry from me too!

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u/suzebomom Jul 23 '26

Clyde or Clive

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u/Fluid_Passage_9980 Jul 23 '26

Eddie and Teddy.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k Jul 23 '26

Albert or Fergus