Are you looking for that perfect cat name that just fits your Kitty? Does your cat have black hair?
Naming a cat can be difficult. One way many pet owners do it is to look for a name that goes with your cat's physical characteristic such as his coat color.
Here are some
cat names that can be associated with those black hair-coated cats! I hope this helps you find the perfect name for your cat!
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Ace (for the ace of spades)
Amadeus
Angus
Ashes
Anisette (French - or Anise), with a nickname of Ani.
Atticus- This is for the band, the record label and To Kill A Mockingbird.
Bagheerah - for the black Panther in The Jungle Book
BeeBee after BB king
Blackie
Blake (means black)
Blackjack (a lucky card)
Blackbeard
Blackula
Black Purrl
Boo
Bogie - as in Humphrey Bogart
Calo (Meanas Black in the Roma Language)
Cinderella" and call her "Cinders" to reflect her black coat.
Carbon
Cinder Ella (pink nose) (Cinder - e.g. volcanic ash)
Charcoal
Cheyenne
Coal
Coffee
Chocolate Chip
Colbie (black as coal)
Crow
Darth Vader
Dragon
Damion
Darth Vader
Dugan – means black haired in celtic
Duncan (means black warrior)
Ebony
Elvira
Espresso
Flint
Forest
India (for India ink)
Indigo
Inky
Inkspot – goes by "Spotters"
Guiness
Jacket
JAGUAR or Jaggie
Jet
Johnny Cash (AKA Cash)
Kemnebi (means black panther in ancient Egyptian)
"Kuro"(KOO-ROH) which is the Japanese word for Charcoal
Licorice
Likrish (a phonetic spelling of Licorice)
Negra
Ninjia
Nuit - Nuit was the Egyptian goddess of the night sky
Magic (as in black magic)
Matches
Merlin
Midnight
Misty
Morticia
Monster
Musqua (Little Bear)
Mystery
Obsidian
Onyx
Oreo
Pearl (she was such a gem – my black pearl)
Panther
Pepsi
Prieta- Spanish for Blackie
Pepper
Phantom
Poppy (for Poppy Seeds)
Raven
Retread (a stray, all black)
Redunzel (actually spelt RDNZL)- name Frank Zappa gave to a small black kitten through his then 3-year son changed the cats name to "Fighty Bitey"- Zappa wrote an instrumental with this name inspired by the sight of the kitten playing.
Rosie (in honor of Rosa Parks)
Rubber
Sabbath
Salam (for Halloween)
Samantha
Sarrasine- From the French Medieval word "Sarrasin" which comes from the much older word "Saracen" and simply means a dark skinned person.
Satchmno (after Louis Armstrong)
Satchmo Jazz
Sammy (for Sammy Davis Jr.)
Shade
Shadow
Shady
Sheba – as in African Queen
Spade for Ace of Spades
Sky
Skye
Skylar
Soot
Sootie
Spider
Spooky (some also answer to Pookums)
Spyda (spider)
Stormie
Tar
Teddy
Talladega- named for one as black as the Talladega race track.
Tire
Treacle: We named our black cat Treacle--the Scottish word for Molasses--in the sunlight his fur looked like it was tinged with brown.
Vadar
Velvet (a coat like black velvet)
Yogi – as in Yogi Bear
Yum Yum
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