Uncommon Cat Names

Uncommon Cat Names

By: Dr. Debra Primovic

There are names that are pretty common cat names, such as Max, Sammy and Buddy...but then...there are cat names that are very uncommon. The uncommon cat names are harder to document because...well, they are not common.

The following is a list of the least uncommon cat names in our database supplemented by names from PetPlace.com readers who have emailed us with their cats names!

1.        8-Ball
2.        8-Lives
3.        9-Lives
4.        Aden
5.        Ad-Rock
6.        Airhead
7.        Airy
8.        Aja
9.        Alexander the Great
10.        Alley - is the name of one of my girls who was found in an alley
11.        Allyway
12.        Alma Sonriente (Alma for short) – means "smiling soul"
13.        Alvin
14.        Amber
15.        Ami-mai
16.        Anasazi - after the Anasazi Indians or 'Sazi' for short
17.        Andre
18.        Angel blue eyes
19.        Angelina Balerina
20.        Angus
21.        Anxiety Wrap
22.        Arbie
23.        Archemedes (Archie)
24.        Archie
25.        Ari
26.        Ariel
27.        Aristophanes


28.        Aristotle
29.        Arizona
30.        AskHer
31.        AskHim
32.        Aspirin (gives them a headache!)
33.        Asthma
34.        Astro - after the dog from the cartoon "The Jetson's".
35.        Ateret
36.        Atticus - from Atticus Finch in "to Kioll a Mockingbird"
37.        Attitude
38.        Austin
39.        Awesome
40.        Azrael
41.        Baba Booey
42.        BabyGirlRiley
43.        Babyrella - since she is Royalty in our eyes and our little princess
44.        Balthazar
45.        Bam Bam (from the cartoon The Flintstones)
46.        Bambi Deer
47.        Bandit - eyes were black so you couldn't see his eyes. It looked like he was wearing a mask!
48.        Banshee
49.        Banshee Stardust
50.        Barfly
51.        Baskerville
52.        Beasky
53.        Beatrice
54.        Beauregard
55.        Bedsocks
56.        Bee-Bee
57.        Bernardo
58.        Beta
59.        Bettis - after the now retired Jerome "the Bus" Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
60.        BIBA - after the seventies store.
61.        Big Red
62.        Biggity Brown
63.        Bijou
64.        Bill Clinton
65.        Bionic
66.        Bismark
67.        Bitey
68.        Bitey
69.        Bivouac
70.        BL
71.        Blogger
72.        Blue
73.        Bo - after Bo Derek in the movie "10".
74.        Bo-Bo
75.        Bock
76.        Bogie
77.        Bokkie
78.        Boku
79.        Bonanza
80.        Bonehead Wiggle-butt
81.        Bonita (in Spanish means Pretty Girl)
82.        Booboo
83.        Boodles
84.        Booger
85.        Boogie
86.        Bookbag
87.        Bookie
88.        Bootdonnie
89.        Bootsie
90.        Bootstrap Bill
91.        Bou-Tee-Waits
92.        Bowser
93.        Boz
94.        Bray
95.        Brewster
96.        Briggs
97.        Bristol
98.        Brooklynn
99.        Broom
100.        Buckles
101.        Bucky
102.        Buddha – spiritual
103.        Buddy Holly
104.        Budweiser
105.        Bugger
106.        Buggers
107.        Buggie
108.        Bulldozer
109.        Bullet
110.        Bungee Cord
111.        Burroughs (after William S. Burroughs -- a devoted cat lover himself)
112.        Butterfinger
113.        Buttersworth
114.        Buttons - THe first day we had her she was chewing on the buttons on my husbands shirt
115.        Cairo
116.        Calendar
117.        Calloway
118.        Capers
119.        Capone
120.        Capri
121.        Captain Jack Sparrow - for the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
122.        Cardiac
123.        Carson
124.        Cash
125.        Casino
126.        Casirole
127.        Cassanova...is very loving but demanding of attention
128.        Cassidy
129.        Castle
130.        Catnip
131.        Catsups
132.        Cerebus - given his name because it is reminiscent of Cerberus (three-headed dog in Greek and Roman mythology) because he chews as if there were three heads. Also the name of a comic book character that is satire on Canadian politics.
133.        Chab (great for a lab chow cross!)
134.        Chaco - after Chaco Canyon National Park.
135.        Chai
136.        Chaia (pronounced "Kiya" - named after the Hebrew word for life, which is "CHAI".)
137.        Challenger
138.        Chansey
139.        Chaos - (first of the gods)
140.        Charles Chaplin
141.        Charlie
142.        Chauncy Gardener (From the movie "Being There" with Peter Sellers)
143.        Cheddar
144.        Chemmie (for chemistry)
145.        Cherri Berri
146.        Cherry Tree
147.        Chevy
148.        Chewie
149.        Chewy
150.        Chicanery
151.        Chicken
152.        Chickie-Monkey
153.        Chieme – a famous Asian female singer
154.        Chimp
155.        Chinchilla - his coloring & softness of his fur, as a "Chinchilla".
156.        Chiro
157.        Chops
158.        ChopSuey
159.        Christmas
160.        Chrysanthemum Joy
161.        Chufta
162.        Cisco
163.        Clapper
164.        Clarence
165.        Claudia
166.        Claypool
167.        Clean-X
168.        Clementine
169.        Cleopatra- Queen of the Nile
170.        Cletus
171.        Clone
172.        Club
173.        Coats
174.        Cobwebb
175.        Coder
176.        Cody
177.        Coffee
178.        Colombo
179.        Colonel
180.        Columbus
181.        Compound
182.        Coochie
183.        Cooper
184.        Copernicus (Copper)
185.        Copy cat
186.        Corazon - heart in Spanish
187.        Corn
188.        Corona
189.        Coruba (male)
190.        Cosmo (Cos-dude)
191.        Coup
192.        Cowboy
193.        Cozmo
194.        Crap Weasel
195.        Crawford
196.        Cricket (she chirps)
197.        Crimson
198.        Crimson Chin
199.        Crooks
200.        Cry Baby Jane - a dog that loves to talk...always.

 
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