Are you adopting a cat with brown hair and looking for the perfect name?

Here’s a list of great names for cats with brown or tan hair:

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  • Amber
  • Ashen
  • Ashley
  • Auburn
  • Autumn
  • Beans
  • Brownie
  • Brownie
  • Brunette
  • Bruno (brown bear)
  • Burgundy
  • Buster Brown
  • Cadbury
  • Canoli
  • Carmel
  • Choc – for Chocolate
  • Chestnut
  • Chocolate
  • Chrome
  • Cinnamon
  • Coco
  • Cola (for coca cola)
  • Cocoa
  • Cocoa Powder
  • Coffee
  • Copper
  • Cookie
  • Crimson
  • Cronan (gaelic for deep brown)
  • Dapple
  • Fudge
  • Ginger
  • Godiva
  • Gravy
  • Heath
  • Hazel – for Hazelnut
  • Hershey
  • Java
  • Kasha – which is Ukrainian for buckwheat.
  • Ko-Ko
  • Latte
  • Latte’ Datte’
  • Mahogany
  • Marmite
  • Maple
  • Meatloaf
  • Milo
  • Mocha
  • Monkey
  • Mousse/Moose
  • Motts – the color of applesauce
  • Ni Tcha (ni (milk) tcha (tea)) Chinese for tea with milk. Great for cat’s light brown in color
  • Nutmeg
  • Nuts
  • Reese – as in peanut butter cup
  • Roux (pronounced Roo) – Making a roux is the first step in making a pot of Gumbo. You stir flour & oil over heat until it’s a nice dark brown color.
  • Peanut
  • Peanut butter
  • Rolo
  • Sahra is named for the Sah(a)ra Desert
  • Sausage
  • Sandy
  • Snickers
  • Squirrel (named for one that also likes to climb trees)
  • Syrup
  • Tawny
  • Teak
  • Teddy
  • Teddy Bear
  • Timber, as in timber wood
  • Toast
  • Tootsie
  • Truffle
  • Truffles
  • Twink
  • Twinkie
  • Twix
  • Whiskey
  • Woody

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