Naming Your Orange Cat: Name Ideas for Cats with Orange or Red Haircoats

Naming Your Orange Cat: Name Ideas for Cats with Orange or Red Haircoats

By: Dr. Debra Primovic

Are you looking for that perfect cat name that just fits your Kitty? Does your cat have orange or red 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 orange or red hair-coated cats! I hope this helps you find the perfect name for your cat!

Do you have any suggestions for cat names? Email us your cat name ideas and we will try to add them to our cat name list!

  • Amber (In glassware, it's a dark orange color)
  • Autumn
  • Aslan - after the lion in the movie "The Chronicles Of Narnia"
  • Butterscotch
  • Butterbean because when he was little he looked just like a fat little butterbean
  • Cayenne
  • Cheddar
  • Cherry
  • Dorito
  • Garfield
  • Ginger
  • Gina after Orangina
  • Goldie

  • Muffin (When muffins come out of the oven, they are a golden color)
  • Carmello - like the Carmello candy bar
  • Carrots
  • Cheetah
  • Cheeto (like Cheeto chips)
  • Cherry
  • Cheyenne, which we found out is an American Indian word meaning RED.
  • Chianti - after the red wine.
  • Chili
  • Chilie
  • Cinnamon
  • Crimson
  • Curry
  • Curtis
  • Dana Scully- for the popular TV show the X-Files
  • Dandelion
  • Dandy Lion
  • Dorito
  • Ferris as in Ferris Oxide J
  • Flame
  • Furgus – An Irish name
  • Flanigan
  • Flynn - a Celtic name that means "son of the red-haired man"
  • Lucy - Lucille Ball since their hair is the same bright red.
  • Julius – for "Orange Julius" that made delicious fruit drinks
  • Maizy – for cats with beautiful orange and golden colors that makes you think decorative dry corn in the fall
  • Mango
  • Marmalade
  • Nacho
  • Nubit (means golden lady in ancient Egyptian)
  • Ochre
  • OJ (like Orange Juice not OJ Simpson)
  • Orange
  • Peaches
  • Penny
  • Pepsi
  • Poppy (for red Poppy flowers)
  • Pumpkin
  • Pumpkin Head
  • Punkin Head
  • Red
  • Rose
  • Rojo means red in Spanish
  • Ruby
  • Russet
  • Rusty
  • Saffron
  • Scarlet
  • Succotash
  • Sherbert (like orange sherbert)
  • Sunkist
  • Synominn
  • Tang
  • Tiger
  • Tulip
  • Tigger (for a Tiger striped cat)
  • Tiger Lily
  • Tigress


    Do you have an orange cat name suggestion? Tell us about the cat name and how you came up with it! Email Us!


    Doesn't matter how or what you would like to name your cat, we have the perfect name for you. Are you looking for a cat name to go with personality traits such as independent cats, playful cats, funny cats, cute or beautiful cats, loving cats, sweet cats, big cats or cats with big personalities, small cats, smart cats, not so smart cats, ornery cats, or talkative cats? Or how about a stray or rescued cat?

    Or are you looking for a name your cat based on his hair coat color or type such as he is white, brown, grey, black, black and white, tabby, yellow, calico or a fluffy cat. Check out the links associated with any of those words and your get our list! We have the perfect name for your cat!

    Here is even a list of over 1200 common pet names. Or maybe you just want to look for an unusual names. How about cool cat 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.

    Do you have a name suggestion? Email Us!

     
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