Grumpy Cat had speckled fur as a kitten, and Tabatha's daughter thought the cat looked like tartar sauce. So, she wrote down the name as "Tardar Sauce" and it stuck.

Viral feline Grumpy Cat, ... When Grumpy Cat was still a kitten her fur had dark speckles, which reminded Chrystal of tartar sauce, and the misspelled name stuck — "Tard" for short.

The cat owes its real name to a misspelling of the word "tartar" by the owner's daughter, who believes the cat's fur resembles the color of tartar sauce. The company would not say how much the ...

Grumpy Cat's original name, "Tardar Sauce," was thought up by Bundesen's daughter, Crystal. The child thought the new kitten, who was born an orange-ish color, resembled Tartar sauce, ...

Viral Web sensation "Grumpy Cat" is the star of South by Southwest. Really named Tartar Sauce, the cat caught the Web's attention on Reddit. Lines at the festival have stretched three blocks to ...