Earliest cat to have a name The first known cat with a name was called Nedjem meaning `sweet' or `pleasant' and dates from the reign of Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC).
Nedjem (“sweetie” or “the sweet one”) was the name of an Egyptian cat who lived during the reign of Thutmose III, and is the first known cat in history to have been given a name. Nedgem's mother's name, Sanura, means “kitten.” Photos by David Haring.
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Cleopatra is the most beautiful woman in Egypt, she even had a pet cat named Cleocatra, and inside Cleopatra's house was the legendary puppy, Buddasi.
It is also spelled Grimmalkin or Grimolochin. A cat named Grimalkin in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth helped the three witches look into Macbeth's future.
köttr - (masculine noun) "cat".
Interestingly, while there was more than one cat in ancient Egypt, the Egyptians only had a single word for a feline, the onomatopoeic “miu” or “miit”, meaning literally “he or she who mews.” Some people were even named after cats, including the Pharaoh Pami whose name means “Tomcat” or “he who belongs to the Cat ( ...
Bastet is probably the best-known feline goddess from Egypt. Initially depicted as a lioness, Bastet assumed the image of a cat or a feline-headed woman in the 2nd millennium BCE.
The Egyptian Mau is an ancient cat, worshipped and revered by pharaohs and kings. There is little doubt that domestic cats originated in the Fertile Crescent, of which Egypt is part. “Mau” is literally the ancient Egyptian word for “cat.” (So, calling one of this breed an “Egyptian Mau cat” is a bit redundant!)
Charles Dickens
When the Dickens' family cat, Williamina, gave birth to kittens, she moved them one by one from the kitchen into a chosen corner of Charles' study. After several failed attempts to remove the kittens from the study, Dickens gave up when Williamina brought them back. Again and again.
In medieval England domestic cats were known as Gyb – the short form of of Gilbert – and that name was also popular for individual pet cats. Meanwhile in France they were called Tibers or Tibert was generic name fo domestic cat in France – Tibert the Cat was one of the characters in the Reynard the Fox animal fables.
Did you know? In the opening scene of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, one of the three witches planning to meet with Macbeth suddenly announces, "I come, Graymalkin." The witch is responding to the summons of her familiar, or guardian spirit, which is embodied in the form of a cat.
Her name also is rendered as B'sst, Baast, Ubaste, and Baset. In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros (Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος "cat").
Along with Lucy, other old-fashioned girl cat names include Betty, Georgia, and Susanna. In addition to Oliver, other old-fashioned boy cat names include Edwin, Percy, and Wallace. Vintage nicknames that may appeal include Effie, Lottie, Chaz, and Ozzy.
Bastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshiped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Re, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 bce.
Tá cat agam. I have a cat. Tá madra agam. I have a dog.
The Vikings—who were farmers as well as seafaring marauders—apparently raised cats for their warm fur and to control pests. By 850–1050 C.E., cat pelts started to bring a high price in Denmark.
For Sir Winston's 88th birthday in November 1962, Sir John Colville gave him a ginger cat with a white chest and paws. Named “Jock,” the cat became a favorite, often found on Churchill's knee. Churchill took Jock to his London home at Hyde Park Gate when he traveled there from Chartwell.
President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
His cats Tabby and Dixie were gifts from Secretary of State William Seward. Lincoln was quite the cat person, even rescuing three motherless kittens while visiting General Grant during the Civil War.
The Greeks later syncretized their own goddess Artemis with the Egyptian goddess Bastet, adopting Bastet's associations with cats and ascribing them to Artemis.