Abandoned kitten catches the eye of a husband on a pizza run, he scoops him up and names him Pizza, so the wife got more than she ordered: 'My soul cat.'

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 10, 2026 5:30 PM EDT

Cat naming is a difficult deal, but some names choose the cats just as much as the cats choose us.

I always love a good dad joke. Especially when the dad joke is a literal cat name. I know that some people have a hard time naming their cats, so they end up with names like Cookie Jar Jar Binks, Elephant the III, or Rafi the Refrigerator. Cat naming is a meme in and of itself - take these four kittens with Hobbit names, for example. It's delightful. I also have a cat with a geeky name - she might be just Cassie, but if anyone asks, she's Cassandra Pentaghast (from Dragon Age). But I absolutely lose it when a cat's name is a complete joke. I love it.

That's exactly why I laughed so much finding out that @pizzaandluna's cat is named Pizza, after crying a little - because every abandoned kitten who's adopted makes me tear up. It's the emotional combination of being sad about the street conditions they had to endure, and being joyful for their happy ending after finding a forever home. And this orange precious Pizza is no different - besides the extra spicy sauce of the naming process. Seriously, such a healthy dad joke turned into a cat's name is one of my favorite niche comedy genres.

Besides, I really believe every cat person can relate to this strong pull one feels towards a stray cat they see, that they must take them home. It's all the Cat Distribution System's work. That's just how all of us cat people become cat pawrents. It's like I knew I had to adopt Cassie when I saw her. Just like this sweet couple knew they had to take that Pizza home instead of their original idea for dinner.

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This is such a heartbreaking sight. I'm glad they caught it on camera, though. The contrast between what this kitten looks like in this picture, behind the fence in this dirty alley next to the pizza place, and how he looks after they nurse him back to health - it's both a “faith in humanity restored” feels inducer, and a hope giver for people who might be afraid to adopt a kitten like themselves. Just know that you can always turn the life of a stray cat around. These people did it, I did it (oh boy, my cat was sick when she was a stray kitten, the poor thing), and you can do it too. These cats deserve a better life than the streets.
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