Cool Cat Names: Cool Cat Names for Cool Cat Owners

Cool Cat Names: Cool Cat Names for Cool Cat Owners

By: Dr. Debra Primovic

  • Nala - name of Simba's friend in Lion King but more importantly, means "gift" in Swahili
  • Napkin
  • Narsil( from The Lord of the Rings)
  • Nefertiti
  • Newton (Newtles)
  • Ni Tcha - (ni (milk) tcha (tea)) Chinese for tea with milk. Great for cats light brown in color.
  • Nicole
  • Niddle Bug
  • Ninja
  • Nip (from Catnip)
  • Norman
  • Nubbie b/c her tail is just a nub
  • Octavius or gus-gus
  • OJ (like Orange Juice not OJ Simpson)
  • Olive
  • Olivia
  • Onyx
  • Oscar
  • Othello
  • Oven Mitt - was so named after the infamous Arby's Oven Mitt character on their commercials. True to his character, my little girl is ALWAYS on the tail end of a large, loud, unfamiliar noise or bang which ALWAYS results in a huge cleanup of the disaster.

  • Page
  • Panther
  • Patty
  • Pauline
  • Peace
  • Pebblz,
  • Peeps - because she always peeps around the corner at you
  • Pekin
  • Penguin
  • Pepper (salt and pepper colored)
  • Percy
  • Perkins (lived on a boat with Perkins engine)
  • Peterbald
  • Petey
  • Picabo
  • Picasso
  • Pippin
  • Pistol (because he's a little pistol)
  • Pitty Pat
  • Pooka
  • Posh (after Victoria & David Beckham)
  • Prada
  • Prowler, Pouncer and Maule (after aeroplanes)
  • Puddles
  • Puddy
  • Puddy Face
  • Purrcy (cat with a loud purr)
  • Purrsia (play on Persia & purring)
  • Purry Mason
  • Pyewacket
  • Ragweed
  • Raider
  • Ranger (for a cat that liked to roam)
  • Ratbait
  • Redgee
  • Rembrant
  • Retread (a stray, all black)
  • Rhapsody
  • Rhea
  • Rintintin
  • Robbie
  • Roly Poly
  • RonRon (French for purring)
  • Rosco Rorschach (Rocky Okie)
  • Rubyred
  • Rumor
  • Rumpers
  • Runt
  • Sadie
  • Saki
  • Salem
  • Sambolino
  • Samui
  • Sandy (Koufax)
  • Santee River - for the Santee River
  • Sapphire
  • Savannah
  • Sayang (is a Malay word for Love, Sweetheart, Darling)
  • Scarlett O'Hara
  • Scat
  • Schlitz
  • Serena after Samantha's cousin on Bewitched
  • Serendipity
  • Sergei
  • Shabba
  • Shabeth
  • Shane
  • Shaquille
  • Sherbert (like orange sherbert)
  • Shipley
  • Shiraz
  • Shnuffles
  • Shyla
  • Sid
  • Simberella- Female version of "simba"        
  • Sirah
  • Skittles
  • Slick
  • Slippers
  • Snagglepuss and Jinksy
  • Snapper
  • Snigglefoot
  • Sparkle
  • Spaz
  • Spider
  • Spike
  • Spock
  • Spot - Data's cat in "Star Trek, The Next Generation"
  • Spyda (spider)
  • Sticky
  • Stoner
  • Stormy
  • Stormy
  • Stretch
  • Stryder
  • Sugar
  • Suki (means love, fondness or favourite in Japanese.
  • Sunami
  • Sushi
  • Tank
  • Taxi
  • Taxi
  • Taylis - because she has no tail--you know tail less.
  • Taz (Tazmaian Devil)
  • Terk...the gorilla off Tarzan
  • Texas by the Native Americans - it means 'friends'
  • Teyha - Pronounced Tey-yah, Precious in Native American
  • Tia ( for great actress named Tia Mowry)
  • Tiger Lily
  • Tigerfuzz (named cuz he was just a ball of fuzz with tiger stripes)
  • Tigg
  • Tiki
  • Tilkaracha (an ancient Siamese king) – AKA Tiki
  • Tilo - for Tilokaracha and ancient Thai or Siamese king (ruled 1441–87)
  • Toffee
  • Topsy
  • Toscala
  • Toulouse
  • TrapHer (feral, speaks for itself)
  • Tripper
  • Twitcher
  • Twix - Twix canday
  • Two Nicks (two nicks in her ear from fighting)
  • Twotone
  • Tycho (we say it tee-ko) after Tycho Brahe whose work led to the discovery of the Cats Eye nebula
  • Velcro (he used to stick to you)
  • Venus
  • Violet
  • Vishy.... short for Vicious-Licious
  • Voxie (enough said -- very loud cat)
  • Vuitton
  • Weasley
  • Wee Willy Winkie
  • Whisker Sanchez
  • Widget
  • Wilber
  • Wilbert
  • Will Farell
  • Winston
  • Witlof (Dutch for a kind of cabbage)
  • Wolfface
  • Woody
  • Woogie
  • Wookie
  • Woozle
  • Wrigley (Like the chewing gum)
  • Xander
  • Xander
  • Xena zuzu
  • Xerxes
  • Yoshi (means good or adopted child in Japanese)
  • Zambuca
  • Zed
  • Zeebee Jeeb
  • Zin        
  • Zinta – means natural and exploring
  • Zonker
  • Zorro

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    Here is even a list of over 1200 common pet names. Or maybe you just want to look for an unusual names. We have tons of those!

    Do you want to know what the most common cat names mean? Learn about the "meaning" behind common Male cat names and Female cat names.

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